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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 66

Stroud Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1930 · page 5

When Mr. Squirrell was returning from Newcastle on Tuesday he had the misfortune to overturn his lorry at Booral. Luckily no one was…

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Train Accidents. Boy Killed Near Richmond

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 4

Noel Wicks, aged 15, son of the manager of the Richmond branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was fatally injured last night when he fell from a…

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Boating Fatality. on the South Coast. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 7

William Williams, son., of Oakleigh, was drowned this morning when a 16-foot boat, in which he and three other persons, including…

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Boating Tragedy Man and Three Children Drowned. Mother Saved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 8

One of the most tragic boating accidents that has been recorded on the foreshores of Adelaide occurred on Friday…

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Tyre Blew Out. Three of Family Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 5

Father, mother, and son were injured when the front of the motor cycle and side-car by the which they were travelling along the…

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Coldest in England for Ten Years. Storms and Accidents. London, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 7

The coldest Good Friday for 10 years was experienced here yesterday. Beaches and country lakes were deserted. Showers fell in many…

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Over Cliffs. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 6

As a result of falling over the cliffs at Point Dangar, Alfred Hill, 21, of Brisbane, received fatal injuries on Saturday, says a Coolangatta…

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Eye Injured. Almost Gouged Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 4

Believed to have been concerned in an argument, Agostino Trention, aged 41, an Italian, who is unable to speak English, entered the casualty…

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Gunpowder Explodes. Boy Injured at Coolangatta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 2

When Rey Powell, 14, of Coolangatta was endeavouring to drive a wooden plug into a hole in a tree, which he had filled with gunpowder…

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Surf Tragedy. Four Persons Drowned. Including Father and Two Sons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 2

Swept off the rooks by a heavy sea, four persons,including a father raid two sons were drowned near Tongoio, north of…

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Parachut[?]t Injured Accident at [?] Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 3

Captain Ehro[?] Norwegion parachutist, met [?] a mishap at Connor Park, Ro[?]ampton, on Monday, He jump [?] at a height of 2000…

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Bathing Tragedy Youth Drowned at Bellingen Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 2

A party of youths left Guyra to spend the holiday at Rellin[?] Heads. On Saturday while bathing, Roy Starr, 17, got into difficulties…

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Yachting Tragedy Three Men Drowned. Two Rescued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 3

Three men Victor Priest (25) Victor Carter (20), and Bob Bridson (19), all single, were drowned in a yachting tragedy…

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Drowned in Nile Picnic Boat Capsizes. Cairo, April 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 5

Twenty holiday makers were drowned in the River Nile when a boat capsized in mid-stream…

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Struck by Car. Child Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 3

Ray Fullagar, 13, of Enmore, was seriously injured last night when he ran from behind a motor car directly in the path of another car, which…

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Baby Injured. Thrown From Side-car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 2

Applying the brakes of his motor cycle suddenly to avoid striking the rear of a car in heavy traffic on the Western-road at Prospect, last night…

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Jockey Injured. Hunter Crashes at Royal Show. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 5

In a hunting contest at the Royal Show to-day, Bashaway, with his rider W. H. Briggs, crashed heavily, Briggs suffered a fractured left…

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Maitland M[?] in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 4

N. Watson, of Maitland, sustained abrasions [?] the left leg when the motor cycle and sidecar in which he was travelling collided with a…

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Four Injured Car Overturns at Botany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 6

Four occupants of a small car, which collided with a telegraph post and overturned at Botany were injured, They were pinned beneath…

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Gunpowder Explodes Boy Injured at Coolangatta

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 1

When Buy Powell, nged 14, of Coolanga?ta was endeavouring to drive a wooden plug Into a hole in a tree, which he had filled with gunpowder, a…

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