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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 66

Four Injured in Street Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 2

Four persons ,were injured when a motor car in which they were driving skidded on the slippery road and crashed into a stationary lorry at the…

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Two Drowned. Launch Dashed to Pieces. Near Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 3

When a launch was wrecked off Amity Point, Stradbroke Island, Q. on Sunday morning, two men were drowned…

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Cause of Accident Not Clear

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 3

What caused the accident will probably never be made clear. It is said by some that the engine was defective, but this can only be…

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Two Killed Plane Crash. Tamworth Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 5

An aeroplane crashed into a street at Tamworth on Saturday afternoon, killing both occupants. They were Messrs. Frank Mitchell…

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Four Injured. Collapse of Scaffolding

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

When a scaffold on which they were standing collapsed four men were injured at Fivedock. The accident was caused by the snapping of…

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Terribly Injured Man Struck by Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 3

John Henry Barsby, 69, a retired storekeeper, of Coogoe, sustained terrible injuries when he was struck by a tram at the corner of Asher and…

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Soccer. New South Wales Captain Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 7

Mr. S. Hancock, captain of the New South Wales Soccer team visiting Brisbane ans a resident of Balmain received a large confused wound…

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Youth Drowned Swept From Bridge by Flood Waters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 2

Jack Walter James, a youth, was drowned when he was swept by flood waters from the low level bridge at Byangum, Murwillumbah, while…

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Railway Disaster. Eight Killed; Thirty-one Injured. Montreau, June 1

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 3

Eight were killed, and 31 injured, when the Paris-Marseilles express was derailed and the four leading coaches smashed to pieces. The rescuers were…

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Accident to Mr Harold Richardson

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 2

Mr Harold E. Richardson, of Yorkstreet, who is employed in the locomotive branch of the Railway Department at Singleton, met with an accident on…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 4

James Seamer, 39, a miner, of Wermol-street Kurri Kurri, was admitted to Kurri Kurri District Hospital on Wednesday afternoon…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 4

As a result of a collision with a motor car in front of McGraths Limited, last evening, Arthur W. Seiffer, 24, of Devenshire-street…

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Launch Founders Collision with Sydney Ferry. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 5

Following a collision between the steam launch Engadine and a Sydney ferry, the Kuramia, near Milson's Point this morning, the launch…

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Plane Crashes Into Harbour One Drowned; 11 Painfully Injured (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Boston

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 7

The New York bound three-motored Ford express aeroplane crashed into Boston Harbour. One passenger was drowned, and 11…

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Ald. Girvan Injured Fall of Coal at Bellbird

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 1

Casualties of one description of another Invariably follow a resumption of work at coal mines after long periods of idleness…

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Crossing Fatality. Boy and Horse Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 8

Clifton Keily, only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly, of Talgal (Q.) was killed at a railway crossing at the northern and of Clifton railway…

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Car Capsized. Woman Fatally Injured. Jerilderie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 5

Mrs. Colin McLennan wife of Mr, Colin McLennan of Green Pine Argoon, was killed when the car in which she and her husband were…

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Boxer Dies. Injured in Contest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 7

George Lisson, 24, of Surry Hills, who received a fractured skull in a boxing match at Leichhardt Stadium last night, died in the hospital this…

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Struck by 'Bus Fatality at Cessnock. Father of Professor Hunter Killed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 7

Knocked over by a motor 'bus in Vincent-street, Cessnock, today, Henry Hunter, 64, a secondhand dealer, died on reaching the hospital…

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Fatal Gun Accident Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 8

James Nugent, 40 of Jingellie was shot dead when a gun he was carrying exploded as he was climbing through a fence. The leaves a…

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