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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 101

Newcastle Accidents. Hurt at Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 8

The first serious casualty of the new football season occurred at Birdwood Park on Saturday afternoon, Robert Middleby, 15 of…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

A young son of Mr. F. J. Veigal, of Wybong, had the misfortune last night to collide with a barb wire fence while chasing a poddy calf…

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Plumber Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. E. Graham, 35, of High-street, West Maitland, a plumber, employed at Ayrfield Colliery No. 1. sustained a probable fracture of a small…

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Twin Brother Found Drowned. the Other's Strange Vision

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

The body of Thomas Irwin, aged 40, an inmate of Lidcombe State Hospital, was found in a waterhole near Pott's Hill Pumping Station on Monday…

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Personal. Fatality at Tomalla Mr. Norman Laurie Killed. While Mustering Stock

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

Mrs. W. H. Mackay, junr., vice-President of the Scone branch of the C.W.A., has returned after a wonderfully successful tour of the middle Word came to hand from Tomalla this afternoon of a fatality in the locality earlier in the day. Mr. N. Laurie, of the Gloucester side…

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Boating Tragedy Two Men Drowned at Como. Survivor's Memory a Blank

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 3

Two of the bodies of the victims of the boating tragedy on the Woronora River at Como have been recovered…

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Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

"While Mr. Hobart Cox was driving a Ford car from Paxton Street to Virginia Street, at Wylie's corner on Monday morning, the front wheel of…

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Eight Injured. Trams in Collision. Rozelle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 5

Eight persons were injured, most of them only slightly, when two trams came into collision in Weaton-road, near the White Bay…

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Collision at Homeville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

A claim, arising out of a collision between a sulky and a motor car at Homeville, West Maitland, on November 9, was brought by Eliza…

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Heavy Compensation Injured in Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 3

In the No. 1 Jury Court, sydney in an undefended action, Ethel Maud O'Donnell, such Matthew R. Commell, a traveller employed by…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 6

When a motor cycle he was riding along Newcastle-street, East Maitland, last evening, struck a rut near the Lands Office, Edward Fletcher,…

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Workman Injured Premature Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

James Williamson, 54, of Fitzroy, had just finished ramming a small charge of gelignite in a sewer construction on which he was working,…

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Horseman Injured £190 Compensation Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 3

A claim for £3000 compensation was made in the No. 1 Jury Causes Court Sydney, in an action in which Henry Shannon, horse-trainer, sued…

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Road Collision. Motor Smash at Night. Verdict for £100

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 6

For damages sustained in a collision between two motor cars on the Newcastle road, on the night of December 22, Cyril Clive Baliey, of…

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Firemen Injured Women's Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 7

Two women had fortunate escapes when the top floor of Gloria House, at the corner of Market and Clarence streets, was almost gutted by fire last…

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Fatally Injured Taxi-cab and Car Collide. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 3

A child was fatally injured and a man seriously hurt in a collision between a taxti-cab and car at Botany last night The victims were.—…

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Victim of Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 6

The many friends of Mrs. J. L. Maher, of Huntrr-street, West Maitland, who was recently the victim of a serious accident, resulting in a…

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Twin Brothers Found Drowned. the Other's Strange Vision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 1

The body of Thomas Irwin, aged 40, an inmate of Lidcombe State Hospital, was found in a waterhole near Pott's Hill Pumping Station recently. Irwin…

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Gresford. Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 5

Mr. Frank Fogarty, mail contractor between Gresford and Lostock, was the victim of a peoullar accident between the two places. Returning to…

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Motor Collision Verdict for £100 Damages. Against Greta Resident

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 6

Alleging negligence, Cyril Give Bailey, of Cessnock, proceeded against Frederick Bernard M'Cosker, of Greta, at Maitland District Court on…

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