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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 77

Accident Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 3

The condition of William Lygoe, who was injured in an accident at the Maitland speedway on Saturday night, was stated, on inquiry at the…

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Old Man's Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 3

After he had lain fsor eight hours on the landing. of his home, in Bathurststreet, Sydney, John Anderson, 82, was found, by ambulance officers in an…

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Injured in Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 4

While travelling towards Sydney in a car Edward Brownhill, of Gulgong, was seriously Injured when the vehicle collided with another near Leura…

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Child's Painful Accident. Dislocation and Broken Arm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 3

A painful accident befell Jolin Porter, aged 8 years, of Sydney-street, on Saturday afternoon last. The boy was playing in the yard at his parents'…

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Ladder Broke Painter's Narrow Escape Kurri Accident Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

Claude March, a painter, of West Maitland, bad a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday at the chelmsford Hotel, Kurri Kurri…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 1

As Mr. H. A. Butler was returning from Newcastle on Friday, 8th inst., a pin fell out of the steering gear, and he was unable to straighten up the…

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Diver Injured Shark Attack BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

When he was working in water up to his waist on the Three Mile Reef, off Lizard Island, about 50 miles north of Cooktown, a pearl diver named…

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Three Hurt Collision in fog Tram and Car Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

Three people were hurt, one seriously, when a motor car and a tram collided in a fog at Manly early to-day…

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Horse Killed Two Men Injured Wallsend Smash Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 5

Walter Herd, 57, of Devon-street, Wallsend, and William Jack, of Abel-street, Wallsend, were injured late last night, and a horse was killed,…

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Tram and Car Collide Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 2

When a tram and a motor car collided head-on at Manly early this morning three persons were injured, viz., Frederick Charles. Hickling, aged 63,…

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Police Fire on Moslems 19 KILLED, 16 INJURED. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) CALCUTTA

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

Nineteen were killed and 60 injured in Karachi, as the result of police opening fire on turbulent Moslems who demonstrated against the execution of…

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Cars Collide High-street Accident Severe Impact

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 6

Two motors, driven by commercial travellers, collided in High-street, West Maitland, near the Post Office, late yesterday afternoon with an…

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Boy and Girl Killed Level Crossing Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 1

A collision between a motor car and the engine of a train at Karoonda (South Australia) ralway crossing on Wednesday morning , resulted in the…

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Boy Injured Car and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 7

A boy was admitted to Maitland Hospital as the result of an accident which occurred late yesterday afternoon on the Maitland-Kurri Kurri…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Mr. Irwin Carter was kicked by a horse on Sunday and sustained a broken leg. Scone ambulance was summoned, and conveyed him to…

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Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 4

Mr Jack Roach, of Captain's Flat, met with a peculiar accident when he and his brothers were playing cricket on their father's property. Their dog…

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Child Killed Struck by Motor Lo Hexham Fatality Hexham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 8

A two-year old girl was killed stantly late yesterday afternoon she was struck by a motor lorry her home…

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Four Injured Cars Collide Head-on Two in Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 4

When two motor cars collided head on, on the Maitland-road, near Tarro Pumping Station about mid-night last night, four persons were injured, two…

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Drowned While Boating

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 2

While boating in Rangitoto Chunnel at the entrance to Auckland Harbour, yesterday afternoon, Mrs Dorothy Jane Thomson, aged 23, was drowned…

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