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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,341 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 68

Collision Near Belmont Four People Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 1

Three boys and a young woman were injured, one of the boys critically, when two motor-cars collided, with a terrific impact on the Devil's Elbow,…

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Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 2

At about 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of York and Bathurst streets with damaging…

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Manslaughter Verdict Follows Collision Driver for Trial

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 2

At the conclusion of an inquiry into the deaths of Leslie Finn, aged 23, a woodworker, and Alfred Tricker, aged 55, a timber worker, who were killed…

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Claim for £10 Sequel to Collision Farmer Sued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 5

A claim for £10 damages was made in the West Maitland Small Debts Court to-dat by HErbert Richardson, of Hinton, against Arthur Wild, of…

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Badly Injured Hit by Winch Handle LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 3

Grave injurles were received by seven-year-old boy, John Mc[?]licott, when his playmates released the safely catch on the winch of a…

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Lucky Escape Aeroplane Accident Landed in Wires Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 3

A lucky escape from death or serious injury was experienced by Pilot W. P. Heath and his brother, Dr. J.Heath, in an aeroplane accident. They…

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Accident at Vacy Overturned Car Destroyed by Fire

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 2

Mr. Claude Ronnie, of Hamilton, was injured ,and four other passengers received -abrasions and a severe shaking, when a sedan motor-car capsized and…

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Cars in Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 5

At about 5.30 o 'clock yesterday afternoon two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of York and Bathurst streets with damaging results…

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Man Dead Others Injured Car Capsizes Holbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 1

While travelling about 30 miles an hour last night on the Wagga Road about a mile from Holbrook a car carrying…

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Accident at Neath Motor Car and Sulky Collide

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 4

At Neath on Friday night, a car driven by Stanley Barkesby, of Maitland-road, Cessnock, collided with a sulky occupied by Harold McGrath…

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Driver Injured Motor Car Hits Post

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 6

Driving a motor car towards Singleton yesterday afternoon, D. F. Quinn (49), a resident of Croydon, Sydney, who is employed as inspector by the…

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Road Accidents Surprising Revelations What Figures Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 5

A brief resume of a report recently issued in England by the Minister of Transport (Mr. Leslie Hore Belisha) on road accidents…

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Accident Near Belford

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 2

An accident occurred yesterday afternoon when a motor car skidded on the Great Northern Road near Belford, resulting in serious injuries being…

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Man Drowned Jumped into River SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 4

When he became panic-stricken because his hut caught slight at Tuck's Wharf, Mascot, Thomas Steel 69, jumped into Cook's River and was…

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Agitated Man Drowned

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 1

Becoming panie-stri[?]ken when his hut caught alight at Tuck's Wharf, Mascot, on Wednesday night, Thomas Steel, aged 60, jumped into the Cook's…

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Injured by Dead Bullock

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 8

A Lambton butcher named Thomas Maddison killed a bullock at Newcastle District Abattoirs yesterday morning. He cut the…

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Guards' Band Sydney Welcome Heat Fatality Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 5

Great public interest was shown in the appearance in Sydney of the band of the Grenadier Guards. The streets along which they marched after their…

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Two Men Injured. Falls From Same Bicycle

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 3

Michael Collins was injured in a spill from a bicycle at Parramatta, and took the machine to Lithgow on a lorry. After Collins received…

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Control of Level Crossings Council Still Waiting Legal Opinion. Echo of Recent Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 5

Following the recent level, crossing smash in which three men lost their lives at Mulbring-street, Aberdare, the…

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A Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 10

Master Herb. Walmsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Walmsley, of this town, received a painful injury to his nose, last week. It appears that while…

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