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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,883 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 95

Italian Killed Little Girl Shot Accident at Liverpool Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Antonio Raotta, 34, an Italian, living at Burwood, was killed, and Minnie Arena 14 was slightly injured, in a shooting accident at Liverpool to-day…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Log Fractured.--Knocked down by a bicycle while crossing Pell-street, Merewether, to-day, Gladys Hepburn (8), of 12 Ranclaud-street,…

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Victim's Death Collision at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 7

The death occurred at Newcastle Hospital early yesterday morning of Sidney Cooper, 24, who was badly injured in a collision between a motor car and a motor…

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Sea's Victim Drowning at Redhead. Inquiry Held

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 8

Carried out to sea while surfing' at Redhead Betten on December 29 of Inst year, Jack Sanderson, 36, of 8 Truda-street, was drowned…

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100 INJURED Holy Men Storm Police Stopped by Shots Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

The huge fair at Allahabad had its first real trouble yesterday. One hundred persons were injured when 5000 semi- nude Saddhus (super…

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Train Smash Were Catch-points Open? Cause of Disaster Injured Man's Statement SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 7

When the Railway Department holds an inquiry into the cause of the smash which occurred it Warrimoo last night, one of the matters which will have to be cleared…

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Hamilton Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

Unfortunate circumstances were associated with the accident at the corner of Denison and Blackall Streets, Hamilton, on Monday, as a result of which Sidney…

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Drowned in Dam Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

While swimming in a dam at Pipers Flat, Lithgow, to-day. Kenneth Walsh, 15, got into difficulties and was drowned before assistance could be obtained,…

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Humber Collision Court Allows Appeal London, January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

The Court of Appeal has allowed the Orient S.N. Co.'s appeal against Mr. Justice Hill's judgment, that the Otranto and the Kitano Maru were equally…

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Swimmer Carried Out Redhead Beach Fatality Life-savers Commended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

The story of fruitless efforts to rescue Jack Sanderson, 36, married, of 8 Tudor-street, Hamilton, who was carried out by an undertow and drowned at Redhead…

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Caught in Undertow Man Drowned at Woonona WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

William Palmer, 18, of Drummoyne, a railway clerk, temporarily stationed at Bulli, was drowned in the surf at Woonona, near Wollongong, to-day…

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Big Floods Cyclone in Queensland Three Persons Drowned Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 9

Under the influence of a cyclonic disturbance which was centred this morning north-east from Townsville, further torrential rain has fallen in the…

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Miner Injured Fall of Stone at Black Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

Wounds to the head and to one of his feet, for which treatment was given under an anesthetic at Wallsend Hospital were sustained yesterday by James Armstrong,…

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Bondi Tragedy Young Man Drowned Went to Rescue of Girl SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

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 Bondi, this…

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Master Butchers Allege Unfair Competition by Abattoir Board Not Accident" Death of Coroner .Deputy's Test Verdict of Suicide

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

After making tests with the revolver that caused the death of the South Maitland Coroner (Joshua Thomas Richards),…

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Still Unconscious Maitland Accident Victim

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

Arthur Stanley Rumpling, of Horse Shoe Bend, West Maitland. Is still unconscious in the Maitland Hospital. He was admitted to the institution…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

Finger Crushed.--George Keane, 26, of Cardiff, a laborer working at the Cardiff railway works, had the little finger of his right hand crushed…

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Tragic Coincidence Bondi Drowning Case SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 10

A grim coincidence associated with the tragic death of Geoffrey Hyman, while attempting to rescue a girl who was carried out at Tomarama Bay, near Bondi…

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Nearly Drowned Child Falls Into Sea Modest Rescuer

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

Lorna Mclnnes, aged four, of Nobbys-road, Newcastle, was walking along the concreto retaining wall, near the soldiers'…

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Three Drowned Rowing Boat Overturns Queensland Tragedy Victims Train Passengers Home Hill (Q'land)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 10

A triple drowning tragedy occurred in the Burdekin River to-day, when one of the rowing boats conveying train passengers across the flooded stream…

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