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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Two Accidents Youth Thrown from Horse Girl Falls From Swing

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

Two accidents occurred in the district on Sunday. Raymond Condron, 12, residing with Mr. E. Swadling, Ellalong, was…

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Twin Brothers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

Overwhelmed by a breaker while standing on a rock waiting to be photographed near the beach at San Remo (Vie.) on Sunday afternoon, James…

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Seven Injured Bus and Lorry Collide. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 5

Seven persons were injured when a bus and lorry collided at Newtown this afternoon. The bus was badly damaged, but the injuries sustained…

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Planes Crash One Man Killed, Two Injured. Hobart

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 2

During gunnery practice with the Australian Navy in Norfolk Bay, southeast Tasmania, to-day, three planes from the Albatross crashed. One man…

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Industrial Hygiene. Child Labour and Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 8

"Safety first" measures were considered at the fourth industrial hygiene conference, which was opened at Canberra, and the opinion was…

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Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 2

On Tuesday morning, Mr. W. Ernst was driving down past Lyall's garage when a car, driven by Mr. E. De Warren turned round and a…

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Petrol Alight. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 2

Harold Parsons, 18, of East Sydney a garage attendant, suffered extensive burns to his right arm, and Francis Joseph, 57, of Paddington, received…

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Plane Crash Condition of Injured Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 3

The condition of Pilot-Officer Grant, who was injured in a seaplane crash in Norfolk Bay. (Tas.), has greatly improved, and every hope is…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 2

Mr. Harry James, an employee at the Muswellbrook Colliery, sustained a fracture of the left wrist as a result of a pit prop collapsing and striking him…

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Three Motor Accidents Yesterday

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 8

Yesterday was a phenomenal day in Singleton as regards motor accidents, no fewer than, three smashes occurring. The first occurred early in the morning,…

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Child's Death From Poisoning "Accident," Says Coroner "Parents Carelessness"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 6

The unfortunate circumstances under which Thomas Wilson Harrower, the 17 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Harrower, of Maitland…

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Car Overturns. One Killed: Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 2

A car, driven by William Barbary, of Fremantle, overturned on the road from Rockingham to Fremantle. Mrs. Annie Edgley, 3.3 of Fremantle…

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Engineer Drowned. Fell Into Sydney Harbour. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 7

Harry Minshall, 21 single, a junior engineer on the White Star liner Ceramic, lost his life under unusual circumstance last night…

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Terribly Injured. Fell Under Spiked Roller. Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 7

While working on a farm at Tooyil, Lawrence Maloney, 17, fell under a spike roller, and was pinned to the ground for over four hours…

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Kicked by Racehorse William Bartle Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 7

William Bartle, was seriously injured this morning at Randwick, when Red Lily, which he was riding threw him and kicked him on the…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 2

While riding a motor cycle into town, Mr. Loo Ernst came into collision with a bread lorry driven by Mr. Wilfred Dodds, at the…

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Fatal Shot. Accident on Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 6

Stanley McLaren, aged 11, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. McLaren, of a farm four miles from Woodburn, in the Lismore district, was…

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Spine Injured Rigger Falls Thirty Feet. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 5

While working on the scaffold at the steel construction work at Alexandria to-day, Robert Waynes, 30, a rigger, slipped, and fell 30 feet to…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

Mr, Joseph Dunn, aged 40, of Station-street, Homeville, a miner, employed at Ayrfleld Colliery No. 2, was caught between the coal and a…

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Pokolbin Farmer Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Mr. G. Ekert, the well known wine grower and farmer of Pokolbin, met with a serious accident while coming in to the Cessnock…

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