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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 101

Bus Over Cliff. Several Persons Injured

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

Early on the 25th ult., a bus proceeding from Napier to Gisborne (N.Z.) fell off the road on Meremere Hill, landing on its wheels 115 feet…

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Five Injured Tram and Motor Car Collide

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

When a tram and a motor car came into collision at Fivedock, Sydney, late on Sunday afternoon, five persons were injured…

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Cyclists Injured. Crashed Into Tree. Goulburn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

Leslie McCabe, 31, and Val Borind, 19, were admitted to Goulburn District Hospital suffering from shock and concussion. They were found on…

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Fell From Balcony. Young Woman Injured. Sydney

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

When Alice Elvey, 25, of Camperdown, was found lying on the foot path in front of her home at Camperdown last night, it was believed she…

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Twelve Injured. Motor Lorry Overturns. Mothers Frantically Seek Children

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

There were frantic scenes on a roadside near Singleton when a motor lorry, driven by Mr. T. A. Kermode, containing 11 passengers mostly…

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Mauled by Shark Bather Shockingly Injured. Death in Hospital

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 14

Over, forty people wore bathing at Alma Bar, Magnetic Island, near Townsville, at 6.30 on Sunday afternoon, when a shark attacked Harry…

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Young Man Injured Attack by Crocodile, Carins, Jan 25

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

There was a sensational incident on the local es[?] last night when a young man, Kevin, Conley, was attacked by a crocodile, which…

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Fall of Coal. Four Men Slightly Injured. at Pelaw-main Mine

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

Two miners and two shiftmen were engaged in timbering work in bord 52, No. 5, west section, Pelaw-Main co[?] on Monday, when a burst of…

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Wool Store Fire Damage Totals £30,000. Firemen Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 6

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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Muswellbrook Letter Bathing Accident. Muswellbrook

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

Whilst Arthur Bates, aged 16 years, son of a well-known resident, was swimming in the Hunter River at Millgrove, a favourite local…

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Woman Killed. a Remarkable Accident

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

Mrs. Mary Fraser, an elderly Widows of Darling Point-road, Darling Point, was killed in most extraordinary circumstances on Sunday…

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Denman. Accident to Boy

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

Max Duggan, son of Mrs. Frank Duggan, who is spending a holiday on the farm at Denman, met with an accident which resulted in a bad…

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Accident to Boy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 6

An unfortunate accident occurred at one of the weekly produce sales this week while a representative of a washing machine was giving a…

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Honeysuckle Fatality. Man Struck by Train

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 3

People seated on the Honeysuckle railway station yesterday afternoon were appalled to sec an old man struck by the engine of a passenger train and…

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Doctor's Car in Collision. License Suspended

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

Arthur Macnaffe Burge, aged 48 a doctor, was fined £20 by Mr M'Mahon R.M., at the Central Court, Sydney, on Saturday,On a charge of having driven…

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Swept From Bridge German Steamer Founders, Twenty-one Drowned. Lisbon, Feb. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 5

After the General steamer Doister crashed on the rocks at Cape Leixoes, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the…

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German Steamer on Rocks. 21 of Crew Drowned. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Lisbon

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

After the German steamer Leister crashed on the rocks at Cape Leixoes, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the bridge, and one by one were…

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Umpire Killed Cricket Fatality in West Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 5

Robert McQueen, a returned soldier, was hit on tho head with a cricket ball while umpiring a match at Korrelocking. W.A., on Saturday…

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Four Injured Motor Smash at Katoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 6

A car driven by Albert Mandelberg of Bellevuue Hill, Sydney, got out of control at the corner of the main Western-road. Katoomba, on Sunday…

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Man Killed Struck by Train. Another Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 3

Two men were injured—one of that fatally—last night, when they wed run down by an electric train neat the Hurstville railway station…

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