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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 66

Wheeler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 4

Norman King, 24, of Buxton-street, Adamstown, a wheeler, employed at Glen Greta Colliery, was struck by a falling prop while…

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Station Waster Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

Mr. F. L. Haslam, Stationmaster at the West Maitland Railway Station, residing in Steam-street, West Maitland, was assisting to remove a…

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Bus Crash. Collision with Pole. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 4

Late last night, a motor 'bus, which was proceeding down hill at Dondi, skidded on the wet road, and…

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Child Injured. Driver of Car Arrested. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

A child named Grieves, aged 10, was knocked down by a motor car at Redfern late last night, the wheels passing over his body. He was…

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Air Accident. Inquiry Opened. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

The Air Accident Board opened an inquiry to-day into the air smash at Essendon yesterday, when Frederick Ward and Raymond Neville were…

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Verdict of Accidental Death Miner Killed by Fall of Coal at Hilldale. Extraordinary Incident at Inquiry. Miners' Federation "Ruled Out" by Coroner Scott

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

The adjourned inquest concerning the death or Sidwell Williams, miner, aged 42, who was ki[?]ed by a fall of Coal and stone at Hilldale colliery on February 28, wes concluded on WEdnesday morning, when the Acting District Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott, J. F. returned a verdict of…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 6

Eric Gould, aged 15 yours, son of Mr. E. Gould, of Percy-street, Singleton, was playing with pencil at the Boys' High School yesterday…

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Woman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 7

Two women, occupants of a car which overturned, after colliding with another car at Rockdale, sustained injuries and were admitted to St…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 4

Thrown to the road as a result of his motor cycle striking a stone in Melbourne-street, Eric Fieldsend, 24, of Melbourne-street, East…

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Kurri Residents Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 4

Three residents of Alexandria-Street, Kurri Kurri, were injured on Sunday afternoon, when a collision between a motor cycle and side-car…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 4

Frank Farrugla, three years of age, of Denman-street, West Maitland, fell in the yard at his home during the week-end, and sustained…

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Four Injured in Car Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 7

Colliding with a cart on the Liverpool-road, Bankstown, a car travelled for 40 yards, rolled over, and dropped over a stoop embankment. The four…

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Motoring Fatality Death of William Jewell. Inquest Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

At the West Maitland Courthouse to-day, the Maitland District Coroner, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., opened an inquest into the death of William…

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Cessnock Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 4

Raymond Condron, 12, residing with Mr. E. Swadling, at Ellalong, was thrown from a horse on Sunday morning, when the animal ran into a…

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Car Stripped After Accident Two Men Arrested

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 3

A motor car, owned by David Rees, of Stanmore, was involved in a collision in General Holmes Drive, Rockdale, on Friday night, and as it was…

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Motor Collision. Father and Son Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 3

Father and son were injured when a motor cycle and side car on which they were riding collided with a motor car near the intersection of…

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Latest Telegrams. Shooting Fatality, Coal Trouble—labor Offering Freely. Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

With a gunshot wound under his heart, Elwyn Byrnes, 37, a horsetrainer of Mescot, was admitted to the hospital last night in a serious…

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Double Tragedy Twins Drowned at San Remo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

James Paterson (25) and John H. Paterson (his twin brother) were drowned at San Rome, Vic. The Patersons left Nyora with a…

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Three Kurri Residents Injured Horse Crashed into Cycle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

Three Kurri Kurri residents—Mr. William Lewis, with his wife and 12 year old daughter Ivy—were injured when a bolting horse crashed…

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Traffic Accidents Fewer Deaths in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

A return prepared by the traffic branch of the Police Department shows that during 1929 there were 8122 traffic accidents, compared with…

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