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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,301 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 66

Supposed Drowning at Wagga Clothes on River Bank the Only Clue. Man Not Seen in Water. Wagga

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

John Smith, aged 24, is alleged to have been drowned in the river. He went for a swim yesterday morning, leaving his clothes on the bunk,…

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Electrocuted. Shocking Accident at Murrumburrah. Murrumburrah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 8

Betty Andriske, aged two, met with a shocking death at Murrumburrah. Her brothers had climbed on to the roof of the verandah to…

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Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Frederic Hoy, 24, of Inkerman-road, St. Kilda (Vic.), was drowned when his cance capsized in Port Phillip Bay, William Simmond, 18, of…

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Motor Car Fatality Weston Boy Killed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

As a result of being knocked down by a motor car at Liverpool last night, John Robinson, aged eight, of Fort-street, Weston, received…

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Drowning Tragedy Father and Son Lose Their Lives

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

While fishing on a sandspit at the beach at Mackay Q.), on Monday, three men were cut off by the rising tide, and two of them, a man named…

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Struck by Car, Bowler Fatally Injured

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

While croisng Brunswick-street, Fitzroy (Vic.), on Monday, Mr. Henry George Gibauel, a leading member of the Fitzroy Bowling Club, was…

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Fell Forty Feet. Boy Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

William Strange (16), of Enmore, is in a critical condition in St. Vincent's Hospital, as the result of a fall over the cliffs at Steel Point, Nielson…

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Four Injured. Motor Car and Lorry Collide. at Arncliffe. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

Four people were injured, one seriously, when a motor car and a heavy lorry collided at Arncliffe late last night…

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Pathetic Features. Killed in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

There were some pathetic features associated with the death of william James Wadmore, who was killed in a motor accident at Albury…

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No Blame. Fatal Car Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

At the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of Thomas Waitors, 37, who was knocked down by a motor car in George-street, city, on January…

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Motor Accidents, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Motor accidents recorded yesterday and at the week-end numbered 18, Many persons were injured, mostly in road accidents…

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Unfortunate Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

On Tuesday. morning. Mr. and Mrs. Keelan, Mr. Martin, and Mrs. Biffin left Bald Nob to take Mrs. Biffin home to Hillgrove, but at the Mann…

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After Sixty Years. Brother and Sister Meet. Accident Mars Reunion

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

Mrs. Biffin, wife of Sergt. Billin, of Hillgrove, and Mr. Thomas Martin, of Forest Lodge—sister and brother— met recently at the home of Mr…

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Drowned Trying to Save Girl Unknown Man Loses Life. Tragedy at Tamarama. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

In a heavy sea at Tamarama this afternoon, a man who has not yet been identified was drowned in attempting to rescue a girl…

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Queensland Aero Crash One Killed and Owner Seriously Hurt Injured Man Walks Three Miles for Help

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

An aeroplane accident involving the death of one well-known resident of Miles, and serious injury to another, occurred at the property of Herbert Rayner, Warrawee, Co ndamine-road, Miles, yesterday. The 'plane, a DH60 Moth,…

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Child Injured

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

Loslie Mutton, three years, living at Oakhampton, was treated at a surgery late yesterday afternoon for a lacerated wound over the left eye, sustained…

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Youth Drowned at Bulli

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon at Bulli Beach William Palmer, 18, relieving clerk at the Bulli railway station, and a son of Mrs. Palmer, a widow…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

Kenneth Joseph Walsh, 15, son of Mr. Daniel Joseph Walsh, of Portland, was drowned in Piper's flat dam, Portland in seven feet of water…

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Torrential Rains Floods in Queensland. Three Persons Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

Under the influence of a cyclonic disturbance which was centered north-east from townsville further torrential rain has fallen in the northern…

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Surf Tragedy. Student Drowned Near Bondi. While Rescuing Girl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

Geoffrey Hyman, a young man, who lived at Bondi, was drowned in endeavouring to rescue a girl who was carried out at Tamarama Bay, near…

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