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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Injuries Prove Fatal Bellbird Woman Dies. Sulky Accident

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

Mrs. Emily Jane Woods, of Wollombi Road, Bellbird, who was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital on Monday, following a…

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Painful Accident Struck in Eye

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

Struck in the eye with a wedge hammer while working at yesterday; Arthur Jackson (43), of Paxton, received injuries which…

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Nearly Drowned Yachtsman's Ordeal Boat Sinks Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

A terrifying experience was endured by R. Heale (25), of Carlton, when he was washed ashore 350 yards from a capsized yacht at St, Klida…

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Lorry Skids Collision, with Tram Seven Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

When a tram and a heavy lorry collided at the corner of Cowles and Military roads, Mosman, seven people were injured…

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Arm Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

Howard Robinson, 10, of Westcott-street, Cessnock, fell from a fence yesterday afternoon on to some galvanised iron, His left arm was…

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Locked in Death Brothers Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

Two brothers lost their lives in Ross Creek, Townville, says a Brisbane message. Robert William James, 10, and Henry Crawford James, 7…

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Two Drowned Father—Daughter Skiff Capsized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

Thomas Shersing, 33, and his two-year-old daughter, Dawn, were drowned on the Wallamba River at Tuncurry when a skiff…

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Squall Capsizes Skiff Father and Daughter Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

When a skiff overturned in a severe squall on the Wallamba River at Tuncurry on Saturday, Thomas Shersing, 33, and his two-year-old daughter…

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Not Guilty Killingworth Fatality Sessions Case Newcastle

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

After a brief retirement, the jury in the Quarter Sessions found Dennis Hoyland, 87, labourer, not guilty of manslaughter…

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Drowned in Horton River Carried Away by Current

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

After swimming across the Hortou River, near Elcombe, about 15. miles from Bingara, and failing to find his mates for whom he was looking,…

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Wallis Lake Fatality. Man and Child Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

A double drowning fatality occurred late on Saturday night, when a party of Tuncurry residents was returning home in a small outrigger punt. A…

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Drowning Tragedy. Mother and Three Children Boggabilla

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 6

A traveller named May, or Murray, who was proceeding down the McIntyre River from Texas in a small rowing boat with his wife and three children,…

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Four Drowned Boat Capsized in River BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Four people, a woman and her three children, were drowned in the Meintyre River, about 30 miles from Goondiwindi yesterday afternoon…

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Severe Wounds Motor Car, Smash Two Injured Sydney

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

Two men were seriously injured when a metro car crashed into a telegraphs pole at Brook vale early to-day…

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Shot Dead Accident Caused by Dog ADIELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

A dog was indirectly responsible of 18-year-old bey being fatally shot. The victim was Ronald James Hammat, son of Mrs. G. Hammat, of…

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ACCIDENTAL Drowning of Boy NEWCASTLE

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

On Australia Day a two-year old boy, Brian McDermott, wandered from his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Mabel Mcdermott, of Pelaw Main, and was…

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Motor Fatality Jury Acquits Accused

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

Following a direction form Judge Cloyle on the question of criminal negligence a Goulburn jury without hearing any defence acquitied…

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Three Drowned Vic. Tragedies MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 3

Kovin Goyer, 12, was drowned at Albert Park yesterday afternoon when, with two companions, he was washed from a sandbank by a large…

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Floods in Queensland Five People Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 1

Five drownings as a result of flooded rivers in Queensland wore reported on Monday. When a boat in which they were…

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Cycle Capsizes Brothers Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 8

When the motor cycle they were riding along Windsor road. Rouse Hill overturned, yesterday afternoon, Bertram Magill, 23, of Cooks-avenue,…

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