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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 66

Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 2

While lopping a tree in the grounds of All Saints' Church of England, the Rev. F. W. Ellis, curate, met with an accident. It appears…

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Motor Crashed Into Post. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1930 · page 6

A motor car, driven by Mr. George White Brown (45), a storekeeper of Main-street Cessnock who was accompanied by Mr. Walter Scott…

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Cessnock Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1930 · page 4

Advices from Cessnock are to the effect that there has been no improvement in the condition of Walter Scott, 30, of Gosford, who was…

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Footballer Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 1

H. Estwick sustained severe lacerations to the head while playing lootball on Saturday last. The wound, necessitated the insertion of six stitches…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 4

Frank Hill, 18, of Melrose-street, Lorn, was playing football in the playground of the Marist Bros.' School to-day, when he collided with…

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Serious Accident Car Collides into Telegraph Post Two Cessnock Men Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 3

A serious accident occurred on Allandale Road last Saturday afternoon, when a motor car, driven by George White Brown, storekeeper, of…

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Strephon Injured Training Suspended. London, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 5

Strephon, Mr. Sol Green's Australian racehorse, injured his hock while in his box, and training has been suspended for a few days…

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Seven Killed Twenty Others Injured. Plane Dives Into Crowd. New York, April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 5

At Nashville, Tennessee, seven persons were killed and 20 injured when an aeroplane, sweeping over a railway…

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Injured Man's Courage. Long Climb From Pit. After Falling 50 Feet. Parkes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 4

Great fortitude was displayed by Eobert Wallace, an elderly man, who fell 50 feet into a shale pit at Baker's brickworks on Tuesday night…

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Constable Killed Motor Accident on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 2

A fatal motor accident occurred on the main road, between Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads on Monday afternoon, as a result of which, Arthur…

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Perry Collision Later

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 8

A hole, three foot square, was torn in the port how of the Curl Curl just above the water line. As it was a cold morning, no one was…

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Albury Fatality. Knocked Down by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 4

As he was going to business at Albury Magnus Edward Johnson 62 was killed through being run ever by a car owned and driven by Gideen…

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Plane Crash. Doctor and Pilot Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 4

Miner injuries were sustained by Dr. C. C. Jungfer and Pilot Jukes when their plane crashed near Ororoo, on the Broken Hill line…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 4

Charles Turner of Sandy Hollow was assisting to move some bags of grain in a shed at the rear of George Ham's store and in jumping…

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Two Air Crashes Unusual Accident Causes Tragedy. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 2

An Air Force plane crashed at Hornchurch to-day, but the pilot landed from a parachute, and was unharmed…

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Police Constable Killed Fatal Motor Cycle Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 1

A fatal motor cycle accident occurred on the main road between Murwillumbah and Tween Heads on Monthly afternoon, us a result of which Arthur…

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Car Overturned. Man Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1930 · page 7

When a baby motor car, in which they were riding, overturned at Mascot this morning, Hermann Becker, 30, sustained injuries to the spine…

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Stepped in Front of Car Early Morning Fatality. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 6

When driving a motor car along Canterbury-road, Campsie, early this morning, Thomas Lindsay Thompson noticed a man standing in the darkness on the…

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Gelignite Explosion Man Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 4

Through an unexpected explosion of gellgnite James Muldoon, a miner, while working at the Vale of Clywdd No. 2 Colliery Lithgow, received…

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Plane Accident. the Sky Hawk Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 7

An accident to Enrio Buck's Plane, the Sky Hawk, occurred on the Maitland Park this afternoon. Arriving from the direction of…

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