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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,795 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 90

Many Injured Scaffolding Collapses SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

More than a dozen people were injured when some scaffolding, on which they had seated themselves to witness the various events at the Freshwater Surf Club's…

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On the Thirteenth! Death at Picnic Little Girl Drowned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

Death hovered over a picnic party at Wangi Wangi, Lake Macquarie, on the thirteenth day of January…

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Cliff Subsides Young Folk Injured Menace of Erosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Portion of the cliff near th Bogy-hole Baths, Newcastle, subsided yesterday afternoon, sending a small avalanche of rocks ad earth to the beach, and injuring…

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Death After Accident Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Mrs. Mildred Peters, wife of the managing director of Peters' Ice Cream Company, who was injured in a motor accident near Nowra last week, died in a…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

Struck by Hammer.—J. W. Bear, 27 of Toronto, a boilermaker, employed at the Cardiff railway workshops, was severely cut over his left eye when…

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Lakeside Fatality Drowned in Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 2

Leaving her small daughter, Margaret, playing on the sand near the Wangi baths while she went for a swim, Mrs. Jessie O'Connell, of Smith-street, West Maitland,…

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Youth Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 9

Harry Hooker, 19, of Neath, as a result of a fall, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with an injury to his foot…

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Injured Jockeys Condition Improved

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

The condition of the apprentice jockey, A. Colvin, who was injured when Quanosla fell in the Novice Handicap at the Newcastle Jockey Club…

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Car Overturns Mr. E. G. Sneesby Killed Companion Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Swerving into an embankment on the Warner's Bay-road early yesterday morning, a motor car overturned, killing a well-known Newcastle business man, who…

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Motor Cycle Skids Three Persons Injured Complete Somersault Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Alfred Donohoe, 35, of Alexandria, will Probably lose the sight of his right eye as the result of a motor cycle accident on Liverpool-road, at Bankstown, this…

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Expert Evidence Burning Car Case "Fire Not Accidental" London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

AFTER the continuation of the trial of Arthur Rouse, charged with murder, in the "Blazing Car" case, expert evidence was called to…

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Italia Survivor Killed in Accident Testing New Plane Stockholm

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Captain Eimar Lundborg, survivor or General Nobile's Italia disaster in 1928. has succumbed to injuries received in an aeroplane crash…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

Wheeler Injured.—Caught between a skip and a prop in Northern Extended Colliery to-day, Fred Kirby (18), of Teralba, injured his back…

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Cessnock Rothbury Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 7

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) conducted an inquiry at the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday into the death of Randolph Edward Whyte, who died from…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

A. Solo, a brusher employed at Stockton-Borehole Colliery, sustained a severe incised wound on the back when a sharp piece of stone fell from the roof of the…

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Boy Injured by Binder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

George Maxwell, aged 8 years, was playing paddock at Ben Lomond, near a binder, which his father was working. The horses swerved suddenly, and the…

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Youths Hurt in Collision Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

When a motor cycle and car collided on the Old South Head-road, Rose Bay, this afternoon, James Tyley, 20, and Patrick Gibson, 18, of Rose Bay, both sustained…

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Constable Injured Tried to Stop Runaways SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 5

Constable Stevens of Balmain, sustained concussion and abrasions to his hands, face, and legs in a plucky attempt to stop two runaway ponies in…

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Claim for Damages Adamstown Accident District Court Action

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 7

The continuation of an action brought by Alma May Poole against Marjorie Murray, claiming £100 damages as the result of a motor accident…

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Travelled Rearwards Engine That Struck Man Hamilton Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 7

When William young (35) was working on the railway line near Hamilton Station on January 23. sudden death claimed him…

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