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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 66

Collision at the East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 4

When a car driven by Mr.E. Butturn auctioneer, of Victoria—street, kurri Kurri, capsized when it came into collision with another car at…

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Car Somersaults. Three Persons Injured, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 5

When two cars collided with great force at the corner of Norton-street and Parramatta-road, Petersham, on Sunday afternoon, one a big sedan,…

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Hand Injured. Detonator Explodes in Mine. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 5

While preparing a shot in Aberdare mine to-day, Thes Gorton, 25 a minor, had his right hand seriously injured when the detonator…

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Boy Killed. Shooting Accident Near Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 3

Charles Kirby, said to be about 15 years of age was killed shooting at Kangaroo Greek, says a Grafton message. It is Stated that the…

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Legless Soldier Drives Car Accident Leads to Manslaughter Charge. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 2

Frederick George Thrice, aged 47, was charged at the Central Court, today with having feloniously slain Mary Burke…

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Accident to Mr T. M'gahen

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 2

While driving home with a 10-yearold son on Saturday evening, Mr T. M'Gahen, of High-street, met with a bad accident in Boundary-street, about…

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Councillor Niland Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 4

When alighting from his car this morning at Tarre Shire office, Councillor J. A. Niland lost his footing and fell against the edge of the…

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Peculiar Accident at Aberdeen. Well-known Citizen Fatally Injured. Car and Lorry Collide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 1

A young married man named Harold Kershawe, aged 32, died in Murrurundi Hospital on Sunday morning, as the result of a peculiar motor…

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Gelignite. Blown to Pieces. Double Fatality at Mt. Isa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 2

Antonia Simonelli (50) and Edward Smith (21) were blown to pieces when two cases of gelignite exploded at Mt. Isa (Queensland)…

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Latest Cables. Terrible Taxi Fatality. Fairfax's Condition. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 2

A British air-taxi crashed at Gravesend. Four men and two women were killed. The passengers were all well-known members of society, including…

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Shocking Motor Fatality on Aberdeen Road. Murrubundi Resident the Victim

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 2

An accident of a shocking character, resulting in the death of a member of a well-known and respected Murrurundi district family, occurred on the road…

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Hand Blown Off Aberdare Miner's Painful Accident Detonator Exploded

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 5

WHILE FOLLOWING HIS OCCUPATION of miner at Aberdare Colliery yesterday morning, Thomas Gorton, 25, Ferguson-street, Cessnock,…

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Extraordinary Developments in Accident Victims Condition. Struck by Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 4

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES are associated with the case of Charles Moodie, 30, of Wollombi road, who was struck by a…

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Forty Drowned. From Joy to Sorrow. Coblen, July 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 5

The Rhineland Liberation celebrations were to-day clouded by disaster. A crowd going home from the…

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No News of Eric Hook Feared to Have Been Drowned. Search So Far Proves Fruitless. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Rangoon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 2

A further search for the missing airman, Eric Hook, has been unsuccessful. Both bank of the Balli stream have been searched, and the spot where he…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 2

Mr. Thomas McGahen, of High-street, met with a serious accident on Saturday evening, and is now an inmate of the Dangar Cottage…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1930 · page 2

A young married man, Harold Kershaw, aged 32, died in Murrurundi Hospital on Sunday morning from the effects of injuries caused by a…

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£17 For Injured Players

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 2

THE "GATE" in connection with the Rugby League match between Clayton's team and d'Argeavel's Lilywhites, at the Cessnock Showground…

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Two Deaths. Tram and Car Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 5

William H. Saunders, who was injured in a collision between a motor car and a tram in William-street, city, last night, died this morning,…

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Bridge Fatality. Worker Killed by Falling Timber. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 5

Frederick Phillips, 80, a labourer, was killed this morning on one of the approaches to the North Shere Bridge, when a heavy piece of…

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