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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Nasty Accident Murrurundi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

While returning from Newcastle on the special excursion train, a young Murrurundi lady, Miss Stahlhut, met with a nasty accident. She was…

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Camp Tragedy Brothers Drowned BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 6

Two Boy Scouts, Thomas Nettleton, 18, and his brother, Clifford Nettleton, 11, who were members of a week-end camping party, were drowned in the…

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Four Hurt Collision at Randwick SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 3

Four persons were injured by flying glass when a motor car collided with a tram at Randwick last night. Soon afterwards the car caught fire…

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Cars Collide On Newcastle Road Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

When a sedan car, driven by Miss Liley, of Newcastle-street, East Maitland, overturned after a collision had occurred with another car, a single…

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Splinters Fly Painful Accident GLOUCESTER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 3

William Taylor met with a painful accident while felling timber at Upper Bowman. He had a rope attached to a limb of…

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Painful Accident Splinters in Head

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 2

A message from Gloucester says that a painful accident befell William Taylor, at Upper Bowman, whilst felling timber…

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Firemen Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

While rushing to a bush fire on a motor cycle and side-car two firemen, named Higginson and Wise, of chatswood, crashed into a ditch at Lindfield…

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Chapter of Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. Carl Street sustained a nasty gash in the back of one of his hands while cranking a motor lorry at Krambach (states the…

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Accident at Bowman. Falling Limb Pierces Face

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

A serious and extremely painful accident occurred to William Taylor, at Upper Bowman, on Monday evening last, whilst felling timber…

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Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

While motoring through from Murwillumbah to Sydney, Mr. George Tilbrook, formerly of the staff of the Bank of New South Wales, at Dungog,…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 2

During a road bicycle race al[?]ton, near Raleigh, on the North [?] William Keogh skidded in gravel at a dangerons bend of [?]…

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Motors Collide Intersection Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 5

The occupants of a car and a motor lorry which collided at the intersection of Church and Steam-streets, West. Maitland. about 2 o'clock this…

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Unlucky Man Series of Accidents CANOWINDRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 7

George Kelly, who lost the sight of an eye in an accident some years Ago, was struck in the other eye by a billet of wood while no the…

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Accident to Mr John Wilson

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 2

Mr John Wilson, saddler, of Johnstreet, a very old resident of the town, suffered a nasty accident last night. At about 8 o'clock he was walking along…

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Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

Richard Francis Hannan, 5, of Campsic was drowned after another child had made a desperate attempt to save him in the Cook's River at Campsle…

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[?]ACCIDENTS Companies Duped LONDON, Jan, 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 9

[?]motor insurance companies [?]need that they pay out thous[?] bounds a year in compensation [?]which have been caused…

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Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 9

As a result of a collision between the motor cycle he was riding and a motor-car on the railway bridge at Aberdeen this morning J. Falconer, of…

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The Branch. Father and Son Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

Calamity overtook father and son within the last week while in the execution of their duty at the mill. Mr. Andrew's thumb became wedged in…

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Car Smashed Ministers Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 6

Senator T. C. Brennan, Hon. Minister, Mr. T. Paterson, Minister for the Interior, Senator Brennan's parry and the…

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Injured by Fall of Coal Aberdare Miner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Rutherford Spence Ogle, 55, of King Street, Cessnock, and a miner employed at the Aberdare Colliery, was struck by a fall of coal while…

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