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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 66

Fell From Pole. Boy Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 5

Albert Roberts, 15, fell 25 feet this morning from an electric light polo at Banksia, when one of his shoulders came in touch with a live…

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Four Injured. Richmond Car Smash. Ambulance Turns Somersault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 6

Four persons were injured, one critically, when a motor oar crashed into the rear of a stationary lorry on the Windsor-road, near Richmond…

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Fall From Electric Light Pole Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 2

Albert Roberts, aged 45, fell 25 feet this morning from an electric light pole at Banksia, where one of his shoulders came in touch with a live wire. He…

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Accidents at Gresford Show

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

W. Fry, 18, of East Gresford, received a lacerated wound to the top of the head, about 2 inches long, as the result of being kicked by a…

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Schoolgirl Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 4

Margaret Clarke, 13, of Whitburn-street, Greta, a pupil of the Maitland Domestic Science School, was pushed against a glass window in a railway…

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Plasterer Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

One of the plasterers engaged on the new Prince of Wales' Hotel building was admitted to hospital yesterday, suffering from injuries received as a…

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Father and Son Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 3

Samuel Cohen, 40, of Elizabeth-street, Redfern, and his son, Joseph Cohen, aged 4 years, were knocked down by a motor car in Cleveland…

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Alderman and Council Official in Motoring Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 2

Ald. O. G. Morton and Mr.G. C. Ellis, manager of the Municipal Council gasworks, were driving their cars in Bridge-street yesterday when they…

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Rescue Failed. Trawler Crew Drowned. London, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

The crew of seven of the Aberdeen trawler, Bendoran, which grounded on the treacherous skerries off the Shetland Islands, were drowned after…

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Nine Drowned. Yacht Engine Fails in Storm Belgrade, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

When the engine of a yacht failed during a storm on Lage Ochrada, nine occupants, while making for the shore, were drowned…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 4

James Robert Wooderson, 53, a deputy employed at Richmond Main colliery and residing in Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, was admitted to…

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A Remarkable Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 3

An unusual accident occurred at Waipukurau[?] (N.Z.). A party of Territorials in camp on the local racecourse were returning along the…

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Collision in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 4

James Dudley Henry, of Mulbring-street, East Greta, had a lucky escape from serious injury this morning when a motor cycle which he was…

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Two Accidents at Same Spot Six People Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 1

Two motor accidents, the latter more serious than the first, occurred at the same spot, namely, the'corner of Canalroad and King-street, St. Peters, on…

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Badly Injured. Fell Seventy Feet. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 4

Harry King, 45, a plasterer, of Ultimo, had a narrow escape from death this morning when he fell 70 feet down the light shaft of the…

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Police Fire. Riot at Calcutta. Six Killed Over Hundred Injured. Calcutta, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 5

Six persons were killed and over 100 injured in a remarkable riot here, culminating in the police opening fire on an angry mob of 700…

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Girl Injured Claim for Damages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 6

A writ, claiming £5000 damages, who taken out on behalf of Hazel Bryant, infant-at-law, of Preston, Vic, against Perey Cleeve…

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Drum Explodes. Muswellbrook Man Injured. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 6

While Mr. A. (Gus) Phillips was carrying out work at St. Hellers mine this morning, endeavouring to remove the bottom from a drum he…

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Killed by Car Elderly Man Terribly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 7

Michael Murphy, 60, of Edgeecliffe, was sweeping gravel on the Main Western Rand, at Rooty Hill, to-day, when he was knocked down and…

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Constable Shot Remarkable Accident Chase After Stolen Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 7

Constable Horace Riloy, the driver of one of the police wireless patrol cars, was shot in the arm as the result of an accident last night during…

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