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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Two Drowned Accident to Brothers GRIFFITH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 11

Robert Henry Rowley, aged 9, and David Alexander Rowley, 8, brothers, were drowned in the main irrigation canal, near Griffith…

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Three Injured Motor Vehicles Collide CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

Travelling along the Wollombi-road, West Cessnock, last night, a motor lorry came into collision with a motor bicycle, ridden by Herbert…

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Out of Hospital Injured Cricketers WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Three of the cricketers who were injured in the Neath bus and motor smash recently, left the Kurri Kurri Hospital during the week. Those who…

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Two Accidents Newcastle Coincidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

Two accidents occurred in Newcastle last night within a few minuted of each other and with less than 50 yards between the…

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Brothers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

Robert Henry Rowley, nine, and Daid Alexander Rowley, eight, brothers, were drowned in the main irrigation canal near Griffith, on Thursday…

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Two Accidents Children Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

Dawn Barclay, aged seven years of East Maitland was playing at her home yesterday afternoon when she fell, probably fracturing her right…

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Spine Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

John Grunrty, 18, of Westwood street, Bolmore was admitted to Manly Hospital with a probable fracture of the spine which he…

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Fire Chief Hurt In Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

District Officer L. C. Hurley, 52, Newcastle districts fire chief, suffered an injured to the right shoulder, abrasions to both hands and the right leg,…

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Struck by Car Child Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

The death took place on Saturday of Nola May Saunders, aged 4 only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Saunders, of Ballina after she had…

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Car Skidded Dashed Across Gutter Two Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Two persons were injured when a car driven by George E. Arundel, of Altona-street, Abbotsford, who was returning from a visit to South Coast…

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Nine Injured Four Men Detained SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Six persons were taken to hospital, ono in a critical condition, on Saturday night as a result of a fierce brawl at Waterloo. Over…

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Fall of Coal Aid. Shakespeare Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Joseph Shakespeare (51) a miner, of David-street, Cessnock, and an alderman of he municipal council, sustained a probable fracture of the right…

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Two Killed Melbourne Car Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 6

Martin Coy, 50, of West Melbourne, died in the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday, three hours after he had been struck by a motor car in…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

William Bytheway, 53 of Neath, a minor employed at Neath No. 1 Colliery, was caught in a fall of coal while at work and received a fracture of the…

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Mine Worker Seriously Injured Struck by Runaway Skip Richmond Main Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

John Mitcheson (17), of Stanford Merthyr, and a trapper employed at the Richmond Main Colliery, was seriously injured on Monday, while…

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Motoring Fatality MR. A. V. Shearwin the Victim

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

A motoring accident, attended with fatal results, took place on the Merriwa-Mudgee road yesterday morning. Mr. Arthur V. Shearwin, of Scone,…

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Two Injured Faxi-Cab Smash SYDNEY

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

Two wore hurt in Parramattaroad, Burwood, to-day when a taxicab suddenly swerved across the road and crashed into an electric light pole,…

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Struck by Fall of Coal Ald. Shakespeare Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Serious injuries were received by Ald. J. H. Shakespeare when he was struck by a fall of coal while following his occupation as…

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Scone Resident Killed. Muswellbrook-Merriwa Road Accident. Car Overturned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

A motoring accident, attended with fatal results, occurred on the MuswellbrookMerriwa road yesterday…

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Car Somersaults. Accident Near Gloucester. Aged Woman Dies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

While returning by car to Newcastle, following a tour of the North Coast three lady tourists were involved in a serious accident on Christmas…

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