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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 66

Accident at Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1930 · page 6

Mr. W. Ad[?]son, a resident of [?]llison-street, Cessnock, a surface hand, employed at Ayrfield Colliery, No. 1, was injured whilst at work at…

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Boy Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 4

Albert Joseph Hartcher, 15 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Hartcher, of Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, died in the Maitland Hospital this…

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Car and Lorry in Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 2

On Saturday night, on the Glendonroad, about one mile beyond the Redbournberry bridge, a motor lorry conveying passengers returning from a…

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Motor Fatality. Singleton Chemist the Victim Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 4

Albert Reuben, the well-known chemist, was knocked down by a motor cyclist in Pitt-street shortly after 8 o'clock last night. He died…

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Skull Fractured Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 3

Dowell Maher, 27, residing at Woononn, was fatally injured by being thrown from his motor cycle on the Prince's Highway, Corrimal. He…

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Railway Accident in Tasmania Mail Train Leaves Rails. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 2

A mail train ran off the rails near Burnie, Tasmania, last night, and crashed into a deep drain alongside the line…

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Speed Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

The world's speed record by motor boat, 98.7 miles per hour, made on Friday, cost England the life of one of its greatest…

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Motor Fatality. Manslaughter Charge Preferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 4

Joseph Leonard Smith a young man was charged on Monday at the Singleton Police Court with having at Singleton on June 15, feloniously…

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Injured by Detonator Explosion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 1

The danger associated with the handling of explosives was again emplifield at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery on Saturday, when William Adamson,…

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Motor Fatality. Singleton Chemist the Victim. Singleton

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

Albert Reuben, the well-known chemist, was knocked down by a motor cyclist in Pitt-street shortly after 8 o'clock last night. He died…

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Sir Henry Segrave. Killed in Speedboat Test. Mechanic Dead and Another Seriously Injured. Miss England Ii Sinks in 150 Feet of Water

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 1

Sir Henry Segrave died from the injuries he received on Friday, when his speedboat, Miss England II., exploded and capsized…

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Peculiar Accident. Back-seat Knock-out

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

A party of Bellingen residents, while motoring through to Lismore, encountered a bad hole in the road. The three passengers in the back…

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Lucky Escape From Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 5

Mr. George Cridland of West Maitland had a narrow escape from drowning this afternoon, when he attempted to drive a horse and sulky…

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Traffic Accidents in Metropolitan Area Slippery Roads Blamed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 3

Wet, slippery streets and blinding rain caused many traffic accidents in the metropolitan area yesterday. One woman was gravely injured, and…

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Train Fatality. Railway Porter Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 6

At an inquiry into the death of Florence Ellen Isherwood, 36, of East Oakleigh (Vic.) who was killed by an electric train at a crossing at…

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Jumped to Ground Sydney Hospital Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 4

John Kerr (40), was found dead last night at the foot of a 45-feet drop from the window of the ward in which he had been accommondated…

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Struck by Car. Young Couple Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

An accident to pedestrians at Mayfield (Newcastle) is believed to have been caused by heavy rain affecting the visibility of a car…

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Caught in Winch. Chief Officer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 7

While the coastal steamer John was off Cape Egmont on Tuesday the chief officer, Mr. A. Copland, was caught by the stanmor's winch and…

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Supposed Drowning at Denman. Further Particulars. Denman, Friday, 3 p.m

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

A search party is out looking for the body of Cyril Ness, who is thought to have been drowned in the flood waters on Wednesday. Ness was either…

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Lost Eye Timber-getter Injured Claims Compensation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

While helping to cut a wooden girder on November 26. 1929, William Archibald Robert Nicholas, aged 14 years, a timber-getter of…

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