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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 66

Tragedy Enters Household Laughing Boy Killed in Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 10

Tragedy suddenly entered the household of a working-man on Wednesday. As he was returning to school, after the lunch-hour, Charles Marshband,…

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Drowned While Fishing Body Identified. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 2

A man who lost his life while fishing off the rocks at Little Bay yesterday has been identified as Leslie Smith, aged 33, a resident of Newtown…

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Four Injured. Tamworth's Week-end List

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 2

There were several accidents in Tamworth district during the week-end, Victims were: T. Rowland, probable fractured…

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Engine Smashes Carriages Two Women Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 3

Two young women were injured, and other passengers suffered from shock when an engine and tender bumped heavily against the first carriage whilst…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 4

A car, driven by Messrs. King and Armstrong, of Cessnock, crashed through the fence on tho right-hand side of the Wallis Crook floodgates,…

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 5

While following his occupation as clipper at Aberdare Central Colliery to-day, David Kerr, 21, was caught between two skips, and received…

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Fierce Lightning. Woman Injured in West Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 6

Lightning struck the home of Mr. J. C. Atherton, at Lowdon, W.A., and his wife was rendered unconscious for several minutes, and was…

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Barraba Shooting Accident. Patient Improving

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 1

The condition of the hoy, Garske, who was admitted to Brentwood Hospital last week, suffering from gunshot wounds in the legs, shows an…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 2

Late on Monday afternoon Miss Kath Hope, of Bowman's Creek, was unfortunate in sustaining a painful injury in George-street. The car in…

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Newcastle Accidents Cyclist Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 9

Struck by a motor car while riding his bicycle along Maitland road Jack Armstrong, 17, of Myola-street, Mayfield was thrown heavily and…

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Wheeler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 6

Charles Leaton (24), a wheeler, living in Main-road, Neath, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital suffering from an injury to…

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Painful Accident. Finger Crushed by Car Door. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 9

Miss Kath Hope, of Bowman's Crook, met with a painful accident in town. The car in which she was riding was drawing into the kerb in…

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Dead in Mine. Broken Hill Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

Thomas Riley, 10, was found dead at the bottom of a chute at the 500 years level at South Blocks mine. Broken Hill, He had been engaged…

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Ribs Fractured. Car and Motor Bus in Collision Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 2

When the ear in which he was riding run into the back of a motor has at the high level bridge in Maitland road, Tighe's Hill, last night,…

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Plane Crashes at Bourke Passenger Dead, Pilot Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 1

Reg., Robinson, aged 20, a son of Mr and Mrs G. A. Robinson, of Lismore, was dangerously injured when his Moth aeroplane crashed from a height of 2000…

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Killed by Car. Inquest at Abermain, Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 2

A verdlet of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott), at the inquest hold at Abermain concerning the death of…

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Accidents Two in Hospital

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 2

Mr. Sid. Middlebrook is nursing a broken leg in Dungog Hospital as a result of an accident. His horse fell and rolling on him broke the limb…

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Distressing Accident Boiling Soap Pours Over Workmen

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 7

A distressing accident occurred at the factory of Australian Soap Works, Ltd., on Wednesday, when-boiling soap poured over two workmen…

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Echo of Coal Train Tragedy at Paxton Coroner Inquires Into Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Henry Lewis Verdict of Accidental Death Returned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 10

At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott, J.P.) held an inquiry concerning the death of Henry Lewis,…

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Sent for Trial. Sequel to Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 6

"I find that Screen died from injuries brought about by a motor out negligently by William Ernest Finnie, I further. find that Flante…

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