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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 101

Awful Ordeal Teamster Injured and Lost

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 1

David Charles Thompson, teamster, of Carnira Creek, was thrown from his horse while in the bush, and lay with a broken thigh and injuries to his…

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Bus Collides with Tram 21 Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

Twenty-one passengers in a crowded motor bus were injured, one fatally, on Wednesday, when the bus overturned in Pra[?]iran, Melbourne, after a…

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Aeroplane Accidents in China Two in Two Days. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Shanghai

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

The second serious aeroplane accident in China within the last two days occurred here yesterday, when a junker's seaplane belonging to the Chinese…

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Accident to Goods Train on the Blue Mountains. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

goods train, bound to Sydney from Orange, leaaped the rails near Blaxland, on the Blue Mountains, early this morning…

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Three Injured. Car and Motor Cycle Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 9

Three people were injured when a motor car and motor cycle came into collision at the corner of Car and corner of Carrington-street and Maitland-road,…

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Cook Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 6

Charles Sciffer, a cook, residing in Church-street, West Maitland, was treated by the Maitland District Ambulance last night, for an incised…

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Toll of the Road Fatal Head-on Collision. Man Killed, Woman Seri. Ously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

A man was killed and a woman critically injured in a head-on motor collision on the Geelong-road (Vic.) on Sunday afternoon. The victims were:…

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Body Recovered. Cangon River Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 9

The body of the late Mr. Alexander Ross who was drowned while attempting to cross the river at "Can gon" on 15th inst. last, was…

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Terribly Injured. Buried Under Load

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 11

John Hall (37), was badly injured when a lorry he was driving overturned at Engadene , on the South Coast. He was buried under a pile of wood…

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Fatally Injured Knocked Down by Engine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 7

Eric McDonald, aged 30, of Waverley, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by an engine at Bunnerong Power House on Monday…

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Succumbed to Injuries. Collision Between Motor Car and Cycle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 3

Roy Waite, 21, a labourer, residing in wallsend Road, Sandgate, who was seriously injured on 19th last., in a collision between a motor…

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Train Derailment. Carriage Over Embankment. Three Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 13

Two passengers and an assistant, guard were injured when a carriage on the 8.30 train from Klama to Sydney loft the rails and toppled…

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Attacked by Pig Child Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 16

Gay McMillan, aged three, was savagely attacked by a pig at Morrinsville, New Zealand and seriously injured. The child was feeding…

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Struck with Bottle Woman Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

At the Central Court to-day, William John Smythe, 36, laborer, was remanded until May 7 on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily…

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Woman Killed. Tree Falls on Picnic Party. Four Other People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

Mrs, Elizabeth Richardson, of Lithgow, was killed, and four other people injuired. on Sunday, when a large tree fell on a motor pieinc…

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Severe Storms. Thirty-two Killed. Many Injured. New York, April 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 2

Thirty-two were killed in floods and tornadoes in the mid-west south-west and Southern States at the week-end, and 40…

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Head Injuries. Cessnock Motor Accidents Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

Returning from Cessnock races on Saturday afternoon Alex Mason, 39, of Anstey-street, Cessnock, a passenger in a motor car, was thrown…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 7

Mr. Harry Cox, a single man, met with a painful accident at Messrs. Gould Bros. and Co's sawmill, where he was employed as a…

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Two Men Killed. Level Crossing Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

Just after the Auckland to Wellington express passed through Shannon (N.Z.) the engine struck a lorry laden with furniture on n crossing south of…

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Sydney Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

Severe injuries to the spine and concussion were sustained by Charles Day, 55, of Cabramatta, when he was struck by a motor cycle on the…

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