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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 66

Accident to Shunter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1930 · page 6

While uncoupling trucks at Singleton, railway yards yesterday, Mr. W. Brown, a shunter, met with an accident. He was attempting to get…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1930 · page 2

On Monday morning, Mr. Bob. Neilson, ganger, whilst engaged at the Municipal quarry was blown up by the premature explosion of a…

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Struck by Brake Railway Guard Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 2

Struck by a hand brake, which he had released while engaged in shunting a train at Telarah last evening, Mr. A. E. Stevens, 29, a guard,…

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Car Crashes Into Tree Woman Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 1

Mrs Blanche Sprague of Bulgowiah was scriously injured when a car crashed into a tree on the Barrenjoeyroad Newport, on Monday afternoon,…

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Ash Dump Explodes Man Injured at South Bulli

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 6

While several men were engaged loading ashes and refuse from a dump at the foot of South. Bul[?] Col[?]tory, an explosion took place,…

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FELL 40 FEET Woman Terribly Injured Died in Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 6

Agnes Jane Dodds, 37, a single woman received terrible injuries when she fell from the parapet of the Salvation Army Women's Hotel, at…

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Man on Fire Collision With Car Serious Injuries Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 5

A motorist driving along the road near Taranaki last night found a motor car and motor cycle blazing furiously in the roadway, whilst a…

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Rising in Japan 200 Killed or Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Tokio

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 2

It is officially reported that a rising of aborigines numbering 2000 has taken place at Taisha, owing to failure to pay wages…

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Car Capsizes Moree Residents Hurt Accident Last Night Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 4

Whilst Mr. Grainger, licensee of an Hotel at Moree, and his son, accompanied by Mr. Handley, editor of the Moree "Champion," and a friend,…

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"Found Drowned!"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

Whilst engaged in repair work to a fence near a stream last week a workman was horrified to discover a body of unusual and unique…

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Horse Stumbled. Rider Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

When returning to Denman from Wybong, Mr. F. Boucher was thrown heavily on to the roadside as a result of his horse stumbling. Mr. Boucher received…

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Peculiar Mishap. Denman Man Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

Mr. Harold Hewitt, of "Ferndale," Denman, while splitting timber, was using a pick to open up a log, which he was working on. When removing the…

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GLOUCESTER Shire Ganger Injured Skull Fractured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 3

Mr. P. Frazer, the shire ganger, lies in a serious condition in Narraweema private hospital, the result of being struck by a piece of wood from…

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30 STITCHES Youth's Terrible Injuries Road Collision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 1

Aubrey Lipscombe, aged 16, was riding home from Palm Beach on a bicycle when he collided with a motor cycle ridden by Joseph Mace,…

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Motor Car Smash. Car Overturns. Three Persons Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

A motor smash occurred on the Muswellbrook-Singleton road, at about 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday. Three of the four occupants of the…

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French Train Smash. AT 60 Miles an Hour. 15 KILLED; 30 Injured. Paris

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 9

Travelling down a gradient at 60 miles an hour, the Geneva-Bordeaux Express, drawn by two engines, was derailed at Perigueux…

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Further Earthquake in Italy Many Dead and Injured. Vesuvius Active. (Australian Press Assn. Meseage. Rorme

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 6

Seven are doad, and several were injured owing to an earthquake which occurred in Western Italy, including Trieste, Padua, and Florence…

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Serious Accident. Ex-Muswellbrook Resident the Victim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Hogan, of Sydney-street, to-day received word that his brother, Frank, had met with a accident in a quarry at Kiama, and…

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Dead on Road Tragic Accident Car Capsized Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 1

Kenneth Webb (34), an architect, and a well-known local figure, was found dead beside his car on the Orange Road, just…

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DENMAN Struck by Pick-Head Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 3

Mr. Harold Hewitt, of "Ferndale," Denman, while splitting timber, was using a pick to open up a log when the pick head, which was not as…

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