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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 101

Drowned While Duck Shooting Entered Water at Wrong. Place. Horse Washed Up on Beach Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Norton Williams, aged 35, was drowned near Burnic, Tasmania, while duck shooting. He and a companion were returning late at night, and…

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Crossing Accident Train Derailed After Crashing Into Lorry

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

After it had crashed into a motor, waggon at a level crossing, near, the Chelsea, (Vic.) railway station, on Sat urday evening, and carried, it for about…

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Injured by Tree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

Mr. R. Burna a casual lineman, was injured on the Monkerai whilst assisting to remove trees adjacent to the telegraph lines. A tree was…

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Out of His Depth Duck Shooter Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 3

Morton Williams, 35, was drowned near Burnie (Tas) while duck shooting. He and a companion were returning late at night and entering the…

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Collision in Fog Lightship Cut in Halves. London, March 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 5

Steaming slowly in a fog at the Goodwin Sands the steamer City of New York out in halves the gull lightship whose master Captain…

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Electrocuted Butcher's Death. Exteaordinary Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 2

An extraordinary case of electrocution was disclosed at the inquest held on Friday by the Purramatta District Coroner (Mr. H.Richardson Clark)…

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Injured in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. Fred, E. Chappell, of O'Brien-street, Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock District Hospital, on Tuesday, suffering with injuries to his…

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Baby Drowned in Bath Mother's Despair

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 1

At Bankstown yesterday the body of a 12 week's old baby was found floating in a bath. It's mother was found in the house later lying on a bed in a…

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Cars Collide. Three Women Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 6

Two motor cars collided at the intersection of Occan and Queen streets, Woollabra on Tuesday night, and one of the vehicles was badly smashed…

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Boy Injured. Knocked Down By Car. Car. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

A lad, who was riding a bicycle in Hunter street this afternoon, was knocked down by a motor-car. His face was terribly crushed, and he…

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Hudson's Eumenthol Factory Destroyed by Fire. Man and Boy Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 3

Damage estimated at over £50,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Hudson's Eumenthol factory at Glebe yesterday afternoon. Two persons…

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Lost in Fog 'Plane Falls Tn Street. and Passengers Injured Paris, March 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

A British aeroplane flying to Oslo, became lost in a fog in the Channel. When the pilot suddenly found the Calais lighthouse looming up in front…

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Damages Awarded Accident in Private Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 2

Two notions, tried together, were brought in the Boneo Jury Court Sydney, by wife and husband against the proprietress of a private hospital…

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Accident Victims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 4

On Inquiry at the Maitland Hospital this afternoon, it ascertained that he condition of Howard Simmons showed improvement, but…

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Seventeen Killed Canadian Trains Collide. Five Badly Injured. TORONTO, March 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 7

Seventeen are dead, including thirteen passengers, and five seriously injured, as the result of a head-on collision between…

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Peculiar Accident Man's Leg Broken. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 4

Charles Thomas Weston of Leichhardt was injured in peculiar circumstances last night. He was driving his car along Norton street…

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Carptenter Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4

As a result of falling of scaffolding when working at the Beresford Public School on Thursday afternoon, Mr. J. Hartcher, 61, a carpenter, residing…

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Injured by Tree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 16

Mr. R. Burns, a casual lineman, was injured on the Monkerai, whilst assisting to remove trees adjacent to the telegraph lines. A tree was…

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Leg Torn Off Shocking Farm Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 3

Stephen Rigby (22), was feeding a threshing machine on a farm at Nile, near Launceston, when his foot slipped and his leg came into…

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Workman Killed. Two Others Badly Injured Blasting Accident at Bowral Quarries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 9

J. Westcott, of Bowral, was killed, and two men named Hodge and Regoni were seriously Injured, at the Southern Metal Quarries, Bowral…

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