Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 101

Railway Accident Through Traffic Resumed. Track Re-constructed by To-morrow. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

A temporary deviation around the scene of yesterday's accident at Black Mountain was completed by railway gangs at 11.30 last night, and through…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Cars in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

Three occupants of a motor car were injured in a collision between their vehicle and another car near the corner of Station-street and…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Ironworker Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 16

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

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Football Accidents. Injured in Play at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

Newcastle Ambulance took six footballers to hospital on Saturday afternoon. The injured were: G. McKenzie, 34…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

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

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

Frederick Lindsay Crocker, 21, died at Broken Hit on Sunday morning from injuries caused by a head-on collision with a motor car while riding…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

John Charles Holland, aged 23 years, of Survey Hills, suffered a fracture of the skull when a motor cycle and sidecar collided with a…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Train and Car in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

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 we of the occupants…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Women Injured. Car Crashes Into Bus

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

Three women were admitted to hospital on 11th inst. suffering from injuries received when a motor car in which they were passengers, crashed…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Three Killed Week-end Motor Toll Many Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

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

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Motor Accidents Question of Hospital Costs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 9

The question of providing the cost of treatment of the victims of motor car accidents in public hospitals will engage the attention of the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Newcastle Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

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

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Two Killed Victorian Motor Accidents Car in Flames

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 16

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

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Three People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

While they were waiting for a tram at Dulwich Hill, on Saturday evening three women were injured by a car which ran onto the footpath…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Youth Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

Tom Pendrick, 17, received shocking injuries in a motor car accident on Lake Albert-road, three miles from Wagga, late on Saturday. In…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cyclist Killed. Fatality at Lidcombe Showground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

The third of a series of gymkhana meetings on the Auburn District Motor Cycle Club, on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Car in Stream. Man and Woman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 8

A passing motorist on Saturday found the dead bodies of a man and woman in a motor car, which had fallen over a bank into the Tekawa…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Head On. Trams in Collision Thirty Persons Hurt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

More than thirty persons were hurt when two trams collided head on in a cutting near the Watson's Bay terminus on Saturday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Toll of the Motor Four Persons Killed Many Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

Phyllis Jean Frost, 15, of Oakbank (S.A.) died from injuries received when she was knocked down by a motor cycle on the Magill-road. The rider…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Priest's Remarkable Escape Passengers Badly Injured. Oar Hurtles Down Hillside. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

The parish priest of Milton, Father Cannon, had a remarkable escape, and two women passengers who were with him were badly…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →