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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

39 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Slipped Under Lorry Accident to Mr. Wheeler, C.p.s. Left Leg Fractured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 8

WE cull from the "Cessnock Eagle" the following account of the unfortunate accident which recently befel our old friend, Mr. Geo. Wheeler, C.P.S., of Cessnock, and…

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Windsor Farmer Killed Fell Off Motor Lorry Fatality Near Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 3

CHARLES OSCAR PATERSON (43), a farmer, of Macquarie-street, Windsor, fell off a motor lorry at Nowland's Corner, between North…

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Sensational Smash Footballers Injured Lorry Capsises on Windsor-road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 4

A sensational smash occurred on the Windsor-road, about five miles from Windsor on Monday, when a lorry conveying a number of…

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Car and Lorry Collide Smash Near Pitt Town Three Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 3

IN the dense fog on Monday morning a collision occurred near Pitt Town between a motor car and motor lorry. The car, a Dodge Sedan, was being…

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Thrown From a Horse Fatality at Kurrajong Death of George Schmidt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

THE District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P), held an inquiry at the Richmond. Court House on Monday into the cause of the death of George Schmidt, a well-known…

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Killed Instantly Young Girl's Tragic End Richmond-road Fatality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 1

ALLISON Daphne Frances Keating' (20), of 83 Morgan-street, Petersham, was killed instantly when her neck was broken in an accident…

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Her Last Ride Young Girl's Neck Broken Collision on Richmond Road Cyclist's Error of Judgment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 9

FATE played an important part in the death of Allison Daphne Frances Keating (20), on June 23. Riding in the side-car of a motor cycle driven by her fiancee…

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Head-on Collision Accident at Cattai

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 4

A head-on collision occurred at Cattai this week,' when a Ford car, driven by Owen Mitchell, of Lower Portland, met a" Chevrolet lorry, in charge of Robert Johnston, of…

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Collision at Cattai Alleged Dangerous Driving Lorry Out of Control

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 8

ROUNDING a bend in the road on the on the Wiseman's Ferry side of Cattai Creek bridge on July 30 last, a motor lorry, driven by Robert Stuart' Johnston, farmer…

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Nearly Drowned Overturned Lorry in Water Driver Scrambles Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 1

ALTHOUGH half-drowned, when his motor lorry crashed through a bridge on Tennyson-road, North Richmond, on Monday, and overturned in four feet of water…

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Car Hits Tree Swerved to Avoid Sulky Man and Wife Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 3

SWERVING to avoid, a collision with a sulky, a car which is alleged to have been travelling at a fast speed, crashed into a tree on the Richmond-road, near…

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Five Injured Car Crashes Into Children Accident at Rouse Hill

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 15

FIVE children received injuries at Braeside picnic grounds, Rouse Hill, on Sunday, as the result of being knocked down by a car…

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Fog Blamed Lorries in Head-on Crash Richmond Man Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 11

TWO motor lorries, laden with vegetables, collided head-on in a thick fog on the Windsor-road, at Baulkham Hills, on Friday morning last. One of the drivers, John Milne…

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£1,000 Insurance Cheque Vineyard Parents Benefit Lesson of a Fatal Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 1

A CHEQUE for £1,000—the largest amount paid cut under newspaper insurance in Australia—has been forwarded to the parents…

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Pinned Under Car Woman's Awful Ordeal Acid Drops From Battery Accident at Mount Manning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 8

"DINNED under an overturned car for an hour, while acid from the battery dripped on to her face, causing agonising burns, was the…

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Young Man Injured Flood Causes Accident Lorry Skids Into Cycle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 1

GREASY mud left on the Richmond-road, near Ricaby Creek bridge, by the flood in the Hawkesbury last week, was responsible for…

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Nearly Drowned Woman and Girl at Windsor Thrills for Picknicikers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 5

PICKNICKERS at Windsor on Sunday were thrilled by sensational rescues when a girl and a young woman were struggling for their…

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Motor Collision Sequel at Police Court Information Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 7

THE part heard case in which Charles Chong, a Japanese, of Campbell-street, Sydney was charged with driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public…

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Man's Two-mile Crawl with Dreadful Injuries Accident to Oakville Resident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 9

Suffering terrible agony, George Smith (51), of Oakville-road-Mulgrave crawled two miles to his home after being thrown from a horse on Saturday morning…

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