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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Cars Collide. Accidents Near Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 6

Two cars came into collision about two miles from Gloucester, on Saturday night last. A Chevrolet driven by Mr. M. Keogan of Strantlord and a…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 6

When he fell while playing this morning, Jack. Carruthers, three, living at Onus Street, Telarah, received an incised wound on his chin. The…

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Gloucester Resident Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 6

Mr. Dan Penfold, 50, living at Gloucester, fell down outside the West Maitland Railway Station last evening, and sustained a lacerated…

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Cars Collide Head-on. Several Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

A car driven by Mr William Watson, and another cur driven by Mr Leslie Muttson, met in a head-on collision on the Albury-road, three miles from…

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Racing Pony Bolts. Jockey Injured. Sydney, Wednrsday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

The racing pony Taulettle bolted at Moorefield racecourse this morning, and was shot after receiving injuries while trying to jump a fence…

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Racing Pony Shot Injured at Moorefield. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 7

The racing pony Taulottle bolted at Moorefield race course this morning and was sliot after receiving injuries while trying to jump the fence. The…

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Damages Claimed. Motor Car and Cycle Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 7

In the Maitland District Court this afternoon, before his Honor, Judge White, Frank Alexander Cridland, of Eigin-street, West Maitland,…

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Three Injured. Car and Cycle [?] Bondi Smash. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 7

In a collision between a motor oar and a motorcycle at Bondi, this morning, three men, Robert Christie, motor driver, William Fletcher,…

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Cessnock Accident Claim Against Lorry Driver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 4

Before his Honor, Judge White, in the Maitland District Court yesterday afternoon, Henry Stuart Whitton, butcher, of Cessnock, claimed £75…

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Factory Accident Caught in Planing Machine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 5

While working at a furniture factory at Annandale on Wednesday afternoon, Leslie Barker, 39, of Stanmore, get his hand caught in a…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 4

Joseph Knight, 12, living at Pitnacree-road, East Maitland, was getting some water out of a quarry at Pastoral Reserve, East Maitland,…

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Gloucester Resident Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. Dan Penfold, living at Gloucester, fell down outside the West Maitland Railway Station on Tuesday evening, and sustained a…

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Damages Claimed Motor Car and Cycle Collision. District Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 4

The case in which Frank Alexander Cridland, of Elgin-street, West Maitland, claimed £150 damages from Reginald William Lindsay, of…

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Charge Dismissed. Bridge Street Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 2

At the Muswellbrook Police Court to-day, Thomas Henry Gren was charged with having by wanton driving of a motor car in Bridge-street on May 25…

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Motor Notes Cars and Accidents

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 4

Twenty years ago no one could have imagined that motor cars would be placed on the road in great numbers with any degree of safety. Yet critics…

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Fatal Accidents Heavy Loss to the State

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 8

Adeputation from the Safety First Association, which appealed to the Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur) yesterday for financial assistance in…

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Fatal Ending To Motor Accident in Vincent-street. Death of DAViD KEIRS

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 8

David Keirs, 61, of Greta Main, who was knocked down by a motorcar down by late on saturday and who had been lying [?] in Cessonock…

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'Bus Driver Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 6

Mr. Eric Ebbeck, of King-steet, East Maitland, a 'bus driver, employed by the East and West Maitland Motor Bus Company, Ltd., had…

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Gas Explosion. Seven Workers Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 7

While eight men were working in a sower shaft at Yarraville this morning, a terrific explosion occurred, and three were injured, though not…

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'Plane Crashes Noted Woman Pilot Injured., "Dare-davil" Airman Killed. Montreal, June 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 6

A New York message states that the noted woman pilot, Liola Gentry, was severely injured when a 'plane, in which she was attempting…

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