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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,883 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 95

Woman Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 8

Annie Kirkpatrick, 54, of St. Mary's-street, Balmain, received concussion and severe abrasions to the head, shoulder, and shock, when a motor car in which…

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Fatal Injuries Collision With Ambulance Cyclist's Death

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 5

William Carpenter, 35, of Buchanan-street, Merewether, died in Newcastle Hospital last night, as a result of injuries received in…

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Kogarah Fatality Woman Killed by Car SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

Crossing Queen Victoria-street, Kogarah, last night, to keep an appointment with a friend, Alma Dean 27, was knocked down and killed by a motor car…

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Three Drowned Sydney Fatalities Week-end's Tragic Toll Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 7

Three drowning fatalities occurred in the course of the week-end. William Joseph Bowes, who came to Australia some time ago under the Dr…

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Police Cell Fight Man Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

In an affray in a cell at the Redfern Police Station last night, a man, who had previously given the name of Herbert Fielding, aged 30, was critically injured…

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Accidents Injury to Eye

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

While pulling down an old grape trellis on Saturday, John King, 14, of 12 Edden-street, Adamstown, sustained a painful injury when a piece of wire penetrated…

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Man Fatally Shot Accident at Bankstown Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

Leslie Abbott, of Campsie, who was accidentally shot in the groin last night while at a week-end fishing party on the George's River, Bankstown, died in…

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Maitland District West Maitland Lineman's Fall Accidental Death Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

The inquest concerning the death of Percy Roland Fullford, 52, an electrical linesman, who fell from a ladder and broke his neck, on the Belmore-road, West…

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Killed by Car Boy From Weston Accident Near Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 7

Jack Robinson, aged [?], of Fourth-street, Weslo[?], was struck by a car in Liverpool this afternoon, and died in hospital…

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Unconscious for Week ! Maitland Accident Victim

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 7

Last Monday Arthur Stanley Ramp[?]g, 12, of Horseshow [?]ead West Maitland, was admitted to Maitland Hospital suffering from…

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Accident Victim Death in Hospital Hamilton Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. Sid Cooper, 23, of Sturdec-street, New Lambton, died in Newcastle Hospital at 2,15 a.m. to-day, as a result of injuries caused…

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Skull Fractured Motors in Collision Accident at Hamilton

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

Sidney Cooper (23), of Sturdee-road, New Lambton, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital yesterday, suffering from severe lacerations to the forehead,…

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Long Voyage After Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

With her bows badly damaged the Hamburg-America line steamer Hanau berthed at No. 18 Victoria Dock, Melbourne. The damage is the result of a…

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Drowned in Waterhole Melbourne

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

Norman C. Fielder, 3. son of A. H. Fielder, of Huntly, near Bendigo, was drowned yesterday afternoon in a waterhole of Bendigo Creek. He and three…

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Fatality at Albury Pathetic Features SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

There were some pathetic features associated with the death of William James Wadmore, who, as reported in this morning's "Newcastle Herald," was killed in…

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Hit by Motor Wallsend Man Injured

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

Henry Hancock, of Cardiff-road South Wallsend, a deputy employed in Cardiff-Borehole tunnel, is at present an inmate of Wallsend Hospital, through injuries…

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Fishing Tragedy Father and Son Drowned BRISBANE

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

A man named Simpson and his son, were drowned on the beach at Mackay this morning, while fishing, and a third man, Kilillouth, was rescued by…

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Man Shot Shooting Gallery Fatality Charge of Manslaughter Sydney

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

David Hamilton, 42, of Redfern, was fatally wounded in a shooting gallery in George-st., Haymarket, this evening, just as be was about to leave the premises…

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Man Drowned Wind Overturns Canoe Plucky Rescue Attempt Melbourne

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

When their canoe overturned off Point Ormond this morning, Frederick Hoy, 24, of Inkerman-street, St. Kilda, was drowned and his mate, William Simmonds, 18…

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Fell From Cliff Youth Badly Injured Sydney

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

William Strange, 16. was critically injured when he fell a distance of 40ft. from the cliffs at Steel Point. Neilson Park, this afternoon. Strange, who lives at…

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