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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 101

Newcastle Casualties. Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 2

Jammed between a skip and a pit prop at Gray's Colliery, Jesmond, George Ambler. 50, of Wallsend, had his left leg broken. Newcastle…

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Woman Driver Arrested After Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 9

Miss Thelma Norton (33), of independent means, was arrested in Melbourne, following a collision with a tram car and charged with being…

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Car and Tram Collision at Burwood

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 16

In a collision between a motor car and tram at Burwood on Monday night, two occupants of the car, Allan "Dona,d 28 of Surry Hills, and W…

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Motorist Drowned. Car Plunges Into River

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 13

Ernest Sutherland, sun of the [?] censes of the Bothanga Hotel, lost his life when the car in which he was a passenger left the road and…

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Mortally Injured. Crushed by Pole

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 9

A man named Daniel Murphy, 40, a transport worker, was motally injured when a polo fell off a sling in No. 1 held of the steamer Kar[?]…

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Car Skidded Newcastle Alderman Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 16

Alderman harold O'Neill, of the Newcastle City Council, suffered injuries to the ghost and right ankie when the motor car he was driving…

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Found Drowned. Melbourne Visitor's Death. Macksville

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 14

A visitor from Melbourne, Mrs. Smith, aged about 30, set out front Baker's Creck, about fifteen miles from Macksville on Saturday, for a…

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Gelignite Explosion. Man Mortally Injured. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 7

Patrick Irwin was shockingly injured when a charge of gelignite exploded prematurely. He died in a few minutes…

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Struck by Car. Boy Seriously Injured Driver Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 9

Whilst a boy named Maher, eight years of age, was crossing the street near the Soldiers' Memorial at Muswellbrook, on 25th ult., he was…

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Launch Tragedy Capsized in Heavy Seas. One Man Drowned. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 6

The launch Erica put out from Broken Bay yesterday for the North Coast with two men in her, Jeffrey M. Jacoby and James Carpenter…

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Thrilling Fall Motor Car Over Precipice. Two Injured. Paris, May 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 8

A thrilling accident occurred at Mr. Etienne. A motor car, with seven occupants overran a precipice and dropped 70…

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Vellore Wrecked Moir and Owen Injured. Plane Hits Tree in Landing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 5

The discovery of the men's whereabouts was made by Captain Brain, in the Quantas plane, Atalanta. It was Captain Brain who found the Kookaburra. Captain brain, pilot of the Quantas 'Plane Atalanta, in…

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Motor Accidents. Newcastle's Week-end List

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 14

Three brothers were injured when a motor car in which they were riding lost a wheel and overturned on Maitland-road, Mayfield…

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Tram Accidents. Conductors Swept From Footboard Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 16

The dislocation of various tramway services was caused this morning by an accident as a tram was passing a parked lorry in…

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Accident on Lennoxton Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 7

When the recent grant of £3000 was made for Lennoxton Road the residents and others using the road fully expected that the most…

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Footballer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 4

Thomas Winters, of Church-st., West Maitland, while playing football against Homeville, on the Showground on Saturday afternoon,…

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Little Girl Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 4

Joan Holcombe, aged 11, residing in Old Rose street, West Maitland, sustained a probable fracture of the left leg above the ankle, when she…

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Car Rolls Over Cutting Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 1

While the Rev. G.Baily, Congregational. Minister at Eceleston, and his wife and two daughters were travelling by car from Dungog to their home at…

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Rib Injured. Owen X-rayed. Fate of the Vellore. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 4

Flying-Officer Owen, who was injured when the vellore plane was forced down at Cape Don, has been x-rayed, with the result that he has…

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Accident at Newcastle Station Child Mutilated Under Train

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 4

The train was moving slowly out of Newcastle station, and Mrs Janet O'Neill, of Mayfield, with, her fiveyear-old daughter in her arms, wanted…

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