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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,795 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 90

Boy Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 9

Maurice Deep. 12, of Bridge-street, Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with injuries to his left arm. Deep was thrown from a horse…

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Motorist Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

Henry Bernard, 52, of Anzac-parade, Kensington, was admitted to the St. George Hospital in a serious condition to-day, suffering from a fractured skull,…

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Unusual Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

Evidently curious as to what would happen, Harold Riddle, aged 11, of Bathurst, struck a pea-rifle cartridge with a hammer. The cartridge exploded, and…

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Quarry Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 9

Alfred E. Donnelly, 44, of Carrington-street, West Maitland, had his right ankle badly sprained in the Toll Bar gravel quarry yesterday when a lump of…

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Three People Killed Tragic Motor Accident Overturned Car Found Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

Three young people of wealthy Melbourne families were killed to-day in a motor accident ,on the Point Nepean-road near Dramana…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

Fell from Horse—Maurice Deep, 12, of Bridge-street, Cessnock, was admitted to the local hospital yesterday afternoon with a broken arm…

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To-day's Accidents Slipped on Steps

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

Slipping on the steps at his home in Nott-street. Merewether, this afternoon, Horace cheepham, aged 22, broke his right arm and received a…

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Toll of the Road Collision at Glebe Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured Week-end Accidents

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

Four persons were injured—one fatally —as the result of a collision between a car and a motor cycle and sidecar at the intersection of Macquarie and Hickson…

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Street Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 7

Mr. Arthur Robson, of Church-street West Maitland, was injured in a collision between his bicycle and a motor car driver by Mr. K. Barden, of West…

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Search Continues Tuncurry Drowning Victim

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

The search for Geoffery Bull, also known as Prior, who, with two others, was drowned in a violent storm in Wallis Lake, near Tuncurry, on…

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To-day's Accidents Boy Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

Ron Rock, 13, of Hamilton, who is spending a holiday at Cessnock, suffered severe abrasions on the [?] arm to-day, when a bicycle he was…

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Horse Bolted Cessnock Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

At Cessnock Court-house this afternoon, Mr. J. R. Scott, coalfields deputy coroner, inquired into the death or William Wilson, 57, a laborer, of…

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Injured Speedway Rider

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The condition of Spencer Stratton, who sustained severe concussion when he crashed at Maitland Speedway on Saturday night, remains unchanged…

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Two Drowned Hunter River Fatalities West Maitland Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Two drowning fatalities occurred in the Maitland district yesterday. The victims were Reginald Keith Dimmock, aged 11 years, son of Mr. Reg, Dimmock, of…

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Speedway Crash Rider Badly Injured Stratton's Misfortune

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

Racing at the Maitland Speedway on Saturday night was marred by several unfortunate crashes. Spencer Stratton, the well-known rider, was seriously…

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Lorry Overturns Two Women Injured Kurri Road

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 6

Two women were injured when a lorry, driven by B. Flick of K[?]nsngworth, Cessnock. overturned on the Kurri-Maitland road, near East…

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Two Suffocated Buried in Sand Fall Quarry Fatality Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

Buried under tons of sand, two men were suffocated, and a third had a narrow escape, when the face of a sand quarry caved in at Glenaire, near…

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Last Dive Was Fatal Boy Drowned at Mainland Little Girl's Death

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

Telling his friends with whom he was swimming in the Hunter River, near Aberglasslyn, at mid-day…

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Crash at Tunis Captain Barnard Injured TUNIS, January 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 6

Captain Barnard and Lord Lovelace; who were flying to the Cape from England crashed with an American mechanic, near Tripoli, after leaving Tunis…

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Rioting at Bombay Police and Natives Injured CALCUTTA, January 3

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

Nine people were wounded when the police fired on a riotous crowd in Princess-street. Bombay, in connection with the Nationalist celebration of…

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