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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Back Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

Mr. Pore. Johnson, treasurer of the Knrri Kurri Soccer Football Club, is confined to his had as the result of injuries to his buck while diving…

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Injured by Runaway Skip Accident At Richmond Main Colliery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

John Mitchcson, aged 17, a trapper, of Stanford Merthyr, was seriously [?] jured by a runaway-skip in the underground workings of Richmond Main…

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Injured Finger O'Reilly's Bad Luck SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

Slender though the hope was that W.J. O'Reilly would be induced to play Sheffield cricket for the State this season there is new no…

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O'reilly Injured Not Able to Play in Sheffield Shield Match. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

Bill O'Reilly, the international ericketer, was using a lawn mower at his home this morning, when the index finger of his right hand became caught in…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 8

Ray widders, 9 of Douglas-street Armidale received lacerated and contused wounds to the top of the thumb and to the first and second fingers of…

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Communication Cord Pulled Accident Averted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

The prompt action of a passenger in pulling the communication cord and bringing the train to a standstill, prevented what might have been serious…

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Seriously Hurt in Gun Accident Wire Caught Trigger

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

With a gaping wound in the right arm, Malcolm Fennell, aged 13, of Fennell's Bay, Toronto, was admitted to Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah,…

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Eleven Trucks Derailed Accident Blocks Main Southern Line. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

Eleven trucks of a 1000 ton freight train left the rails at Douglas Park this morning, totally wrecking both main lines. The train was loaded with…

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Strong Comment Kurri Kurri Coroner Neath Fatality Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

Strong comment was made by Coroner A. W. Johns at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse to-day regarding lorries . temporarily converted Into…

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Street Lighting Bearing on Accidents Experience Abroad

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 11

There is no hope of ever controlling entirely the human emotions that cause motor accidents owing to carelessness; for it seems next to…

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Stable Boy Fatal Accident MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

G. Oliver, a stable boy, met his death at the tracks at Flemington this morning, He was riding the two-year-old, Bustard, when the horse swerved off…

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Lucky Escapes Aberdeen Accident Horse Fell Aberdeen, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 10

Three Dartbrook residents, who were driving In a sulky to Aberdeen, were. involved in an accident which may have had serious consequences…

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Coroner Inquires Into Neath Road Fatality Cricketers in Motor Smash Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 7

"Lorries which are carting gravel and other goods, and are temporarily converted into passenger conveyances, are a menace to public…

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Injured Victim Left on Roadway

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 12

After a head-on collision between a motor lorry and a motor cycle at Rockdale, it is alleged that the lorry driver drove on, leaving the cyclist, Leonard…

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Car Hit Pole Early Morning Smash two INJURED

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 7

Two people ware Injured when a car collided with an electric light pole in [?] of Mr. J, Butler's residence, on the East…

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Car Somersaults Twice Woman Killed Husband Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 10

A woman was killed, and her hugband critically injured late yesterday afternoon, when the motor-car in which they were travelling skidded on the…

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Nearly Drowned, Men Fall from Bridge Tangled in Weed Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

Two carpenters, T. McLucas, 38, of Graf ton, and Jack Jack, 22, of Ulmarra working on the new Sean Creek bridge, three and a half miles form…

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The Motor World. (News and Notes From the N.r.m.a.) Berlin Tackles Accident Problem

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

In an endeavor to reduce the great number of road accidents in Germany, the Berlin police have introduced an accident investigation flying squad…

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Sulky Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

On Monday afternoon, whilst Mrs H. Tuckey (Dartbrook) and children were driving to Aberdeen the horse, which had become restive passing some…

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GLOUCESTER Rifle Accident Man Wounded Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. E. Dawson , of Craven, whilst cleaning a rifle lifted it up to look down the barrel, when the gun went off, inflicting a wound…

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