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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 77

Port Stephens Drowning Tragedy Second Body Found

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

Ronald Laman's body was found on a rock on the shore of Bowlers Bay, just south of Port Stephens lighthouse, early on Thursday…

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Car Overturns Occupant Injured MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 1

Alexander Lamb (52), of Essendon, received concussion and cuts when his motor car toppled over a bridge at Moonce, Ponds to-day. Before it…

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Little Boy Injured Fell from Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

Mr. Theodore Bradstreet, of Cessnock, was driving a motorcar from Main-street into Vincent-street on Sunday, when his…

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May Recover Injured Taxi Man SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 1

Arthur Brown, taxi-driver, who was stabbed in his cab last Thursday night, is expected to recover, Despite widespread inquiries the police have…

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Three Injured Cycle—Side Car Smash Moss Vale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 8

Three young men were seriously injured when a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were riding overturned on the top of Barrengarry…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

Returning from Chichester Dam on Friday afternoon last, Miss Fay Musgrave had the misfortune to meet with a rather painful accident. While…

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Hands on Fire Two Men Burned Peculiar Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 1

The hands of two men were badly burned in a fire in a garage at Water. 100 this morning. Before the flames were extinguished both of them were…

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Road Accidents Britain 's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 4

The numbers of persons killed or injured during 1934 in road accidents in Great Britain attributed to private cars and to public service vehicles…

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Port Stephens Drowning Fatality Inquiry Held

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. E. Hitch ins, conducted an inquiry at T[?] Gardens into the death of Os[?] Shepherd and. Ronald Laman [?]…

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Jockey ' Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 11

Riding on Wahgunyah Racecourse on Wednesday, Andy Clark, the well known Corowa Jockey, was stunned when the horse, R. Freyer 's Black…

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Farmer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 7

Contusions and lacorations to the first finger of the right hand were sustained by Mr. F. Crouch, 72, a farmer, on the main - road, Largs, when…

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Fatality Near Gosford Lorry Overturns on Mountain Road. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 6

Hugh Allen, aged 22, was killed, and Ronald Noble, aged 25, was internally injured when a lorry overturned on a mountain road near Gosford. The…

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Hands in Flames Two Men Injured at Waterloo

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 6

The hands of two men caught fire in a garage at Waterloo yesterday morning. Before the flames were extinguished both, men had been severely…

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One Killed; Another Injured Lorry Overturns. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 2

Hugh Allen (22) was killed, and his companion, Ronald Noble (25), sustained internal injuries when a lorry overturned on a mountain road near…

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Man Killed Pinned Under Lorry Another Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 3

Hughie Allen, 22, of Mangrove Mountain - road, Somersby, was killed. and Ronald Noble, 25, of Ourimbah. was severaly injured early last night…

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Australian Parachutist Gravely Injured Fall From 1000 Feet London

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 6

It is believed that an Australian, Mr Frederick Leonard Marsland, is still alive, though he was gravely injured, after having fallen 1000 feet from an…

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Electricity Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 3

IVY Bllson of Surrey - st. Darlinghurst, was using a vacuum cleaner In a fiat In Bayswater - road, Darllnghurst. yesterday, when she received an…

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Accident to Shunter

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 6

Mr A. Ward, who was formerly stationed at Singleton, and who is now on the railway shunting staff at Newcastle, met with a nasty accident on…

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Man. Drowned Surfing at Yamba Niece Saved Grafton

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

John Hutchison, 58, a Glen innes garage proprietor, was swept 400 yards out to sea while surfing at Yamba and was drowned…

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Car Collision Honeymoon Couple Ten Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 2

A young Sydney couple, who wore married in Sydney on Saturday night, were Injured In a head-on collision be - tween two oars near Dunkeld, about…

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