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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,795 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 90

Hunter-street Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

Unattended by injury to the occupants of either vehicle, a collision between a taxi-car and a private car occurred at the intersection of Hunter and Bolton…

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Hunter-street Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

Arnold Jayne, of Dora Creek, was riding a motor cycle along Hunter-street in a westerly direction on Saturday morning, when he came into collision with a car at…

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Cyclist Seriously Injured Goulburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

When his motor cycle collided with a motor lorry, Alfred Adams, aged 40, of Naremburn, sustained serious injuries, including a fractured skull. He was…

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Motor Cycle Skids Two Cowra Men Injured SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

Two Cowra residents were injured, one seriously, when their motor cycle and sidecar skidded on the Western-road at Wentworthville, to-day…

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Man Killed Three Others Injured Smash Near Bathurst Bathurst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

One man was killed and three others injured when a sedan car overturned on the main Sydney road, 11 miles from Bathurst, last night. Those involved…

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Motor Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

The complete returns relating to motor accidents in 1930 throughout the whole State have been obtained by the National Roads and Motorists' Association from the…

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Motor Accidents Merewether Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

The sequel to a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car in King-street, Merewether West, on Saturday night, was the admission of the motor cyclist, George…

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Accident in Surf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

Arthur Collinson, 25, of Cardiff, while surfing at Newcastle Bench on Saturday, had his right eyebrow split open as the result of another surfer who was doming…

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Accidents Fractured Ankle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

W. Horgan, a timber-getter, of Martinsville, was working in the bush on Saturday when a log rolled on to his left leg, causing a fracture of the ankle. After…

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Cessnock Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 5

James Leake, 32, of Maitland-road, Cessnock, had his left hand injured whilst at work at Aberdare Extended colliery to-day. His hand became…

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Two Injured Hunter-street Collision Tram and Car

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

A motor car, turning from Hunter-street West, near, the Co-operative Store into Stewart-avenue, was…

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Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

James Leake, miner, employed at Aberdare Extended Colliery, suffered injuries to his left hand yesterday when he slipped on a piece of wood, and was caught by…

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Maitland Collision Drunken Driving Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 6

The appearance of Charles Elliott Cridland. 43, hawker, before Mr. Meagher, J.P., in West Maitland Police Court to-day on a charge of having…

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When Launch Capsized Three Were Drowned SUVA

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

Mrs. D. Gray end a child are reported to have been drowned and one child rescued when a passenger launch capsized yesterday in Viti Leva Bay…

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Roller Saves Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

An English doctor has invented a roller about 6in. in diameter, for attaching to the front of motor vehicles. The roller revolves in the opposite direction to the car…

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Miners' Secretary Loses Leg Years Old Accident London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

As the outcome of an accident which to met in a mine during his youth, Mr. Arthur J. Cook, general secretary…

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Miner Injured Fall of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal in the Wallarah Colliery this afternoon, William Thomas O'Niel (64), a miner, living at Catherine Hill Bay, suffered extensive…

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Crashed Into Fence Motor Cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

Following a collision with a motor cycle near the corner of Avondale and Lambton Roads, New Lambton, yesterday, a motor cycle and sidecar crashed through a fence…

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Clothes on Bank Boy Believed Drowned SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 8

Marrickville police are searching Cook's River for the body of Mark Smith, 10, of Denby-street, Marrickville, who is believed to have been drowned last night…

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Woman Drowned Tried to Rescue Son MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 8

When trying to rescue her 12-year-old son, Warwick, Mrs. Jessie Rebecca White, 30, of Cope-street, Coburg, was drowned in Merri Creek, Coburg, late this…

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