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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 101

Three Killed. Thirty Persons Injured. Bus Out of Control. London, July 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 5

Three women were killed and thirty persons were seriously injured at Whitby, where three buses, with a party of British…

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Uncontrollable 'Bus Three Killed, 30 Seriously Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 3

There women were killed and 30 seriously injured at Whitby, when a bus, descending a sleep hill, became uncontrollable. It shot through a garden…

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Motors in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 6

A collision occurred on the Carrowbrook-road on Sunday between a motor car owned by M. R. Ward, of Carrowbrook, and driven by Mr. Alan…

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Motor Cycle Accident Two Cessnock Brothers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

Riding on a motor cycle to their work at Newcastle, two brothers, Reginald Lector (38) and Joseph Lester (34), went over the…

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'Plane Turns Over. Night Landing at Mascot. Two Airmen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

Forced to land in the dark at Mascot Aerodrome at 7 o'clock last night, two airmen, were injured .when the plane turned over on its back…

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Teamster Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 6

Lee Grey, a teamster, living at Girvan, was loading logs from a platform on to a lorry at Booral yesterday morning, when a log got out…

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Trawler Collision. Inquiry to Be Reheard. Fresh Evidence Available Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 7

It is reported that the inquiry into the collision between the trawlers Palmerston and Millimumul will be reheard on August 1, as a result of…

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Fire in Sydney. Brigades' Strenuous Firemen Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 7

A fire occurred at 10.30 o'clock this morning at the Metropolitan lee and Cold Storage Coy's premises, Harris-street, City. The brigades…

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Blaze in City Firemen Injured by Twisting Hose. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 3

A fire occurred at 10.30 a.m. this morning at the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Company's premises, Harris-street, Sydney…

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Cars in Collision Cyclist Tangled Up in It, Too All Parties Escape Injury

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

A collision in which two motor-cars and a push bike were entangled occurred at the School of Arts corner at about 5 p.m. on…

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Accident at Booral

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 2

Leo Grey, a teamster, living at Girvan, was loading logs from a platform on to a lorry at Booral on Tuesday last, when a log got out of…

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Accident at Millfied

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

What might easily have resulted in a fatal accident occurred last Sunday morning when Mr. and Mrs. W. Hawkins, of Millfield, were on their…

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Motors in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 7

A collision occurred on the Carrowbrook-road on Sunday between a motor car owned by M. R. Ward, of Carrowbrook, and driven by Mr. Alan…

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Three People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 14

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…

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Youth Terribly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 14

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

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Ashfield Fatality. Woman Killed by Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 11

Mrs. Viclet Coulston, 35 of Ashfield was fatally injured when knocked down by a motor car near her home on 18th inst…

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Cyclist Killed. Fatality at Lidcombe Showground

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 14

The third of a series of gymichana meetings on the Lidcombe Showground promoted by the Auburn District Motor Cycle Club on Saturday…

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Car in Stream. Man and Woman Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 16

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…

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Head On. Trams in Collision Thirty Persons Hurt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 14

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

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Struck by Tree. Farmer Critically Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 9

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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