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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Struck by Car. Five Territorials Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

An unusual accident occurred at Walpukuran, N.Z. A party of Territorials in camp on the local racecourse were…

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On the Orford Australian Team Well. Treasurer in Motor Accident. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 5

A radio message from the special Australian Press representative aboard the Orford, says that after sweltering weather at Perth, the…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

On Thursday last whilst Miss. Maggie Kealy was driving a horse and sulky into town, accompanied by Mrs. James Kealy and baby, the…

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Electrocuted. Bunnerong Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 3

John Cowan, 42, a fitter's assistant, of Bankstown, was electrocuted at the Bunnerong power station on Tuesday…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Mr. G. Ekert Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 4

Mr. G. Ekert, the well-known vignerion of Pokolbin, was thrown out of a cart on Tuesday, when his horse ahead. He sustained a broken arm…

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Lorries in Collision. Neath Hill Smash. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 3

John Turnbull, 20, of Cooper-street, Cessnock, was admitted to Kurri District Hospital suffering from a double fracture of the left…

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Benzine Explosion. Two Children Incinerated. Father and Mother Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 6

A shocking tragedy occurred at a farmhouse about 10 miles from Trundle last night. A large drum of benzine exploded…

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Man Shot. Accident at Lonely Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 3

A shooting incident which occurred 10 miles along the Coolatal-road, resulted in Henry Shutts being sent to hospital suffering from…

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Fatal Accident. Motor Car Overturned. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 6

Whilst two young men, John Lonergan, and Cecil Copeland, were coming [?]of Muswellbrook in a motor car last night, the vehicle…

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Accident at Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 4

Albert Lindsley, of Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, a miner employed at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery, received extensive injuries to his head…

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Shooting Fatality Stumbled Over Fox Hole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 2

Apparently killed when his gun exploded after he stumbled over a fox-hole, Archibald Roberts, of Crystallbrook, S.A., was found lying…

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Tragic Blizzard. Railway Collision at Chicago. New York, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 5

Three persons were killed and many others injured in a railway collision at Chicago to-day. The city is in a grip of a terrific blizzard, Shipping…

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Attack on Coroner. Hillside Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 3

Replying in the Legislative Assembly to Mr. Baddeley, who alleged that the coroner who inquired into the death of a miner at the Hllidale…

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Struck by Iron Bar Korri Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 6

Albert Lindsley, a miner employed at the Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery, and residing at Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, was admitted to the Kurri…

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Fatality on Aberdeen Road. Local Resident the Victim Car Overturn's

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 1

Jack Lonergan, a Muswellbrook boy, lost his life on Tuesday evening when the car he was driving overturned on the Aberdeen road,…

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Echo of Colliery Fatality Mr. Baddeley Condemns Coroner's Action. Mr. Connell's Right to Appear

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 7

Reference was made in the Legislative Assembly the other day to the attitude adopted by the Acting Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) in ruling, at…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 4

C. Hoffman (13), of Cultivation road, West Maitland, fell while playing at his home, on Saturday, and received a greenstick fracture of the…

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Boy Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 3

Mervyn Ross 6 of Sproule street Lakemba died in hospital from injuries received when he was knocked down by a taxi earlier in the day…

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Caught in Undertow Double Drowning at Ballina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 3

Caught in an undertow while bathing at Black Head Beach near Ballina two Lismore residents Miss Picrcey and Mrs Nott were swept out…

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Ballina Surfing Tragedy Two Lismore Residents Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 2

Two Lismore residents,. Mrs J. Piercey and. Mr J. Nott, were drowned at Ballina yesterday afternoon. The husband of the dead woman saved his…

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