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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 101

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

A motor cycle ridden by Sidney Cooper, 28 years, of Kensington, came into collision with a car in Prince's Highway, Kogarah, on…

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Train and Car in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

A motor car collided with a train at a level crossing at the Semaphore, S.A., and was dragged about 40 yards by the train, [?] of the occupants…

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Motor Cycle and Car in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

Charles Henry Saunders, 27 years, of Glenorie, suffered injuries to one of his legs in a collision between his motor cycle and a motor car at…

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Moorefield Smash Two Horses Killed. Jockey Birmingham Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

Moorefield racecourse was the scene of a sensational smash on Saturday, when four horses fell in the second division of the Juvenile Handicap, and…

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Three Killed Week-end Motor Toll Many Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

Three men, one of whom has not yet been identified, were killed, and many persons injured in motor accidents at the week-end…

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Newcastle Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

Wilfred Schofield, 22, of Charlestown suffered head injuries, a fractured right collar-bone, and wounds to the left hand and right knee, when a…

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Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

The victim of the shooting accident at Hinton, Mr. Frank Mann, junr., is progressing splendidly. Mr. Mann was discharged from the…

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Amazing Accident Two Men Jerked From 'Plane Madrid

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

A Spanish army airman, Captain Guerrero, was the pilot of a 'plane during an astonishing accident, as the result of which two men lost their…

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Ironworker Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 5

Frederick Vincent, 40, an ironworker, of Belmore, was struck by a motor car near the intersection of Canterbury-road and Tudor-street,…

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Moorefield Smash. Two Houses Killed. Jockey Birmingham Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

Moorefield racecourse was the scene of a sensational smash on Saturday, when four horses fell in the second division of the Juvenile Handicap, and…

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Two Killed Victorian Motor Accidents. Car in Flames

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 5

One man was killed and another was seriously injured when a motor car overturned and caught fire on the Melbourno-Ballarat road on…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

Mr. Clande Hamilton met with an accident about 11.30 p.m. in front of Victoria Hall. Dungog, where the juvenile ball was in…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 4

Ronald James Dilley, nine, living at Louth Park-road, was riding a bicycle along Louth Park-road late yesterday afternoon, when he came…

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Car and Cycle Collide. Two Youths Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 2

Stanley Wilkes, 18, of Stanmore, and William Underwood, 18, of Marrickville, were riding a motor cycle ans side car on the Parramatta-road,…

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Motor Cycle Accident Young Man Killed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 2

Dashing into a stationary milk cart early yesterday morning, at Haberfield, Norman George Keating, aged 22, was thrown off his motor cycle and received…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 6

William Moyiah, 44, a miner, living in Tulloch-street, Branxton, was injured in New Greta Colliery this afternoon. While at work a fall of…

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Ashfield Fatality. Woman Killed by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

Mrs. Violet Coulston, 35, of Ashfield was fatality injured when knocked down by a motor car near her home last night…

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Struck by Tree. Farmer Critically Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

Charles Dunn, a farmer of Clinton returned soldiers settlement, was admitted to hospital on Thursday in a critical condition as the result of…

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Train Crashes Through Bridge Sleeping Car Submerged Passengers Drowned in Sleep. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Station, Colorado

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

Nine persons were drowned in their sleep when the passenger express of Rock Island Railway crashed through a bridge which…

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Causes of Motor Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

Interesting figures covering motor vehicle accidents in New South Wales during the past nine months, compiled by the N.R.M.A., point to the…

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