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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Swimmer Injured

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

struck by a person awing in the Hunter River yesterday afternoon, Elsie Lethbridge, 12, of 63 Carrington-street, Horseshoe Bend, received…

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Six Hurt in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 6

A collision between two cars at Balgowlah resulted in six people being injured. Three children had miraculous escapes…

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Injured When Diving

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

Ernest Nowman, 13, of Allandale-road, Kearsley, who is holiday at Arcadia, Lake Macquarie, dived into some shallow water on Saturday, and injured his head and…

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Three Injured at Belmore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 6

Following a collision at the intersection of Waverley-street and Canterbury-road, Belmore, a car in which John George, aged 54, Annie…

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Hunter River Tragedy Engaged Couple Drowned

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 2

Miss Alice Maud Ryan, aged 26, daughter of Mr Thomas Ryan, of Swan-street, Morpeth, and Mr Richard William Watson, son of…

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Double Drowning Young Man and Woman Victims-bodies Recovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 2

A very Bad case of double drowning occurred in the Hunter River, at Narrowgut, near Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, whon Richard…

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Three Dead Many Persons Injured. Week-end Motor Smashes. Three person lost their lives and many were injured in motor smashes at the week-end. Struck by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 6

Thomas Waters, aged 33, a news-vendor, of Bathurst-street, City, Jumped from a moving tram in George-street, Sydney, on Sunday…

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Fatal Accidents Girl Thrown From Pony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 6

Phoebe Godfrey, 16, received fatal injuries when she was thrown from a holting pony at Armidale. She died in hospital 17 hours later…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Rider Severely Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

A young man named Crockett a resident of Tighe's Hill, Newcastle, who is a garage employee, sustained concussion as a result of a severe fall…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

"While on his way to Denman on Sunday morning, per motor cycle, Victor Jacobs had.the: misfortune to fracture his collarbonc,-through the" machine…

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Hunter River Tragedy. Engaged Couple Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

Miss Alice Maud Ryan, aged 26, daughter of Mr. Thomas Ryan, of Swan-street, Morpeth, and Mr. Richard William Watson,' son of…

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Engaged Couple Drowned Tragic Happening at Morputh

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

There was a tragic happening at Morpeth on Saturday afternoon, when a young woman and her fiance were drowned in the Hunter River at…

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Trench Caves in Workman Severely Injured. Sydney

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

James Dowling, 32, received severe injuries this morning, when about half a ton of earth fell in a trench at Alexandra, and buried him to…

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Dash for Life Through Interlocking Gates. Motor Man Injured. MELBOURNE

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

At Hampton last night, William John Kitto, 54, a motor man, had his left leg fractured, and right leg badly lacerated, when a motor car…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, January 21, 1930. Local and General Injured by Mowing Machine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

A daughter of Mr. and Mrs A. Ekert, of Denman, had the misfortune a few days ago to come in contact with a knife on a mowing machine, with the…

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Fatal Accident. Case Further Adjourned. Cessnock

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

There was a further adjournment in the case of Hilton Bayley, 20, at Cessnock Court to-day, charged with having driven in a dangerous…

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Council Employee Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

Whilst engaged on some work with the machinery at the pumping station early this morning, Mr Francis Fitzpatrick, of Pitt-street, an employee of…

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Terribly Injured Man Impaled on Hook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 3

Terrible injuries were sustained by Jock McClinton, 25, of Woy Woy, which he was impaled an a hook attached to a greengrocer's cart…

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Double Drowning at Morpeth

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

A very sad case of double drowning occurred in the Hunter River, at Narrowgut, near Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, whon when Richard William Watson, (21), son of…

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Dual Drowning. Evidence at Morpeth Inquest Conroner's Remarks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2

In returning a verdict of death by drowning at the inquiry conducted in the Morpeth Courthouse this morning, into the circumstances surrounding…

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