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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Collision at Lorn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. George Toms and Emmie Toms, 12, living at Stroudroad, riding a motor cycle and sidecar, which came into collision with…

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Motor Accidents Car and Cycle in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 2

At midnight last night, a motor car and a motor cycle crashed into each other, near the intersection of Macquarie and Hanbury streets,…

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Boy Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 2

Frank Nelson, aged seven years, of Abel-street, Mayfield West, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital in a critical condition yesterday…

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Street Brawl. Boy Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

William Borg, mess boy on the steamer Norholt, was found wandering about at Darlinghurst early this morning with blood streaming from…

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Motor Accidents Nine Injured. Two Families in a Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 6

The members of two families were seriously injured in a motoring accident at the intersection of Lincoln-street and Ninth-avenue,…

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Weston Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

Francis Howard, of John-street, Abermain, who was fataly injured in a motor accident on the Weston overhead railway bridge on Monday…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

Jim Ilfield, eleven, living at George-street, Horseshoe Bend, West Maitland, was riding a push bicycle this morning when he collided with a…

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Youth Killed. Speedway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 6

While racing at Claremont (W.A.) motor cycle speedway, B. Perrie (18), fell, and was struck in the back by another machine. He was removed…

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Young Woman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 6

Although she is reported to have been flung through the windscreen of the motor car she was driving, Joyce Hayne, 27, of Punchbowl-road,…

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Motorist Killed. Cycles in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

Allan Wilson, 23, of Croydon, wan fatally injured in a collision between his motor cycle and another cycle. The other rider escaped with minor…

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Man Drowned. Carried Out by Undertow. Gallant Rescue of Daughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 3

Mr. Stanley Edward Wallace, aged 39 years, was drowned and his daughter, Phyllis Wallace, aged 14 years, was rescued with great…

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Unlucky Thirteen Fatal Accidents in Holidays. Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

During the Christmas and New Year holidays in New Zealand, 13 fatal accidents occurred. Five victims were killed in railway accidents, six were…

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Toll of the Motor Cars Fall From Bridge Two Similar Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 3

Two serious motor accidents, caused in the same way, and at the same place, occurred at the overhead railway bridge cast of Moe (Vic), yesterday. About…

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Fatal Accidents During Holidays New Zealand Suffers. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

During the Christinas and New Year holidays in New Zealand, 13 fatal accidents occurred. Five of the victims were killed in railway accidents, six…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

Gordon Collard, five, living at Bolwarra, was turning somersaults yesterday afternoon, when he fell on his shoulder sustaining a probable…

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Third Victim. Train and Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

Mrs. Lillian Anderson, aged 25, died on Wednesday at Horoitu, in Waikato (N.Z.). She makes the third victim of the…

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Woman Drowned. Swept Away by Undertow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

While bathing in the surf at Terrigal Beach on Wednesday, Miss Florence Louise Woods, aged 34 years, of Terrigal, was swept out to sea by a…

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Shop Wrecked. Injured Occupant Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

After his boot shop in Homer-street, Earlwood, had been wrecked by an explosion early on Wednesday morning, Frank Edward Massey, 32,…

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Lorry Overturns. Woman Killed; Six Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

While returning from Victor Harbour (S.A.), on Wednesday, a motor lorry containing 18 persons, and driven by Mr. Kenneth Rivers, of…

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Kurri Fatality Collision on Weston Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Fatal injuries were received by Francis Howard (38), of John-street, Abermain, when he collided with a motor car on the overhead…

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