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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 77

Shooting Fatality Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 3

While Bolting through a fence during a rabbit shooting expedition on his property, Mr. R. R. Russell, of [?]kianga, a Government candidate at…

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Mine Accidents Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 7

A statement by Mr. Geo. Booth, Labour, (Kurri Kurri), that the number of accidents in coal mines had increased in the past year…

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Road Accidents a Prolific Cause

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 3

There is one prolific cause of traffic accidents in this country and the is the dangerous practice of man drivers of horse-drawn vehicles, auto…

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Lorry Fatality Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 2

When a motor lorry crashed down! nn ombankmont nt Joyce's Crook, near the main Maryborough-Castlemaine road, William Hempel, 25, of…

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Horse Bolted Young Woman Injured GOULBURN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 5

When a horse she was riding bolted and collided with a broad delivery cart in Crawford-street, Madge Popper, 19, was thrown to the road. She was…

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Well Accident 'Man's Back Broken INVERELL

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

As a result of the rope which was hauling up a, bucket of debris from a welL in which he was working snapping, Albert Underwood, 21, of…

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Schoolboy Injured Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 8

Clive Robert Payne, 9, a schoolboy, of Southgate, is in a serious condition in the Grafton District Hospital, as a result of being knocked down by a…

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Injured Footballers. Club to Pay Medical Expenses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of the Muswellbrook Rugby League Football Club it was decided to pay all medical and hospital expenses incurred by…

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One Killed Five Men Knocked Down Two Injured

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

Five men, including a policeman, at the scene of another accident, were run down by a motor car at Nedlands, a suburb of Perth, late at…

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Wall of Trench Collapses Man Killed and Two Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 4

One man was killed and two men were injured when the wall of a trench collapsed and buried them beneath 15 tons of, earth at Northcote (Vic.) on…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 2

Mr. Tom Rumbel of Chichester met with a painful accident by being struck over the eye with a winch handle on Wednesday afternoon last…

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Fell 3000 Feet to Death Accident in West Australian Mine

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 2

While ascending in a cage at Chaffer's shaft in the Lakeview and Star Mine at Boulder (W.A.) on Wednesday, William John Reed (47), platman, was…

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Trying Ordeal Prospector, in Desert Badly Injured Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1935 · page 11

A prospector from Central Australia, Thomas Kitchen has arrived at Mr. Isa with a vivid account of the misadventures of William Glover, 32…

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Traffic Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1935 · page 10

During the first six months of thin year there were over 15,000 street accidents in Berlin, in which 228 people were killed…

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Road Accidents Neurotic Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1935 · page 10

According to a well-known American doctor, who has been reviewing the question of road accidents for the New York Automobile Club, neurotic…

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Two Injured Accident at Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 3

"When the tyre on the back wheel of the motor cycle they were riding burst, two youths were thrown heavily to the roadway near Paterson on…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 4

Believed to have fallen from a bicycle in Melbourne-street, East Maitland, on Saturday night last. John Moffat, 28, of Melbourne-street, was…

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Two Injured Motor Cycles Collide NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 3

As a result of a collision between two motor cyclos on Lake-road Hill, Wallsend, Andrew Brewer, 19, of Wallsend, was admitted to Wallsend…

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Three Injured Cycle Hits Pole SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 3

When a motor cycle and sidecar crashed into a telegraph pole near Liverpool last night, three persons were injured…

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Trapped Between Two Trains Workman Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 2

Albert Leary, aged 60, of Noble Park, was fatally injured when he was trapped between two trains near Murrumbeena (Vic.) railway station on…

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