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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 101

'Bus and Tram Collision at Hamilton Several Passengers Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 7

Four persons were injured this morning, when a large 'bus from King-road, Adamstown, collided with a tram at the…

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Fall of Coal. Miner Injured at Hill End Colliery Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 7

A miner named Doherty, employed at Hillside Colliery, was injured by a fall of coal this morning. He was taken to Newcastle Hospital for…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. G. McDonald met with a nasty accident whilst working at his sawmill, when the index finger of his right land came in contact with the…

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Shot in Side Warialda Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 5

A man named Victor Simpson was accidently shot in the side while travelling from Warlalda to Gunyerwar[?]…

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Accidents. Two Boys Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 1

The eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gunter received concussion as a result of a heavy fall from a bicycle while riding down the steep…

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Pensioner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 4

Thomas Garrick, 64, of Dagworth, an old age pensioner, was thrown out of a sulky while coming out of the Angel Inn yard yesterday…

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Thrown From Tram. Girl Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 8

Shocking injuries were sustained by Phyllis Edwards, aged 14, of Kogarah, When she was thrown from a rapidly moving electric train near…

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Lorries Collide Crash in Vincent-street Co-op. Driver Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 8

At 10 o'clock this morning a Hillend Colliery motor lorry and a Co-op. Store motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Hall and…

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Explosions Wreck Hospital Patients Poisoned by Gas. 92 Dead; Many Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 7

New York, Wednesday.—Three explosions destroyed the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic Hospital, after which fire broke out. The known dead are now…

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Timber Workers' Houses Stoned Man Injured by Missile. Many Windows Broken. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 6

Three houses belonging to volunteer timber workers were stoned in the Western suburbs last night, and many windows broken…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 4

While working in the Stratford railway yard recently Mr. Hector Yates had the misfortune to have one of his fingers so badly crushed…

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Boiled to Death Awful Accident at Lithgow

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3

Death in a terrible form overtook Holdesworth Herbert, aged 60, of Lithgow Steel Works, on Tuesday, when he fell into a pit of boiling water and was…

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'Bus and Tram Collision at Hamilton Several Passengers Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 5

Four persons were injured this moraine, when a large 'bus from Kine-road, Adamstown, collided with a tram at the…

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Sacrificed Life. to Save Drowning Girl

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 3

When a schoolmaster risks his life in an attempt to rescue a drowning pupil, does he do so of necessity, or by the implied request or authority…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 5

When a motor lorry and a, motor cycle came, Into collision at Campsie on Friday, the rider at the cycle and a boy who was travelling in a carrier…

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Canoe Tragedy. Youth Drowned at Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 16

Tragedy ended a trip made by two youths in Auckland Harbour in a fourteen-foot canvas can[?] which capsized after being carried by the…

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Car Overturned. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 12

A man who is believed by the police to be Roger Rogers was fatally injured when his motor car skidded and overturned on the Prince's…

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Two Killer. Motoring Fatality. Car Crashes Into Tree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 9

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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Leg Fractured. Cyclist in Motor Collision Singleton, Sat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 7

A collision occurred last night at the corner of John and Harriet streets as a result of which Jack Hungerford 20, sustained a fracture of the right…

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Thrown From Motor Cycle. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 12

Going along Belmore-road, Googee, in heavy rain in the early hours of Sunday morning, a motor cycle ridden by John Sauga, 43, of Maroubra…

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