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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 101

Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 2

Mrs, Florence Collins, of Hamilton, was riding in a motor our, which capsized at Hexham, near the railway crossing. She received an [?]…

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Struck by Engine Level Crossing Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 5

A car, In which Miss Sidonia [?] aged 20, and her young sister, Gladys, were driving, near Temora, was struck by an engine at a level…

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Injured at May Day Sports

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 3

During the progress of a cycle race at the May Day Sports, Charles Nixon, 10, of Kanowna Avenue, was knocked down, and suffered severe…

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Dress Caught in Fly Wheel. Woman Seriously Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred early on Saturday morning at a dairy, farm on the Dartbrook, when Mrs. D'Alevion, who was attending to the…

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Local and General ACCIDENT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

Whilst playing, polo on Saturday Mr. Alan Pearse sustained a fall and broke his collarbone…

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Newcastle Casualties. Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 2

While playing at school, Jack Jones, aged 13, of Tighe's Hill, fell over and received a fracture of the right forcarm. He was taken by…

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Savaged by Horse. Boy Shockingly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 4

Hector Clarke (15), was attacked by a savage horse on a farm near Whangarel, (N.Z.), and shockingly injured, One side of his face was almost torn…

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Cars Collide. Four Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 5

Four persons were injured two seriously, when two cars collided at Chullera this morning. The cars were badly damaged…

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Bombay Riots Police Restore Order. 8 KILLED; 108 Injured. London, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 4

Eight people were killer and 108 injured in riots at Bombay, but, following the issue of the Curfew order, energetic measures taken by the…

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Hexham Accident Motor Driver for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 7

The sequel to a motor accident on the Maitland-Newcastle road at Hexham on February 24, when Russell Ball was seriously injured, was the…

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Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 7

A collision occurred this afternoon at the corner of Lodsam and High streets, Campbell's Hill, between a motor car and a motor cycle…

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Painful Accident Dragged Over Barbed Wire Fence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 2

A ten-year-old boy, Norman C. Nuendorff, who resides with relatives at Warnleigh, Tweed Heads, was riding a horse along the bed of a creek…

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Injured Motor Cyclist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

It transpires that the victim of the collision between a motor cycle and a motor car at the corner of Ledsam and High-streets yesterday…

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Two Killed. Motoring Fatality. Car Crashes Into Thee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

A motor accident, which involved the loss of two lives, occurred on the Clayton-road, four miles from Narrogin, (W.A.), at 9.30 at night, when a…

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Boy Rider Injured Dragged Over Barbed Wire Fence

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

A 10-year old boy, Norman C. Nuendorff, who resides with relatives at Warnleigh, Tweed Heads, was riding a horse along the bed of a creek in…

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Newcastle Casualties. Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 6

While playing at school. Jack Jones, aged 13, of Tighe's Hill, fell over and received a fracture of the right forearm. He was taken by…

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Youth Killed Shocking Fatality at Brokenback

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 13

Four youths residing at Sawyer's Gully, Thomas Hassey, 20, Arthur Hassey, 17, Wllliam Brickman, 19 and Hector Joseph Brickman, 16, left their…

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Savaged by Horse. Boy Shockingly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 8

[?] Clarke (15), was attacked by a savage horse on a farm near Whergarch (N.Z.), and shockingly injured. One side of his face was almost torn…

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Toll of the Motor. Two Children Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 13

While crossing Military-road, Mosman, Margaret Allerton, aged 8, of that suburb, was knocked down by a motor car. She was taken to hospital…

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Cartridge Explodes Two Children Seriously Injured. Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 7

Three young children wore playing with a shot-gun cartridge, when it exploded. Two of the children were seriously…

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