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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 101

Quarryman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

D. Bruce, 25, living at Gostwyck, Martin's Creek, employed at Martin's Creek municipal quarries, was engaged shovelling to-day, when he…

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Motor Fatality. Coroner Rebukes Witness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

The Parramatta District Coroner rebuked a witness sharply at the Parramatta Courthouse during the inquiry into the death of Charles…

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Fatality at Aberdeen. Boy's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

The only son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ncsbitt, former storekeepers of Aberdeen, who was spending a holiday with Mr. W. H. Bluford, was killed instantly…

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Sad Fatality at Aberdeen Hay Press Falls on School-boy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

"Ruunymede," Blairmore, Aberdeen, the property of Mr. W. H. Bluford, was the scene of a tragic and sad fatality on Wednesday morning last…

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Car Turns Over Man Killed, Three Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

About six o'clock on Tuesday eveving a serious motor accident occurred on the main North Coast highway, three miles north of Taree, in which one man…

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Caught by Fall of Coal. Pelaw Main Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

When they were caught by a fall of coal at the Pelaw Main Colliery on Monday, two miners, Benjamin Yates, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Accident to Mrs. Hoskins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Mrs. J. Hoskins, of Ballard-street, West Maitland, who recently met with a serious accident in Sydney, when she fractured both arms and…

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Rail Accident. Startling Developments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

A sensational development in the inquiry into the rail motor accident at Newport (Vic.) on Wednesday night, when a rail motor from…

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Accident to Miner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 9

Leslie Conquest, 24, miner, employed at Abermain No. 2 was [?]ing a heavy piece of coal into a [?] this morning when it fell and [?]…

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Drowning Fatality. Body Recovered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 3

The body of: Mrs. Helen Broekwell, who was drowned in Lake Macquarie on Monday afternoon, was recovered on Tuesday afternoon…

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Miners Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

Two miners were injured while working in mines on the Maitland coalfield yesterday. Leslie Conquest, living at Kearsley, and employed at…

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Seven Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 11

Seven persons, including two children, were injured when a motor car skidded on a hill near Wallan (Vic), on Sunday. The machine…

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Yarra Drowning Woman's Body Recovered. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 3

The body of Jeasie Dunbar, who wan drowned in the Yarra on Monday evening, was recovered this morning 200 yards from whore she is believed…

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Cyclist's Death. Fatality on Weston Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 3

Mr. J. T. Richards, District Coroner, held an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Court house, yesterday, into the death of Frauds Howard, of…

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Could Not Swim. Drowned While Fishing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 11

While James Oppy, 42, a grocer was fishing in the Murray on Sunday at Bleezer's Bend, he slipped. Ocerbalaneing from the rocky…

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Boy Drowned. Brother Missing. Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 7

Two sons of Reverend M. J. Oxbrow, of Hastings (New Zealand) aged ten and seven, went fishing but failed to return…

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Thrown Prom Horse Youth Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 14

Hearing repeated calls of "Coo-eo" in the bush six miles from Wyong railway station, yesterday, two men went to investigate. As soon as they…

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Woman and Child Killed. Collision at Flemington

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 11

"When two motor cars collided head on on the Parramatta-road, Flemington, near Mariborough-street, on Saturday, a woman and child were…

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Three Injured. Car and Cart Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 9

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a horse drawn cart near the Ironbark bridge at Hexham about 8.50 p.m. On Thursday, three…

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Car Out of Control Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 14

Three persons were injured in a collision at Norwood yesterday afternoon, when a motor car, driven by Mrs. Gwedoline Everett, ran…

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