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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Speedboat Accident Coroner's Inquiry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

On Friday afternoon the Grafton Cor[?]ner (Mr. C.G. Carr-Boyd) held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Spencer Bernard K[?]ugh…

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Speedboat Accident. Death of Mr. S. B. Keough

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 3

On Friday afternoon the Coroner (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) held an inquiry at Grafton into the circumstances surrounding the death of Spencer…

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Pea Rifle Bullet Stomach Father Injured Son Charged at laurieton

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 3

Standing in the hallway of his hotel at Laurieton at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday last, Bernard Hale, 50, was shot through the right arm by a…

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Tragic Railway Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

A serious derailment, causing the death of an enginedriver and a fireman, and injury to a junior porter and one passenger, occurred on the…

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Surf Tragedy. Student Drowned

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 10

While heroically attempting to save a 16-year-old girl, who was in difficulties in the surf, Geoffrey Wellesley Hyman, a young law student, was…

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Injured at Surry Hills Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

A man who Was released from Parramatta gaol yesterday morning after having served five months' sentence for cocaine peddling visited the…

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Comboyne. Accident at Mill

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

Mr. Don, White met with a nasty accident whilst working at Oakley and Ball's sawmill last Friday. He was employed at one of the saws when his…

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Traffic Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 12

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department points to the fact that there were over 2000 more motor accidents in New South Wales in 1929 than during the…

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Riding Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 4

Last Saturday Miss Yvonne Bailey, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bailey, of Wauchope met with a painful accident on the Taree Road when out…

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Tetanus From Abrasions. Risks of Street Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 2

Delirium to him is a blessing, as it has concealed the fact from him that he is suffering from the dread disease of tetanus…

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Comboyne Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 12

On Friday of last week an accident occurred at Messrs. Oakley and Ball's sawmill at Comboyne. Mr. Don White was working at one of the saws when…

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Accident to Mr Ted Newton

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 2

While drenching a horse Mr. Ted. Newton, of this town, was struck by the animal on the chest and knocked over a rail, badly straining…

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Paul Whitehead Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 4

News from Urana Friday last said that Paul Whitehead, Rutherwah Station, had met with a serious accident the previous night through the…

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Drowning Tragedy. in Tumut River. Constable's Heroic Attempts at Rescue. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 2

James Freligos (14), who was bathing in the river at Tumut with three companions, got out of his depth and was drowned. Constable Buck, who…

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Kicked by Horse. Young Man Injured at Somerset

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 3

On Saturday last Mr. Tom Pownceby, son of Sergeant and Mrs. Pownceby, of Dungog, received severe injuries by a kick from a horse. For…

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Air Liner Crashes. Woman Incinerated. Others Seriously Injured. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 4

A French air liner crashed on the emergency ground at Maiden. The machine caught fire and two passengers, including one woman, were…

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Railway Fatality at Wingham

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 2

Reginald Charles McCooey, a junior railway porter, was cut to pieces on the railway line at Wingham at 4.50 on Saturday morning. McCooey was…

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Shocking Train Accident Porter Killed at Wingham

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 2

There was a shocking accident at the Wingham railway level crossing early on Saturday morning when Reginald Charles McCooey, a junior porter, was killed by…

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Serious Motoring Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 2

Mr. Cecil Dennes, school teacher at Kundibakh and resident of Wingham, met with a serious accident whilst returning home in his car on Friday…

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Three Men Injured in Car Collision

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 4

Three men were injured, two seriously in a collision between two motor cars at Cundle on Tuesday night. The injured were: Mr. C. H. Batty, surveyor…

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