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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Verdict for £150 Collision at Neath District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 2

A verdict for £150 was returned by his Honor Judge Nield in favour of Harold McGrath, of Abcrmain, at the Maitland District…

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Vain Fight Sisters Drowned Sad Story Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

A Maori girl, aged IU, .showed great heroism when for half an hour she strove in vain to save her young…

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School Accident Minister Calls for Report ABERMAIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 8

With regard to the statements made by him in Parliament, that a cleaner had broken her leg while in he Abermain School grounds, and that later a…

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Car Hits Pol Doctor Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

When a motor-car crashed telegraph pale at Manly, there were injured. They were— Dr. Nell Francis, of Chats…

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In Bad Way Injured Pilot SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

Ernest Collibee, who was severely injured yesterday when the plane he was plloting nosedived into some scrub at Harbord was reported to-day…

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'Plane Crash Occupants Injured Forced Down Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

Two people were hurt, one seriously, when a piane crashed while attempting to make a forced tanding at Harboard, near Manly…

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Four Injured in Car Smash Two Visitors From Moree. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

Four persons were injured, two seriously, when a motor car collided with an electric light standard at Brookvale early this morning…

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ACCIDENTAL Crushed to Death Winch Fatality Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 7

At an inquest to-day concerning the death of John Richardson, (38), able seaman, who was killed while working on the cargo steamer Corio on…

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Scone Girl Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4

Una McLoughlin, 19, of Ellerton Scone, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and abrasions when she was knocked down by a motor car…

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Man Injured "Hit-Run" Driver NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

Police are something for the driver of a motor car which knocked down William Kennedy Shoesmith, 25, of Cook's Hill, at Mayfield, late last…

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Fell Down Shaft Girl Badly Injured BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 8

Audrey Dawson, an 18-year-old girl, employed by McWhirter's Ltd., The Valley, suffered terrible injuries when she fell 15 feet down the lift well in…

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Father's Shock Daughter in Accident CAIRNS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

Hastily asked to allow his phone to be used for calling the ambulance to a motor accident last evening, Mr. Joseph Bennett, solicitor, found the…

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Attacked by Boars Farm Hand Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

When R. E. Dennis, farmhand at Mr D. Badgery's station, near Grafton, entered a pen to separate two boars which were fighting, one boar attacked him…

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Ambulance Makes 80 Mile Dash Injured Girl Brought to Hospital

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

Lake Macquarie Ambulance clashed 80 miles from the station at Boolaroo to Hue-Hue, a little place near the foot of the mountains out from Wyee, and…

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Heart Attack Mr. Phillip Paff Passes Accident Recalled Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 7

The death occurred at Dungog early this morning of Mr. Phillip Paff, aged 81, a well-known resident of Brook-field, near Dungog. Death was due…

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Road Accidents Alarming

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

"That 86 persons were killed in road accidents, in this State during last quarter is an alarming condition of affairs when it is remembered that more than…

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Killed in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 2

Jack Meads, 30, a carpenter at the Hume Reservoir, was knocked down by a motor car near Albury and was killed Instantly. He wan cycling to his…

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Collision Cases Verdicts Against Cessnock Motorist

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 2

A verdict of £150 Was returned by his Honor Judge Neild, in favour of harold McGrath Abermain at the Maitland District Court in the…

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Car Fatality Inquest at Armidale ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. R. L. Blae, returned a verdict of accidental death at an inquiry on Wednesday into the death on April 7 of Clyde Hayward…

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Car Collision Three People Hurt. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 5

Three people while walking along a footpath at Newtown, were injured when a motor-car, driven by a doctor, came into collision with another car,…

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