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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,795 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 90

Unusual Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 4

When H. Page was playing a violin at a dance at Carool, near Murwillumbah, a string broke and struck him in the eye. He was admitted to Tweed District…

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Drowning Cases Inquests at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

While swimming with a number of companions In the Hunter River. D Abergiassyn, shortly after mid-day on January 4, Keith Reginald Dimmock,…

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Two Deaths Collision at Cessnock Inquest Opened Aged Man & Child Were Victims

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

An inquest into the cause of the smash, in which William Main, aged 69, and Robert Brindle, aged 8, were lulled, was held at Cessnock to-day. A CAR and a bicycle came Into…

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Cessnock Inquest Into Deaths in Street Collision Clerk Committed for Trial T R O U B L E O V E R Client's Voucher Co-op. Prosecution

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

Vincent Lawrence Andrews (32), was charged before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., with having, at Wickham, on or…

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Jockey Killed Hurdle Accident MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

Leo McNulty, aged 23, a Jockey, was totally Injured while steering Royal Bob over hurdles at Flemington this morning…

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Accident Victim Can't Be Found Puzzling Case in Melbourne Wife Was Killed Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 9

New South Wales and Queensland police are assisting the Victorian police In trying to solve the mysterious disappearance, of John Lee,…

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Maitland District West Maitland Two Drowning Cases Accidental Death Verdicts Keith Reginald Dimmock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 11

The Deputy Coroner (Colonel E. Nash) held an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, concerning the death of Keith Reginald Dimmock, who…

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Cessnock Collision Driver Committed for Trial Evidence at Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 10

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of Robert Brindle, 8, of David-street, Cessnock, and William Main, 69, of Cessnock, as the result of a collision of a…

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Seven Drowned Sledge Breaks Through Ice St. Johns (Newfoundland)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

A youth and six girls, aged from 11 to 25, were drowned on Wednesday night in the rapid waters of the Exploits River. They…

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Mexican Earthquake One Killed; Four Injured Whole City in Confusion Mexico City, January 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 9

At least one person was killed and four injured in the most severe earthquake for many years, which was felt here on Wednesday night…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 8

Flying out of a lathe, a piece of metal scored a large lacerated wound in the right arm of W. Whitebread, 35, of Main-road, Cardiff, at the Cardiff railway…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

Collided With Sulky.—Fred Payne, 36, a carpenter, employed at Killing worth Colliery, Buffered a wound on him arm, abrasions to his legs and…

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Seven Drowned Newfoundland Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 9

One youth and six girls, whose ages ranged from 11 to 25, were drowned last night when their sledge broke through ice and precipitated them into the…

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Boy's Shocking Death on Narrandera Farm Man Injured Hunter-street Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 3

Thought to have been involved in a collision between a car and a motor cycle. Arnold Jayne, aged 23, an orchardist, of Dora Creek, was picked…

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Bridge Worker Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

Severe injuries to the back, fractured ribs, and shock were received by William Perry, aged 30, of Barven-street, Tempe, when he fell from some scaffolding on the…

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Visitor Injured 'Bus Wheel Amok SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

Strolling on the West Promenade, Manly, last night, Ellja Marks (60), visitor from Crookwell, was bowled over by a wheel that parted from a…

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Airmen Injured Aeroplane Strikes Tree GOULBURN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 10

A Wapiti aeroplane, owned, by the Defence Department, was badly damaged, and two members of the R.A.A.F. injured, when the machine struck a tree in landing…

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Two Men Injured Taxi and Truck Collide MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

As the result of a head-on collision between at taxicab and a motor truck, at an intersection in Brunswick, to-night. Harold McNeill, 29, of Moreland-road…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

When the motor cycle on which they were riding on Maitland-road, Hexham, last night, skidded, Raymond Mulholland, 21, of Tennyson-street, Beresford, and…

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Lad's Leg Crushed Strange Accident When Lorries Met Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 3

Charles Crane (18), of Castle Hill, met with a strange accident last night. When riding on the side of a lorry, on the Windsor-road, Kellyville, a…

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