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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 66

Bad Crash. Cyclist Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 4

Jack Brennan (17), Regent-street, Paddington, fractured his left arm and collarbone and received concession on Sunday, when his motor…

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Bottles Thrown Two Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Percy John Carswell, 30, a bricklayer, was remanded until June 17, on ball, on a charge of having mallciously…

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Washed Off Rocks. Fisherman Drowned at Long Bay. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 5

William Bovin, of Kogarah, was washed off the rocks while fishing at Long Bay to-day. His companion Allen Donald, threw him the line…

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Bottle Thrown. Wild Fight at Darlinghurst. Two Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 6

During a brawl in a house at Darlinghurst, on Saturday night, a knife and bottle were thrown, One man was admitted to hospital, a woman…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 2

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

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Cessnock Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 4

Robert Pearce, of Cessnock, fell from his motor cycle at Gunnedah on Sunday and fractured his right lower leg. He was treated at Gunnedah…

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Hand Injured. Detonator, Explosion. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 4

It was reported by Cessnock Hospital to-day that Henry Jackson, 24, a minor, employed at Aberdare Colliery, and living at Northeote-street…

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Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 1

When Mr. and Miss E. Wilkinson, of Market-street, were returning to Muswellbrook from Singleton on (Saturday, their car overturned. Mrs. Wilkinson…

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Two Wounded. Remarkable Accident Near Bulli Pass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 3

A boy and a girl were wounded in the mountains, near Bulli Pass, when a rifle accidentally exploded, and the bullet struck a waterpipe, richochted…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 4

George Robinson, a miner, employed at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, and residing in Fourth-street, Weston, was admitted to Kurri Kurri District…

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Sister Killed in 'Plane Crash Brother Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 1

A fatal aeroplane accident occurred at Smeaton (Vic.) on Monday, Miss Kathleen Charleson, of Kooroocheang station, being killed, and her brother,…

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Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 8

A Packard car, driven by Mr. Vivian C. Fletcher, and occupied by Mrs. M. P. Dangar and others, of Baroona, and a Chrysler car, owned…

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Fatally Injured. Father James Walsh

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 9

Father James Walsh, assistant priest at Tamworth, and one of the best known personalities in the north and north-west of New South Wales, was…

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Killed by Bus. a Cessnock Fatality. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 4

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) held an inquest at Cessnock to-day into the death of Henry Hunter, 66, a second-hand dealer, who was…

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Fatally Injured. Father James Walsh, Tamworth Struck by Car

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 6

Father James Walsh, assistant priest at Tamworth, and one of the best known personalities in the North and North-west of New South Wales, was…

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Oldfield and Hornibrook. on Injured List. London, June 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

The Australian cricketers arrived at Nottingham to-night by train from Bath. Oldfield was wearing a hugo scarf…

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Night of Horror. Human Pyres Leap Into Sea. Disaster Off Boston. Graphic Stories of Tragic U.S. Collision. Boston

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 10

During the early hours of the morning details came trickling through here of the collision between the coastal steamer Fairfax, carrying 70…

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Denman. Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 7

Little Ronnie Pritchard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pritchard, while playing about fell on broken glass-bottle and inflicted a severe wound…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

Mrs. J. Wylie, of Fosterton, was thrown from her sulky and run over by the wheel, sustaining abrasions and bruises. Her two children…

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Killed by 'Bus Tragic End of Professor Hunter's Father. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

At the Cessnock Courthouse Oils morning fine Deputy Coronor (Mr. J. R. Scott) held an inquiry touching the death of Henry…

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