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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 77

Two Injured Cyclist and Pedestrian SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 3

Leslie Patterson, 18, who was cycling, and Mrs. Grace Cunningham, 72, who was walking, were injured in an accident in Miller-street, North…

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ACCIDENTAL Motor Cyclist a Death CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 7

At the Wollombl courthouse this morning, Mr. A. Willis, the Wollombl district coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of Cyril Parker…

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Car Collision Six Persons Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 5

A baby of five months was critically injured, and six persons suffered minor injuries when two car collided at St. Peters last night…

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Girl Killed by Car Fatality at South Grafton

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 6

When Doreen M'Lennan, aged 17, walked from behind a bus she had just left in Cambridge-street, South Grafton, late yesterday afternoon, she…

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Submarine Disaster Crew of 55 Drowned. Moscow

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 8

The whole of the crew of 55 were drowned when a Soviet submarine sank following a collision during manoeuvres in the Gulf of Finland…

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Ship's Rocket Kills Two Boys Dreadful Fatality Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 4

Two boys were killed and others shockingly injured when a ship's rocket exploded among eight lads clustered round a fire on a vacant…

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55 DROWNED Submarine Disaster Soviet Loss Moscow, August 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 1

The entire crew of 55 was drowned when a Soviet submarine sand following a collision during manoeuvres in the Gulf of Finland…

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Fell From Tram Collector Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 1

Robert Freeman(50) a ticket collector, of Barcom-avenue, King's Cross, fell on some loose metal and was seriously injured when he slipped…

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Injured Workers, Wages Test Case Before Full Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 5

What was described as a test case Involving important questions of law affecting the wages of injured railway employees was before…

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Dinghy Swamped Drowning Fatality BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 9

A Brisbane architect, William Alexander Ensor, 25, single was drowned when his dinghy was swamped on the bar off Caloundra, a North Coast…

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Train Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 7

Walking along the line to join a repair gang, Dahiel Townsend (62), of Essendon (Vic.), was run down by an electric train and killed…

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Hip Injured, Motor Cycle Capsized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 5

When a motor cycle capsized in front of the West Maitland Fire Station this morning, the rider, an employee of the Maitland Gas Works,…

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Blind Men Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 6

Sydney Anderson, 20, of Rocksford st., Erskinoville, and Edward Collins, 34, of Lakemba, both blind, while walking. in Zara-st. Newcastle on…

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Leg Broken Mr. A. Hill Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 5

Mr. Arthur Hill, a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hi11, of West Mnitland, but who has been living at Manly for a few years, had his leg broken…

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Dentist Killed Another Injured CAR HlT Standard Temora

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

William ,MacDonald (40), dentist, of West Wyalong, was killed Instantly, and Frederick Piackett, also a dentist, of the same town, seriously in…

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Mine Accident Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 5

When he tripped over a sleeper at Abermain No, 2 collery to-day, Francis Jones, 44, a shot-firer, living at Kearsley, sustained injuries to his lett…

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Eye Injured Unusual Accident MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 7

Mr. Archio Bower sustained a deep gash over the right eye, in which it was found necessary to insert three stitches when he was involved in an…

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Dust Pall. Millions of Tons. Sheep Literally "Drowned"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 3

It is estimated that 10,000,000 tons of dust fell on South Australia recently, while something like 100,000,000 remained suspended in the air, or…

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Serious Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

Gloucester "Advocate" says that Mr. Clem. Walsh, the well-known skin buyer, of Dungog, who has dealt extensively in this district during the…

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Seriously Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 3

Marjorie Day (17), of Salisbury' street, Kensington, suffered fractures of the skull and left leg, when she was knocked down by a car last night,…

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