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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Great Ordeal Injured Worker Mates' Devotion Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 2

A wonderful spirit of comradeship was shown when Lionel Roacho (23) of Duke-street, Grafton, was crippled in a forest 40 miles from Grafton. He was…

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Hit by Car Man Fatally Injured Skull Fractured Sydney

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

When he was knocked down by a police patrol car at St. Peter's William James Burns, 42, a returned soldier, of St. Peters, received fatal injuries…

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Struck by Car Motor Cyclist Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 4

Just before midnight, Robert Peak, 24, of Maryville, was severely injured when he was struck by a motor car while wheeling a motor cycle at Hamilton…

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Two Injured Colliery Accidents CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 7

When he was struck by a fall of coal while at work this morning, James Davis (65), a miner, residing at Kitchener, and employed at…

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Two Injured Struck by Motor Cyc[?] SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 3

Mary Ralston, 72, of St. Paul's-ro[?] Randwick, was crossing Oxford-street, Darlinghurst last night, when she was knocked down by a motor cycle S?]…

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Leg Injured Caught in Wheel SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 1

As Walter Brown (70), of Westmead, was about to step into his sulky, Which was moving slowly at Westmead to-day, his leg became caught in…

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Mineworkers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

James Davis, 55, miner, of Kitchener, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, was struck by a fall of coal on Wednesday, and admitted to…

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Sulky Accident Elderly Man Injured Ray. Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

Thrown from a sulky yesterday afternoon when the horse bolted and collided with a fence, Alexander Cameron, 71, of Raymond Terrace, was seriously…

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Trains Collide Nobody Injured BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

[?] empty passenger trains collided [?]don in Normanby railway yards. [?] trains were moving slowly, and [?] damage was confined to the…

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Struck Car Cyclist Seriously Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 3

When his motor-cycle and a motor or collided at New Lambton late last night. Harold Berriman, 23, of Queen's toad. New Lambton, sustained a…

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Electric Train in Collision Passengers Receive Nasty Shock. Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 6

Early this morning an electric train struck the guard's van of a goods train at Gordon with terrific force. The passengers, who numbered 20,…

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Lorry Crashes Gear Handle Failed Farmer Injured Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 4

Henry Robshaw, 44, farmer and carrier of Hernanion, on the, Grafton-Armidale road, is in the Grafton Hospital, suffering from injuries to the…

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Lorry Capsized Driver Badly Injured Wheel Locked? Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

J. Buckley, of Lismore, received a probable fracture of the skull, a deep contused wound over the right eye, and concussion when a big lorry loaded…

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Serious Train Collision on North Shore Held Up! North Service Crew Lucky Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 1

The total dislocation of the railway services on the North Shore line occurred for hours this morning following,…

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Serious Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 2

Mr. Angus Farley, of Stroud Road, met with a serious accident on Tuesday last. It appears that Mr. Farley, who is 63 years of age, was riding…

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In Collision Procession Float Lorry Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 6

One of the floats which took pa[?] the St. Patrick's Day procession West Maitland to-day, and a van [?]ed by T. J. Wilks and Sons, were…

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Hit by Stone Miner Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 1

While working in a mine at Monument Hill early to-day, Bert Sibley, a miner, was struck on the head by a falling stone, and critically injured…

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Boy Injured Knocked Down by Horse DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 3

When Don Tarran, 5, son of Mr., and Mrs. W. Tarran, of Dungog, was crossing a laneway in Dowling-street, Dungog, a horse galloped out and knocked…

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Accident at Maitland Speedway Spectator Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 2

Struck by a competing machine, a spectator was seriously injured at the Maitland Showground motor-cycle mèeting on Saturday night…

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Cars Collide Man Slightly Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 4

When two cars collided at the inter section of Francis-street and Wollombiroad on Saturday night, one man was slightly injured…

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