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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Quarryman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

James Osmond, 46, a resident of Paterson, and working at Martin's Crook Municipal Quarry, was struck by a piece of metal while spawling…

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Sisters Drowned Fell Into Waterhole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 3

While their mother, Mrs. R. Eber hard, of Robertstown (S.A.) was an inmate of the Memorial Hospital with a baby girl two days old, Connie and…

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Porter Killed Fatality at Central Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

While crossing the railway lines between Nos.10 and platforms at Central Railway Station last night John Fry, aged 53 years, a parcels…

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Cyclist Killed Collision with Car. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

As the result of a collision between at motor car and a motor cycle on the Bendigo road last night, Reland Kirk, 26, of Abbottsford, died…

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Sad Drowning fatality Three Children Perish at Jerseyville. Car Took Wrong Turning

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

A particularly sad triple drowning fatality occurred at the Jerseyville terry approach at about 11 o'clock on Monday night. Mr. Charles…

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Scalding Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

Sadness was brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Marsland, of Dungog, during the holiday period, when their two-year-old daughter…

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Car Driven Into River. Three Children Drowned. Father's Struggle to Save Injured Wife

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

A triple drowning occurred at Jerseyville on Monday evening. Mr. Charles Arthur Barnes, school teacher, of Quambone, accompanied by…

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Accident. MR. J. C. Thompson Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

Mr. J. C. Thompson, of MitchellStreet, was the victim of an unpleasant experience on Wednesday evening. He was returning from the bowling green…

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Agonising Experience Wife Drowned

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

To hear his wife call out, "Save me, I'm drowning,'' and to see her sink in a deep hole in the Nymboida River on Christmas Day, and, owing to a recent…

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Cycle and Lorry in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

A motor bicycle ridden by Ernest Cleall, 33 labourer, of Campbell-street, Wollongong, crashed into the rear of a motor lorry in Crown-street…

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Sisters Drowned in Waterhole Mother in Hospital

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

While their mother, Mrs E. Eberhard, of Robertstown (S.A.), was an inmate of the Memorial Hospital with a baby girl two days old, Connie and Margaret…

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Cycling Notes Northern Results Bennett Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

The annual carnival conducted by the Wallsend Amateur Club was held on Xmas afternoon, when some good racing was witnessed, but a spill in the…

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Fight Over Bowls. Two Players Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

A fight occurred at the Linwood (N.Z.) (Bowling Club's green on Saturday during the progress of one of the games in the club championship…

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Air Collision. Four Men Killed. London, Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

The Air Ministry announces that as a result of a collision in the air, which occurred to-day at Abu Suwer, Egypt, between two Avro machines of the…

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Fatality at Central Station Porter Run Over by Train

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

"While crossing the railway lines between Nos. 19 and 20 platforms at Central Railway Station on Wednesday night John Fry, aged…

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Flying Boat Fatality. Crash into Port Phillip Bay. Three Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

Three lives were lost when an Air Force machine crashed into Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, on Monday afternoon…

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Factory Fire. Man Dies From Burns. Four Firemen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

One workman received fatal burns and four firemen and two other workmen were severely burned in a fire which broke out in the factory of the…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

A collision occurred at the corner of Lord and Brown-streets between a car driven by Rev. E. Clatworthy and a motor cycle, and side car ridden by…

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Remarkable Accident. Youth's Neck Broken in Two Places

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

Louis Lewis, 17 years of age, of Peel and George streets, North Bondi, has been walking about for over a week with his neck broken in two…

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Accident at Reservoir Cessnock Man the Victim

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

A Cessnock identity in the person of Adam Forguson, received serious injuries in an accident which befell him in Sydney on…

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