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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 66

Injured Player Helped Team to Victory Carried on to the Ground Novel Cricket Event

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 4

Pat Cahill, of Kurri kurri, has figured in almost every sport going, but be he is not likely to forget an incident which happened at Abermain…

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Fell From Train Man Seriously Injured Probable Fractured Skull

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 4

Robert Thompson (45) a farmer, of little Plains, Inverell, was admitted to Maitland Hospital at tin early hour this…

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Fell Prom Window W.A. Farmer Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 1

Harry Newman, 64, a farmer visitor from Western Australia, is now in hospital in a critical condition, as the result of a fall from the window…

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Shooting Accident Man Struck by Spent Bullet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 7

Two boys, using a revolver of small calibre near the bridge spanning the Hunter River at Aberdeen on Sunday last, accidentally shot a…

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Heavy Toll Deaths from Motor Accidents Year's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 2

A statement prepared by the Government Statitsician (Mr. T. Waites), shows that there were 478 motor fatalities last…

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B.h.p. Claim Verdict For, Defendant, Fatal Accident Revived

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 4

After a retirement of three-quarters of an hour, the jury returned a verdict in favour of the defendant in the case heard before Mr. Justice…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 4

Ernest, the son of Mr. E. Bramble of this town, was the victim of a simple accident which resulted in a fracture of the large bone of the…

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Motor Accident Figures Deaths Increasing

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 5

The Government Statistician (Mr T. Waites) has issued a statement showing the number of deaths from motor accidents occurring in the years 1928…

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Jockey Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 1

When Claude Grant (18) was riding an unnamed race horse on the tan at Victoria Park racecourse this morning, the animal…

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Four Injured Fish Lorry Capsizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 6

When a motor lorry carrying fish to Newcastle Market capsized on the Nelson's Bay-road yesterday afternoon, four men were injured and the…

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Ankle Gashed Collided With Lorry Motor Cyclists Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 4

Wesley Sharpe, 25, a resident of Old Rose-street, West Maitland, a mill-hand employed by Pender Bros., was riding a motor cycle this…

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Down Chute Mail Official's Terrible Accident Serious Injuries Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 1

Frederick Quinn (60), a official, met with an extraordinary accident at the G.P.O, this morning…

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Boy Cousins Drowned Forbidden to Go Into Dam. Adelaide

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 2

Harold and Alex. Speck, both 13 years of ago, cousins, were drowned while bathing in a dam at Mount Crawford over, the week-end…

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Shocking Accident Child Struck by Skyhocket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 4

Gregory Daley, aged 27, of Bondi, was shockingly injured when he was struck in the stomach by a skyrocket at a fireworks display at Bondi…

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Paxton Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 1

Yesterday, while following his occupation as miner at the Paxton Colliery, Mervyn Beckett, 30, residing at William-street, Cessnock, had his…

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Five Drowned Tragedies in Other States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 5

James Henry Kelly, 18, son of a well-known resident of Victoria estate, was drowned near the mouth of Palm Creek (Q.) about 12 miles…

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Knife Slipped Trapper Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 4

Arthur Trott aged 21 years, son of Mr. Harry Trott, of Yerranderic, died at Camden Hospital from a severed artery in the groin…

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Horse Bolted West Cessnock Woman Injured. Maitland Road Incident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 1

Through being thrown from a cart on Saturday evening, Mrs. Agnes Sneddon, 21, of Jeffries-street, West Cessnock, received injuries to her…

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Trapper Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 1

Arthur Trott, aged 21 years, son of Mr Harry Trott; of Yerrandorie, died at Camden Hospital from a severed artery in the groin. Trott was cutting…

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WESTON Hebburn Shiftman Injured Horse Pulled Away Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 5

Mr. R. Allen, employed as a shiftman at Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, suffered a painful injury last night. While he was attempting to hook…

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