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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 101

Tragic Collision "Two Motor Cyclists Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 6

Two motor cyclists were killed near Kalkle (Q.), late on Saturday night, when their machines collided with terrific force. The victims were…

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Struck by Car Elderly Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 3

Ernest Solomon, 77 years of age, an old-age pensioner, residing at Gymea Bay near Cronulla, received serious injuries to the head on Saturday night…

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Four Injured. Motor, Car Strikes Embankment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 3

A motor car, driven, by W. Read, 18, collided with a car near the Serpentine (W.A.), on the Perth-Bunbury road, struck the embankment,…

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Fell From Window. Woman Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 2

Ethel Webster, of East Sydney, was admitted to Sydney Hospital, on Sunday morning in a serious condition, the result of injuries sustained…

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Nose-dived. 'Plane Falls Into Sea. Airman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 3

A Moth aeroplane, the property of the Aero, Club of New South Wales, and piloted by Mr. John Harold Dooley, fell into the sea, at…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Accident Victims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 4

The condition of Howard Simmons, of Telarah, and Edward Franklin, of West Maitland, who were admitted to the Maitland Hospital on March…

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Bathing Fatality Man Drowned at Tuggerah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 3

Tuggerah Entrance was the scene of a drowning fatality about three o'clock on Monday afternoon, when a man named Clarence Lillas, 35 years…

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Fatality Near Cowra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 6

A motor car driven by Alfred Simeon skidded and overturned near Cowra resulting in fatal injuries to a passenger, Mr. P. Callen, 33,…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 2

Albert John Glace, 19, of Marrickville, was Tiding a motor cycle at Rockdale, when the machine came into collision with a motor car. Glace was…

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Three People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 6

Three passengers in a motor car which came into collision, with a lorry at the corner of Beaumont and Lindsay streets, Hamilton, on…

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Four Killed. Crop of Motor Accidents. Many Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 6

Knocked, down by a motor Car as he was approaching the entrance to Wallsend Racecourse on Monday, Joseph Prior, 61, of Margaret-street,…

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Captain's Heroism Collision at Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 6

Neither Captain A. J. Sizer, of the Kaituna, nor Captain Carl ' Endressen, of the Selje would say anything about the circumstances leading to…

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Man Killed. Companion Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 6

When a motor car overturned near Oberon on Monday afternoon, Edward Murray, a well-known Oberon district resident, was killed, and…

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Woman Injured. Car Driver Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 5

Thomas Erie Atkinson, 34, a mechanic, was remanded at the Central Police Court on a charge of having caused bodily harm to Esther…

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Struck by Lift. Mechanic Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 5

Peter Tyler, 46, a mechanic was struck on the head by a descending lift at Lincoln Building, Pitt-street, City, early this morning. He died on…

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Eleven People Injured. Two Cars and Cycle Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 2

Eleven persons were injured in an accident involving two motor cars and a motor cycle near the corner of Victoria-road and Chapel-street,…

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Shooting Accident. at Glen Oak. Newcastle Man Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 3

Richard Gillespie, 22, plumber, living at Mayfield East, Newcastle, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital last evening, suffering from a…

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Victim of Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 4

On inquiry at the Maitland Hospital this afternoon it was learned that Richard Gillespie, who was severely injured in a shooting accident…

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Twelve Killed. Road Accidents in England. London, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 8

Brilliant Easter-time sunshine prevailed for 11 hours on Sunday over a wide area, including London. The temperature was 70 decrees in the…

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Scaffolding Collapses One Dead, One Injured. Tragedy at Ultimo Power-house. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 2

When a scaffolding collapsed at the Ultimo Tramway Power-house to-day, a man whose name has not yet been ascertained was killed, and Michael…

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