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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Boy Drowned. Girl's Plucky Attempt at Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 7

Maxwell John Hammersley, aged 14 years, sea of Mr. John Thomas Hammersley, of Mowbray, Launceston, was drowned in the first basin…

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Engine Derailed. Driver and Fireman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

A locomotive was derailed at Mount Victoria on Tuesday, and the driver and fireman were injured. They were treated by the Lithgow…

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Cinema Fire. Shocking Scottish Tragedy. Hundreds of Children Killed or Injured. London, Jan. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 5

Eighty children ore already dead and 200 others in hospital as the result of a fire in a picture theatre at Paisley (Scotland). The cinema won crowded with children. When smoke was seen pouring out of the windows, the fire brigades made a dash…

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Motor Cars Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

A Chrysler Plymouth motor our, owned by Mr, F. Bolton, of the firm of Belton and Co,, house furnishers, High-street, West Maitland, was…

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Old Lady Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Mitchell, 73, of West-street, West Maitland, fell on a brick in the back yard last evening, and sustained a lacerated and contused wound on…

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Brothers Drowned. State Cricketer a Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

A double drowning tragedy occurred in the Swan River, near the Causeway, when two brothers—Roy Harding, 18, who had been selected…

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Man Injured by Stolen Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

A stolen motor car, in which several young men were riding crashed into a concrete pillar near the esplanade at Bondi on Wednesday…

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Fell Off Ferry Boy Drowned at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

Sidney Nicholls, 10, of North Stockton, was drowned in Newcastle Harbour on Wednesday afternoon. The boy was giving a helping…

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Limited Express. Collision at Seymour. Carriages and Engines. Derailed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

Two engines and a carriage were deralled at Seymour last night when the Sydney limited express collided with a pilot engine which was…

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Cars Collide. Injured Men Left on Road. Two in Critical Condition. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

As a result of a collision with another car, which did not atop, Norman Stapleton and Robert Altken were huried from a motor car at…

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Victorian Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

James. Murphy, 30, of Bay-street, Port Melbourne, was riding a motor cycle along Royal-parade, Parkville, on Wednesday morning, when the…

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Motor Fatalities Accidents on Holiday. Man, Wife and Child Dead

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

When a train ran down a motor car at a level crossing at Wivenhoe (Tas.), a ma, his wife and child were killed…

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Drowning Fatality in Hunter River. Evidence at Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M. conducted an influent at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day, concerning the death of Ronald…

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Drowning Tragedy Two Brothers Lose Lives

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

A message from Perth states that a double drowning tragedy occurred in the Swan River, near the Causeway, on Tuesday night, when two brothers…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

On Tuesday morning last Mr Ron. Morrison, the local motor cycle dealer, met with a painful accident in Johnstreet Proceeding in the direction of…

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Boy Drowned Girl's Plucky Attempt at Rescue

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Maxwell John Hammersley, aged 14 years, son of Mr John Thomas Hammersley, of Mowbray, Launceston, was drowned in the first basin, Cataract…

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Sydney Express in Collision Two Engines and Carriage Derailed

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

Two engines and a carriage were derailed at Seymour on Wednesday night, when the Sydney limited express collided with the pilot engine, which…

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Car Skidded. Two Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

A single seater car skidded and somersaulted on the Prince's Highway, three miles from Moruya, yesterday. The occupants, E.S. Duckett…

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Brothers Drowned in the Swan River. State Cricketer a Victim. Perth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

A double drowning tragedy occurred in the Swan River, near the Causeway, on Tuesday night, when two brothers—Roy Harding, 18, who had been…

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Cinema Fire. Shocking Scottish Tragedy. Hundreds of Children Killed or Injured. London, Jan. 1

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Eighty children are already dead and two hundred others in hospital as the result of a fire in a picture theatre at Paisly (Scotland)…

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