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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 66

Serious Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 3

On Monday last a very serious accident occurred to Mr. R. A. Elkin, the well known auctioneer, of Raymond Terrace. He was returning from Maitland yards…

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Coalfields Fatality

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 8

Leslie Ernest Fielding, aged 44, with six children, employed as engine-driver at Stanford Merthyr No 1 colliery, was found dead in a well of warm water…

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Drowning Fatality at Bondi. Mr. Herbert P. Stephens Carried Out. Former Well-known Scone Resident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 2

Many were the expressions of profound regret in Scone on Wednesday last when word came to hand that Mr. Herbert Percy Stephens, formerly a…

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Collision at Sea. Gibraltar, July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 5

The steamer Nerbudda, which came into collision with a Spanish vessel about 100 miles from here, now reports that she requires help in the…

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Kicked by Horse Boy Dreadfully Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 5

Dreadful facial injuries were suffered by John Abbott, aged 10 years, of Keiraville, near Wollongong, on Wednesday night, when he was kicked by a…

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Inquiry Into Motor Fatality Returned Soldier Makes Pathetic Spectacle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 8

Frederick George Trice, returned soldier and war pensioner, who lost and eye and both his legs at the war, presented a pathetic spectacle when,…

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Steamer Damaged in Collision the Nerbudda From Australia London

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 1

Wireless messages have been picked up from the steamer Nerbudda, bound from Australian ports to the United Kingdom, stating that she is sinking…

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Scone Resident Drowned Strong Current at Bondi. Rescuers Battered by Surf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 1

Mr. Percy Stephens, an ex-member of the staff of M. Campbell and Co., Ltd., Scone, and well-known in Muswellbrook, was drowned in a heavy surf…

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Shot in Neck. I'ea Rifle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 3

William Chalmers, 24, was accidently shot, near Lidsdane, in the Lithgow district. His companion, named Jeffries, thought he had…

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Fatal Accident at Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 4

At the Newcastle Court House yesterday a verdict of accidental death, was returned by the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. W. R. Pickett) at the conclusion…

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Shocking Motor Accident Three Persons Killed. Warren

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 6

Three people were killed in a shocking motor accident this morning. The victims were Garnet Walton,…

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Injuries Prove Fatal Death of Charles Moodie Echo of Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 5

Charles Moodie, 30, miner, residing in Wollombi road, who was seriously injured in a motor, accident recently, succumbed to his injuries at…

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Killed Instantly. Head on Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 9

Mrs. Laura Collins, 26, of Coogee, was killed instantly, and her husband Patrick Collins, 27, was seriously injured when their car crashed…

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Man Killed Girl Seriously Injured. Stolen Car Crashes. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 7

In a motor accident at a lonely part of Narrabean early this morning a man was killed and a girl injured…

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Footballers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 4

While playing with Metters Kurri Kurri in a Soccer match at Kurri, on Saturday, Walter Donny, 25, of Gladesville, received slight…

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Leg Crushed Pillion Rider Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 4

Suffering from the effects of injuries received in a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car near Mittagong, Phillp J. O'Brien, of…

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Hit-run Driver. Youth Injured At. Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 4

Cessnock police are endeavouring to locate the driver of a car which knocked down Norman Daley, 19, of Cumberland-street, Cessnock, at the…

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Apprentice Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 2

Les Crich, a jockey apprentice to H. Crawford, sustained injuries while exercising a horse on Saturday last…

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Baby Killed Collision at Gladesville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 6

In a collision between a motor lorry and a motor car at Gladesville on Monday afternoon, Donald Swain, aged 18 months, was killed, and his…

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Past Descent. Parachutish Injured in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 3

Captain Erho sustained a fractured leg at Mitchell (Q.). He was making a parachute descent of 1000 feet when the parachute opened too…

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