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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Tennis Champion in Car Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 1

Roderick Menzel, the Czechoslovakian tennis champion, and his wife had narrow escapes on Sunday night when their car somersaulted twice on the…

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Poet's Fate Drowned in River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

Mr. Ralph Edwards (30) a brother of Mrs. Bertha Crawford, of Crawford, Millfield, was found drowned in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, on…

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Man Injured Fight in Police Cell NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 8

George Jesse, 58, of Swansea, was admitted to the General Hospital last night Buffering from fracture of several ribs on his right side and severe…

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Accident Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

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

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Road Accidents Human Factor Important SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

The president of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. C. Watson) sees in the road accident figures quoted in a report of the Commissioner for Road Transport…

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Woman and Children Injured in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

A woman and her four children were injured, none seriously, when a motor car in which they were travelling collided with a light van near the…

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Fatal Collision SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

When his motor cycle collided with a motor lorry at Enfield to-day, James McCracken (45), of Bankstown,…

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Mr. Jim Girvan Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

Crushed against the side of a tunnel by a horse on Wednesday, Mr. James Girvan, Secretary of the Bellbird Miners Lodge, received injuries…

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Goulburn Fatality Train Crew Exonerated. Goulburn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

The crew of the engine which ran down and killed Mrs. Charlotte Arthur, a fettler's wife, at Towang early on January 11, were…

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Car and Sulky Collision in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

In a collision between a motor car and a horse and sulky in High-street, West Maitland, late last night, Herbert Marcus Kirkwood (20), living at…

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Two Injured Waterloo Affray SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Frank Richards. (23), received a rfie bullet in the right hand, and Charles Saunders (69) an invalid pensioner, facial injuries, as a result of an affray…

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Boy Drowned Crossing Flooded Lagoon Slipped From Horse

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

Slipping from a horse which was swimming across a flooded lagoon near the Namoi at Gunnedah, John Barnett Allen, aged 12½ years, was drowned…

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Boy Drowned Slipped from Horse Flooded Lagoon Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

When he slipped from a horse which was swimming across a flooded lagoon yesterday, John Barnett Allen (12) was drowned…

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Local and General. Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

Mr. E. ("Ted") Miller, who is employed by Messrs A. and F. Hopkins, butchers, of Merriwa, sustained a nasty gash in his right leg, above the…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. A. Fennings, Forestry Inspector, met with a mishap to his oar when returning from Tanilba picnic grounds during the festive season. Mr…

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Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

While engaged in splitting a post at Broke on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Thomas Oxford, of Edward-street, South Singleton, met with, a painful…

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Baby Drowned Body Found in Dam PENRITH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

While working in her garden at St. Marys to-day, Mrs. A. Mole missed her two-years-old son, Kenneth. A search resulted in his body being…

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Sea Trageek Freighter Wrecked Captain Drowned Halifax, January 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

Piling up on the rocky shore in a heavy snowstorm and high sea, the British freighter Kenkerry was completely wrecked. The crew of 29 was…

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Three Men Have Remarkable Escape From Death emarifza WRECKED! Motor Cars Collide Two Injured Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

A remarkable escape from death was experienced by three men to-day when two cars were wrecked on the St…

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WESTON Accident Victims' Fund English Visitors Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 8

The committee which is working to raise funds for the victims of the Neath motor smash, held a meeting last night, when a progress report was…

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