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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

2,263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 114

Three Injured Sydney Car Collision SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

Mrs. Elizabeth Cruickshank, 34, of Stanmore, received severe scalp wounds to-day, when the car in which she was riding with her husband and baby son collided with…

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Struck by Car Man Gravely Injured KATOOMBA, Tuesday Morning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

William Dowdell, 22, of Katoomba, was knocked down by a motor-car and gravely injured on the Main Western road at Katoomba at 12.15 o'clock this morning…

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Caught in Current Man Drowned in River Rescue Efforts Fail Dubbo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

Albert Beveridge, 26, Manager of the Shell Oil Company's depot at Dubbo, was drowned yesterday in the Macquarie River at Whylandra, nine miles from Dubbo…

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Maitland-Kurri-Cessnock West Maitland Maitland Ambulance Injured Man's Appreciation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

The Superintendent of the Maitland Ambulance Brigade (Mr. J. B. Hicks) has received a letter from Mr. Alan J. Weatherston, of Canberra, expressing his…

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Child Killed in Road Smash Eight Others Injured Adelaide

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

Crashing through a fence on a dangerous corner near Victor Harbor to-day, a motor truck turned completely over, killing Rosemary…

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Shark Victims Two Attacks in Georges River Youth Fatally Injured Young Girl Shockingly Mauled in Night Swim Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

A young man was fatally injured when attacked by a shark in the Georges River, Sydney, late this afternoon. A girl, 13 years of age, was dreadfully injured…

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Deaths in Britain Road Accidents Relatively Few

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

The appended figures are not published with a view of endeavouring to minimise the seriousness of the increasing number of road accidents, but to enable readers…

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New Year Accidents Ermington Man Killed Motor Cyclist Hurt Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

The New Year's first death ns n result of an accident occurred In the Parramatta Hospital, where Joseph Cowell (79), of…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

Fell From Horse: Thrown from a horse when it shied in Hunter-street this morning. William Parkinson, aged 70, an ostler employed at the…

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Girl Drowned in Creek Toowoomba

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

While bathing in Lockyer Creek, a few miles from Toowoomba. yesterday afternoon, Ethel Trevarthan (18). of Raff-street. Toowoomba became…

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Four Injured in Smash Car Overturned Near Gosford Windows Shattered

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

Four people were injured last night when a car travelling from The Entrance to Sydney overturned on a bend in the road…

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Car Hits Bridge Man Fatally Injured Two Other Persons Hurt Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

A man was killed and another man and a young woman were injured—the man seriously—when a motor-car crashed into a bridge and fell 30 feet to the…

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Stabbed in Back Woman Fatally Injured Darlington Hotel Man Charged with Murder SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Mrs. Maude Joel, 38, proprietress of the Darlington Hotel, Darlington, was stabbed in the back with a carving knife to-night. She died soon afterwards. A…

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Holiday Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Betty Yates 9, of Norfolk-avenue, Islington was badly scalded on the chest and arms when she ran into a man who was carrying a can of boiling water on…

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Motor-cycle Accident Pedestrian Dies in Hospital SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Joseph Cowell, 70, of Ermington died in the Parramatta Hospital early this morning, from injuries received in a motor-cycle smash last night…

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Air Force Progress Huge Mileage Flown Fewer Accidents London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Though Royal Air Force squadrons achieved a remarkable new flying record in the year just ended by covering a…

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Ten Killed in London Road Accidents London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

While Big Ben announced the New Year, two persons were killed in a motor collision at Croydon and within a few hours eight more…

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Road Smashes Cause Most Accidents District Hospital Figures 135 Victims of Motor Car Mishaps 28 Cases Were Fatal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

One hundred and thirty-five of a total of 508 accident cases admitted to the Newcastle Hospital during the 12 months…

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Constable Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

Constable Williams, of Gosford, was seriously injured in a collision between a motor-cycle and a car at Gosford on Tuesday night. He was riding his…

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Clothing Found On Newcastle Beach Drowning Feared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

A bundle of clothing, evidently belonging to a boy between 8 and 10 years old, was found on Newcastle Beach after everyone had left last night. It is feared…

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