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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 66

Sydney Accidents Poor Visibility Blamed. Sydney

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

Motor cars were involved in numerous accidents in the metropolitan area last night, but fortunately, no one was seriously injured…

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Newcastle Accidents. Four Injured in Motor Smashes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 4

Joseph Murray (43), tram conductor, of Morewether, when cycling home early on Sunday morning, came into collision with a car, and…

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Head On. Motors in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 5

A motor car and a motor lorry collded head-on between Engadine and Loftus this morning. Both vehicles were very badly…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 4

A motor car, driven by Mr. Walter A. Johns, 24, of Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, who was accompanied by Mr. George Trefonoff, of…

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Injured Playing Footfall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 4

Mr. G. Varioy, of Rose-street, West Maitland, sustained an incised would under the right eye, about one inch long, when playing in a football…

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Six Killed and Forty Injured Terrible Factory Explosion. LONDON, May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 5

Six were killed and forty were injured seriously, while several are also believed to have been fatally burned by an explosion…

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Native Riot. Five Killed: Sixteen Injured. Policeman Stabbed. Capetown. May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 2

Fice natives were killed and 16 seriously injured, while many slightly hurt, in a confliot with the police at Woreestor, a wine district…

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Trio in Hospital. Motor Cycling Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 5

While riding a motor cycle along the Windsor-road, towards Windsor last night, John Wllikins, 22, of Castle Hill, collided with two girls…

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Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 3

Mr. E. Patmore was returning home by car from Sydney a few days ago, when a straying torso near Raymond Terrace emerged from behind…

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'Plane Accident the Sky Hawk Damaged

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 5

An accident to Ernie Buck's 'plane, the Sky Hawk, occurred on the Maitland Park on Saturday afternoon…

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Youth Badly Injured Motorist Arrested

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 1

Dreadful injuries were suffered by a youthful cyclist in a collision, with a motor car in Cleveland-street, Redfern, on Monday. The driver of the motor…

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Injured Going to a Dance

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 2

Two girls on their way to attend a dance on Monday night were in a merry mood as they trudged along the dark Windsor-road together. A few…

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Rocket Explosion Boy Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 2

A 14-yearold schoolboy, Edwin Harold Walkley of Balmain who found a powerful ship's distress rocket and commenced to play with…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Cycle. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

A head on collision between a motor car and a motor cycle and side-car near Mount Martha early this morning, resulted in the death…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 6

By a collision at the corner of Meeks and Wills streets. South Kensington last night. Thomas Brown 22. of Maroobra a rubber worker…

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Motor Fatality on Newcastle Road. Mr. James T. Burrell Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

Mr. James Thomas Burrell, of The Avenue, Lorn, West Maitland, a well-known respected of the district and known and respected in business…

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Struck by Car. Boy Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

Keith Douglas, 9, of Harris-street, Rozelle, was critically injured receiving a depressed facture of the skull, when knocked down by a car…

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Texas Tornado. Many Killed and Injured. Dallas. (Texas. May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

It is now believed that the dead total 84 as the result of the "Grasshopper" torndao, which leaped from one area to another in widely…

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Towns Wiped Out Earthquake's Toll Thousands Killed and Injured. CALCUTTA, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

Survivers of the Pegu disaster, arriving in Rangoon, state that the town was almost wiped out. It is estimated that between 600 and 1000…

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Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

Whilst returning to Dungog from Maitland on Tuesday night in order to attend the Mayoral election, Ald. R. L. Fitzgerald had an unenviable…

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