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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 66

Four Persons Drowned Including Father and Two Sons

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 1

Swept off the rocks by a heavy sea, four, portions, including a father and two sons, were drowned near Tongoio, north of Napier (N.Z.)…

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Fettler Injured Run Down by Mail Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 7

H. Nash, a fettler, was returning by tricycle from Bonvile to his home at Pepton, near Raleigh, when the was overtaken by the Sydney mail train in…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Skating Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 4

Frederick Lewsame, 14, of Wyndham-street, Greta, fell while skating on Monday, and fractured his right arm at the wrist…

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Show Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 5

While riding Gold Dust in a hunting event at the Show to-day, Eileen Donahue was thrown off when her mount stumbled over an obstacle. She…

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Accident to Rev. F. W. Ellis

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 2

The Rev. F. W. Ellis, curate at All Saints' Church of England, met with an accident on Saturday morning. It appears that he was lopping a tree in…

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Twenty Drowned. Explosion on Steamers. Athens April 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 4

An explosion in the better-room rank the Italian steamer Frederice Carolla in three minutes. Twenty of the crew of 23 were drowned…

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Drowned in Bath. Woman Subject to Pits. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

Mrs. Linda Elizabeth .Thomson, 30. was found drowned last flight In the bath at the residence of her brother-in-law at Burton Street…

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Surf Tragedy Four Persons Drowned. Including Father and Two Sons

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 2

Swept off the rocks by a heavy sea, four persons, including a father and two sons, were drowned near Tongoio, north of Napier (N.Z.)…

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Airmen Drowned Plane Comes Down in Baltic Sea. Copenhagen, April 38

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

Two Danish airman were drowned last night. They were flying from Copenhagen to Warnomunde (Germany) when they came down in the…

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Plane Damaged. Accidentally Opened. Sydney, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

While a pupil was being instructed on the ground at Mascot Aerodrome to-day he accidentally opened the throttle wide. The plans leapt…

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Motor Bike Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 3

A tyre coming off the wheel, of a sidecar attached to a motor cycle, in Adelaide street, Raymond Terrace on Friday was responsible for the vehicle capsizing and…

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Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 6

A collision between-cars driven by Mr Caswell Stacy, of Scott's Flat, and Nurse Thorley, of Pitt-street, Singleton, occurred at half-past 5 yesterday…

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Collision in Fog. Liner Bumps Tanker. London, April 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 5

The Gorman liner, Bremen, collided with a small British tanker while passing through a fog. The Bremen was not damaged, but…

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Struck Bullocks. Motor Car Overturns. Two Women Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 6

A car laden with Glen Innes residents on the way to Yamba met with a serious accident on the Glen Inness Grafton road. The party included…

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Read Through Taxi Window Randwick Man Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 6

When Frank Moran (40), of Randwick, fell from the footpath in Bolmore-street, Randwick, early this morning, his head crashed through…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Charles Turner, of Sandy Hollow, was assisting to move some bags of grain in a shed at the rear of Ham's store. In the dull light he did not…

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Accident at Colliery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 2

While engaged at work at St. Heliers Colliery, George Parkinson received severe injuries to the head when he was struck by a skip. He was admitted to…

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Accidentally Shot. Caused by Dog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 6

Herbert Freeman, 25, French polisher, of Burwood-road, New Lambton, was admitted to Wallsend Hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound…

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"Hit Her by Accident."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 7

Pressed by Mr. Stuckey (for Irwin) Byron denied that he ever kept his wife short of money. "She had credit at the stores. And…

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