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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Accident at Newcastle Man's Leg Broken

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 November 1930 · page 2

On Friday of last week Messrs. P. G. and P. H. Stiles, of Taree, motored to Newcastle. In the evening, Mr. Percy Stiles motored to a bowser…

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Wauchope Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 November 1930 · page 4

Near Wauchope, Friday fifteen persons were injured when a motor lorry carrying members of a picnic party from Wauchope to Port Macquarie…

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Collision. on Newey Creek Bridge

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 4

A very narrow escape from much more serious consequences occurred on Wednesday evening, about 5 o'clock…

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Lorry Overturns. Picnic Party Injured

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 3

Several persons were injured, one fatally, when a motor lorry overturned on the Oxley Highway, four miles from Wauchope, on Friday…

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Serious Accident to Popular Citizen

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 4

Mr. Leslie Field, the popular school teacher at Corangula, met with a serious acident on Wednesday evening, as the result of which he lies in the…

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Serious Accident. on Wauchope Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1930 · page 5

Seventeen persons were injured, some seriously (one has since died) when a motor lorry proceeding from Wauchope to Port Macquarie…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Near Wauchope. Lorry Rolls Over and Kills Boy

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 November 1930 · page 7

Friday appears to be an unlucky day for the Hastings River, as far as motor accidents are concerned. Last Friday there was a big motor lorry…

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Nearly Drowned. Mother and Her Child. Husband's Desperate Rescue Effort

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 November 1930 · page 3

Mrs. W. Mowsar, of Rockview, near Marrar, Coolamon district, was driving in a sulky near a dam on her husband's property, when the horse shied…

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Terrible Quarry Tragedy. Two Men Killed, One Injured. Spencer's Creek Quarry Wrecked by Explosion

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 4

Mr. Frank Pange's quarry at Spencer's Creek, between Jerseyville and the Macleay entrance, was the scene of an awful tragedy late yesterday…

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Hastings Fatality. Boy Killed in Car Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 6

On Friday morning last at about 6.45 a.m. a Hudson Six car, owned and driven by Mr. Roy McMillan, licensee driven by Mr. Roy McMillan, licensee of the Travellers' Rest Hotel, Long…

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Fierce Private War at Trades Hall Communists Bash Delegates. J. S. Garden Injured

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 4

Exciting scenes marked the discussion on the recent riots in the city at the Labor Council meeting at the Trades Hall last night. Communists, using…

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Motor Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 5

On Friday morning, 21st inst, a Hudson Six Car (owned and driven by Mr. Roy McMillan, licensee of the Travellers Rest Hotel, Long Flat…

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Cleric's Car. Smashed to Fragments Level Crossing Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 5

Rev. Wesley Bartlett, Methodist minister at Clunes, his wife and child, had a miraculous escape from death on Wednesday when a train crashed into…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 2

While swimming in the somewhat treacherous surf of Little Bay, Arakoon. on Sunday, Mr. L. McCann, of Smithtown, was carried out by the…

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News of the Day Painful Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 2

While swimming near the Leman's Flat bridge on Saturday afternoon last a very painful accident befel Mr. Bill McGee, of the New South Wales…

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Terrible Quarry Tragedy on the Macleay Two Men Killed, One Injured

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 1

Mr. Frank Range's quarry at Sponcer's Creek, between Jerseyville and the Macleay entrance was the scene of an awful tragedy late on Thursday…

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Terrible Quarry Tragedy. Two Men Killed, One Injured Spencer's Creek Quarry Wrecked by Explosion

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 1

Mr. Frank Range's quarry at Spencer's Creek, between Jerseyville and the Macleay entrance, was the scene of an awful tragedy late Thursday…

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Tragic Explosion. Two Men Killed, and One Injured, Near Jerseyville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 6

Mr. Frank Range's quarry at Spencer's Creek, between Jerseyville and the Macleay entrance, was the scene 'of an awful tragedy late on…

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The Quarry Tragedy. Magisterial Inquiry. Finding of Death As Result of Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 2

At the Kempsey Court House on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. N. L. Parker, Deputy Coroner, conducted a Magisterial inquiry into the circumstances…

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Sad Drowning Fatality Taree Business Man's Sister the Victim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 December 1930 · page 11

On Saturday last Mr. D. S. Davies, proprietor of Taree Plaster Works, received the information that the body of his sister, who had been…

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