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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Boy Dies From Tetanus Injured While Playing Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

Regent-street police to-day reported the death on Friday of William James Molloy (14), of Yangoona-road, Lakemba, from tetanus…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 9

A motor-car driven by Messrs R. and K. Weston, of East Maitland, and a lorry from Cessnocks, came into collision on Saturday morning at the intersection of…

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Other Accidents Eye Almost Gouged Out SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 9

Two men received severe injuries when the car in which they were driving got out of control and crashed into a telegraph post in Great Western-road,…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

Knocked over by a motor-car at Charlestown on Saturday, Horace Perkins, 16, of Charlestown-road. Charlestown, suffered a probable fracture of the skull,…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 6

Man Collapses on Stove.—A visitor to the lakeside resort, Searboro, Wesley Hughes (33), of Ingall-street, Mayfield, was the victim of an…

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ACCIDENTS Two Injured in Bicycle Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

James White, 23, living at 18 Scott-street, city, and Daphne Peters, 19, of 8 Baird-street, Hamilton, were treated at the Newcastle Hospital for injuries…

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Cricketer Injured Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

The well-known North Coast cricketer, Albert Ford, was admitted to Grafton Hospital to-day in a serious condition, suffering from injuries received when he…

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Youth Drowned in River Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

While swimming with two other members of a picnic party in the Nepean River to-day. Fred Diamond, 17, of Blacktown, disappeared, and attempts…

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Two Brothers Injured Lorry and Car Collide Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

Two brothers were injured, one of them seriously, to-day, when a motor lorry collided head-on with a motor car on a bend of a street near…

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Heavy Floods in California 100 Years Married Worst Storm in 57 YEARS 24 Drowned and Hundreds Missing Walls of Water Los Angeles, Monday. Centurian Couple in Love "My Bride of 19" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

Twenty four people are dead in Southern California as the result of the worst storm that has been Seventy Centenarians, mostly women, including Mrs. Eimtheby of Melbourne, and 475 nonagenarians, of whom…

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Accidents on Road Their Causes Examined Safety Report

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 10

In a safety first investigation in England it has been found that 98 per cent. of fatal accidents on the road…

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Two Drowned Returning to Launch One Not Identified Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

The body of James Portbury, 40, caretaker of a launch moored in the Brisbane River, was found floating in the vicinity of the launch this afternoon…

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Stones Thrown New Employees Attacked Two Men Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

While leaving the brickyards of the Austral Brick Company, St. Peters, this afternoon, a number of recently-engaged employees of the firm were attacked by a…

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Player Injured Tennis Team in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

On medical advice. Miss Dingle, the Sydney tennis player, has withdrawn from all events in the New Zealand tennis championships. She splintered a…

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Body Attacked by a Shark in Harbor Watchman Drowned Grim Sequel to Discovery Missed From Wharf

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

Shortly after the body of Charles Thomas Trelevan, aged 62, a well-known waterman, was discovered in…

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Car Wrecked Accident Near Canberra Census Officials' Escape Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

Standing near a motor-car wrecked in a culvert near the small village of Hall. 10 miles from Canberra, six men, at 3 o'clock this morning, held an informal…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

Ronald Bastian, 18. of Nobbys-road, Newcastle East, an electrical apprentice, sustained a fractured right kneecap and abrasions to the left arm and hand when…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

Woman Injured.—Falling from the verandah at her home in Neath-street, Pelaw Main, Mrs. W. J. Davies sustained injuries to her left for which…

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Colliery Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 7

George William Fenwick, 56, a miner, residing at Mulbring-street, Kurri Kurri, and employed at Richmond Slain colliery, received an injury to the right shoulder,…

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Kurri Mine Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 9

At Richmond Main colliery. George William Fenwick (60), of Mulbring-street, Kurri. received injuries to his left arm and right shoulder…

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