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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 68

'Doubling' Danger Two Women Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 2

Two women, who were "doubling" on bicycles, were injured yesterday. Gwen Owens, 20, of Lindsay-street, Hamilton, sustained a lacerated…

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Into Creek Sensational Motor Smash Eight Injured Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 2

When it swerved off the Lismore Bangalow road at a sharp bend, a car crashed through a protective fence and hurtled 20 foot to the bed…

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Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 5

William Butler, Jr., was admitted to hospital on Friday evening suffering from injuries to the hand and a cut on the head…

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Mine Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 2

Eric McGu[?]ess 18, of Toronto an employee at the Northumberland Colliery was struck by a ladder which fell off a skip, on which it was being…

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Man Drowned Underground Tank NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 7

At 6.30 a.m. today the body of Cecil Hay was found in an underground tank at his residence, Elder-street, Lambton…

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Struck by Prop Miner Injured CESSNOOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 7

Admitted to the Cessnook Hospital this morning, Charies Sneddon, a miner, employed at Bellbird No.2 colliery, was still in a unconscious…

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Fatally Shot Accident in Surgery Doctor Dead Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 8

While cleaning a revolver in his surgery, Dr. A. MacLeen, of Mosman, was fatally shot in the stomach. The report was heard by a maid…

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Sad Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 5

Quite a gloom was cast over Warrah during the week. The nine months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Branch pulled a in boiling water which…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 4

Ivan Stevens, 32, wheeler employed at Bellbird Colliery and residing in Cooper-street, Cessnock, was caught between two skips yesterday, and was…

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Bellbird Miner Seriously Injured. Struck by Falling Prop

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 5

Struck by a falling prop while following his occupation as a miner at the Bellblrd Colliery yesterday, Charles Sneddon sustained a probable…

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Injured Girl Covered with Ants Death After Reaching Hospital

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 2

Joy Taafe, 8, died in Chartors Towers District Hospital as the result of a fracture of the spinal cord, sustained when she fell from a tree near her…

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Cattle Dispute Man Shot in Stomach Badly Injured Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 5

In an alleged altercation at his home at Altona Beach, John Stanley Gibson, 27, was shot in the stomach. He was admitted to Melbourne…

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Accidents. Man Falls Into Boiling Water

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 5

Mr. Mick O'Brien, of Muswellbrook, who has been employed at the Aberdeen freezing works, met with a very painful accident on Suturday morning…

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Local and General. an Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 7

An employee named Callaglian was admitted to the local hospital on Monday, suffering from injuries to his head caused by a staircase falling on to…

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Train Smash N. Zealand Accident Signal Not Seen. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 3

The crew of a special train, had a narrow escape from death when in a heavy fog, a warning signal was obliterated and the train crashed nic a…

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Local and General ACCIDENT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 4

Mr. H. Rush had the misfortune is foot crushed while loading logs on Monday. The doctor has placed the foot in plaster of Paris…

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Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 1

Mr. Mick O'Brien, of Muswellbrook, who has been employed at the Aberdeen Freezing Works, met with a painful accident on Saturday morning…

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Sulky Smashed Collision Near Neath Horse Destroyed Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 7

At 8.30 last night a sulky, driven by Harold McGrath, of Maitland-street, Abermain, who was accompanied by his wife, was being driven home when…

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Girl Injured Struck by Motor Car KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 7

Nanny Steel, 8 years, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main, was knocked down in the Lang-street, Kurri Kurri, yesterday afternoon, by a motor car driven by…

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Accident on Hill Four Young People Hurt Cars Crash Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 2

In a terrific crash between cars on a hill at the Devill's Elbow, near Belmont, late last night, three youths and a young woman were injured. Both…

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