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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 77

Hit by Car Charlestown Mishap Three Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1935 · page 12

Two young women and a youth of 16 were injured on the Pacific High-way, near Charlestown, about 11, o'clock last night, when they were…

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Footballer Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 4

Fergus Murphy, an employee of the local butter factory and a member of the Denman Football Club, sustained a dislocated wlbow while playing…

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Fatal Car Accident at Abermain Passenger's Skull Fractured Accidental Death Verdict

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 8

A matter which the Transport Board should take up, without delay is action against motories who use…

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Leg Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 3

Jack Roderick, 21, of kurri kurri, received an injury to his right leg while playing football on Sunday afternoon. He was admitted to the…

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Driver Fined Collision Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 5

Norman Lynn Bruee, Stephen-st., Bombala, did not appear at the East Maitland Court this afternoon to answer a charge of having failed to slow…

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Eleven Drowned ANTWERP. July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 5

Ten passengers and the driver were drowned, and ten saved, when a motor 'bus overturned and pitched into…

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Into Creek Boy Nearly Drowned Runaway Skip Newcastle

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

David Griffiths, 15 of Seahampton, received a compound fracture of the skull and severe shock when an old coal skip, on which he was…

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Girl Injured Thrown from Cycle MUSWELLBROOK

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

Eileen Passfield was riding a bicycle on, Saturday afternoon, when the front fork snapped and the child was thrown heavily to the ground…

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Martin's Creek. Child Injured Martin's Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 3

Thomas honey, aged 5 years, tripped and fell at his parents' residence yesterday and broke his arm between the wrist and elbow. He was convoyed…

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Fatally Injured by Car Inquest Upon Unknown Man

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

The Deputy Coroner (Mr J. E. Chant) held an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse on Friday afternoon, concerning the death of a swagman, who…

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Bus Overturns Into Canal 10 People Drowned. (Australian Press Assn. Message) ANTWERP

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 1

A shocking fatality occurred to-day when a crowded motor, bus overturned and toppled into a canal. Ten passengers were drowned,…

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Road Accidents Girl Killed Outright Many Hurt Sydney

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

Edna Butler, 20, of Suffolk-street, Paddington, was killed, and Leonard Greenwood, 21, of Thornley-street, Lelchhardt, was…

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Vienna Mourns Chancellor's Wife Killed Motor Accident Vienna, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 5

Accompanied by the Chancellor, Dr. Schuschnigg, who wept bitterly, the body of Frau schuschnigg, who was killed in a motor accident…

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Trucks Derailed North Coast Accident SYDNEY

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

When eight trucks of a goods train were derailed, considerable damage was done to the permanent way between Nambucca and Macksville and serious…

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Fatal Injury Mysterious Accident Stanwell Park

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 3

Mr. Roy Brown, 38, who died in Sydney Hospital on Saturday, was found three weeks ago lying in a roadside gutter on Bald Hill besides his…

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Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

Mr J. Turner the well-known local footballer and swimmer, met with a very nasty and painful accident on Saturday afternoon. He was assisting…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 3

Struck by a car while riding in bicycle in west Avenue last Saturday night, Henry Griffin, 26, of Bell bird, sustained a fractured skull and…

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Boy Killed Brother Injured Coroner's Inquest Newcastle

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

On the night of June 27 two boys, William Benjamin Jenkins, aged 12, and Leslie Jenkins, aged 6, left their parents' home at Chatham-road,…

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Week-end Accidents. Postal Official Under Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 1

Dragged from beneath a car, after the front wheel had passed over his body, Mr. Alfred Gordon Firth, a postal employee at the Muswellbrook Post…

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Bicycle Accident

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

A peculiar accident befel Miss M. Sternbeck in John-street. Singleton, on Monday afternoon. The bicycle she was riding skidded, throwing her…

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