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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 101

Somersaulted Down a Bank Two Car Passengers Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

When a car, driven by 0. Haviland, of East Maitland, somersaulted 20 feet down a bank on the Nowcastle-road near East Maitland at midnight on…

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Wool Store Destroyed Extensive Damage. Two Firemen Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which broke out at the Australian Wool and Produce Company's premises,…

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Wool Store Fire Damage Totals £30,009. Firemen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 3

Damage estimated at £30,000 was done by a fire which guttered one section of the wool store of the Australian Wool and Produce, Ltd.,…

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School Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 6

Frank Lacey, aged 9, a school boy, residing with his parents at Aberglassiyn, was knocked over by a motor car driven by Dr. M. Soiling, of…

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Killed Outright N.z. Crossing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 8

Mrs. Dodunskl was killed outright, and her daughter and granddaughter were critically injured when a car that she was driving was struck by…

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Hillend Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

While loading small coal at Hill-end Colliery yesterday evening, Frank Wake met with a painful accident. Jumping across from a…

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Narrow Escape Harbor Collision Averted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Caught by treacherous tides in Newcastle Harbor about 9 a.m. on Monday, the A.U.S.N. steamer Milora veered and ran head on for…

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Seven Injured When Motor Lorry Overturned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 3

Seven men were injured in Bowens-road, Kogarah, when the motor lorry on which they were travelling got out of the driver's control after…

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Horses Drowned. Team of Fourteen. Slipped at Crossing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 8

A remarkable accident occurred at Calliope Creek, near Rockhampton, when a team of 14 horses attached to on empty waggon slipped over Rocky…

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Dramatic Scene. Two Children Killed. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

An inquest was heard to-day concerning the death of the two young children of Mr. C. H. Williams, who Were run down and fatally injured by…

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Premature Explosion. Blasting Accident at Paddington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

As the result of a premature explosion, John James (42), of Rose Bay, will probably be blind for life. James and Oliver Joyce (26), of…

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Teeth Knocked Out Accident to Municipal Employee Council Accepts Liability

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 11

Explaining that he had two teeth knocked out while carrying out his duties as an employee of the Council, a member of the Municipal road staff…

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Diving Accidents Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 11

Two bathing accidents, in which the victims both su[?] injuries to the spine, occurred in Victoria on 24th ult…

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Child Shot. Pea Rifle Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 16

Philip Clucas, aged 12 years, son of Mr. G. C. Clucas, baker, of Melrose, was on Sunday morning aiming with a rifle at a tin on a fence, when…

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Drowning Fatalities Fourth in Fortnight at Wagga

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 13

James Herbert Williamson, aged 16 years, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, near Wagga on Saturday night. This is the fourth…

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Yachtsman Drowned Speed Boat Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 7

A speel launch turned over on its side when rounding the buoy in Otago Harbour (N.Z.) and the occupants were thrown out, charles…

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Schoolboys Drowned. Yowie Bay Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 9

"On 24th ultimo, three schoolboys sailed out to sea at Yowie Bay, near Miranda, in a derelict flat-bottomed boat…

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Killed Outright N.z. Grossing Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 5

Mrs. Dodunski was killed outright, and her daughter and granddaughter were critically injured when a car that she was driving was struck by…

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Severely Injured Two Batsmen Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

Playing with Glen Innes cricketers against the Experiment Farm at Glen Innes, Allan Storling and George Lloyd were batting…

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Death From Injuries. Motor Car Fatality. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 13

W. J. Smyth, 26, who was run down by a motor car at Maivern last Thursday, died to-day. His companion, William Holohan, is still in…

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