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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 77

Three Injured Car Smash at Adamstown NEWCASTLE

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

When a car in which they were riding collided with a motor lorry at Adamstown, two men and two women were injured…

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Kicked by Horse in Delivery Van Man Killed, Companion Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

A man was Killed and his companion injured in South Melbourne, when a horse drawing a delivery van suddenly kicked at the driver and his companion…

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Axe Accident

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

While Mr. Jack Randle was carrying an axe over his shoulder at Craven Cheek recently it slipped and infileted a deep gash above the left shoulder,…

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Wingham Fatality

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

Reubin Moir, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moir, of Wingham, was killed instantly when he fell off a motor lorry loaded with timber on…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 5

Clarence Carroll, 24, of High-street. West Maitland, suffered an injury to the skull, concussion. It wound to the head, and a fracture of the left arm,…

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Man Drowned In Supply Canal Wine Party Griffith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 8

Mr. A. Savage, the District Coroner, held an inquest into the drowing of a man, believed to be Jack Bobby, 30, an unemployed labourer, in the main…

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Accident at Craven Creek

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

Serious consequences followed the slipping of an axe for Mr. Jack Randle, of Craven Creek. On Saturday, February 23, he was carrying an axe…

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Across Line. Ward's River Accident

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

The Kempsey day passenger train was delayed on its run down the North Coast on Thursday by a collision between a bicycle and a…

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Coal Fell Seriously Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 7

Alexander Duff, of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock, was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital to-day in a serious condition. He was suffering from a…

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Fell Under Lor[?] Driver Injured NEWCASTLE

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

With his right arm and leg bro[?] and suffering from shock, Robert ton, 45, a carter, of Adamstown, admitted to Newcastle Hospital…

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Car Accident at Bullahdelah Hill

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 3

Hurry Lee, his wife and daughter of Glebe, were injured on Wednesday at Bullahdelah Hill, through the car going over the side and falling 40 feet. Lee's…

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Man Drowned in Creek Fatality Seen by Wife

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 5

Amos Smith, aged 52, farmer, of Avoca, near Bungalow, was drowned on Wednesday when the horse which, he was driving in a cart swerved from the…

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Miner Injured

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

Alexander Duff, 23 miner employed at Pelton Colliery, and residing in Gordon-avenue, South Cessnock, was admitted to hospital yesterday,…

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"Bill" Hannell Injured

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

Mr. W. ("Bill") Hannell, Aberdare Solitary electrician, had a narrow escape from serious injury at the mine the other day, when he was squeezed…

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Big Explosion at Oil Well Ten Killed and Four Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message ) St. George, Utah

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 1

Ten persons were killed and four injured here to-day whilst witnessing the sheeting in of a new oil well. It appears that when a heavy charge…

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Accident Near Bullahdelah. Car Rolls Down Hillside

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 2

Harry Lee, 43, his wife, aged 39, and their daughter Norma, 12, of Derwent-street. Glebe, were injured when a motor car in which they were returning…

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Accident on Bulahdelah Mountain Car Plunges Into Gorge

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 1

Three persons were injured, one seriously, when a motor car ran off the main North Coast road on the Buladelah Mountain during a…

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Girl Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 3

Saying to her two small brothers, "You watch me swim." Dorothy Price, aged 7 years, dived fully clothed into a water hole at Sunnybank She came…

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Cars in Collision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 5

When two cars collided near Wollongong to-day, three persons were injured. Henry Thomas sustained a fractured right forearm…

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Hit Run Fatality Escape After Chase MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 6

A car, stolen from Geelong, stuck Miss Gladays James, 43, of St. Kilda, who dies from the injuries she received…

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