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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 101

Cyclist Killed. Collision with Milk Cart. Sydney

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

Alfred Newbury, 19, of Oatley, was fatally injured to-day in a collision between a motor cycle he was riding, and a milk cart at Brighton Le…

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Struck by Car. Elderly Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 3

Fatal injuries were sustained by William Anderson, 82, of Newtown when he was struck by a motor car in King-street, Newtown, on Friday…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 3

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

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Submarine Disaster Cause of Collision. Lieutenant Found Guilty. LONDON, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 2

Whether or not an all-important verbal message was delivered to the captain of the L12, a fow minutes before its disastrous collision with…

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Toll of the Motor Four Persons Killed Many Injured

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

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…

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Fire in Sydney. Brigades' Strenuous Fight Firemen Injured. Sydney

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

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 3

Forced to land in the dark [?] Mascot Acrodrome at 7 p.m. on Tuesday two airmen were injured when the 'plane turned over on its back…

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Thirteen Killed. Twenty Five Injured Explosion British Cruiser. Malta, July 26

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

An explosion in the gun turret of the cruiser Devonshire in the Eastern Mediterranean, resulted in thirteen deaths. There…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 13

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

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Unconscious for Six Weeks. After Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1929 · page 3

Mrs. Benson, who has been unconscious at Dubbo since being injured in the accident by which her husband was killed nearly six weeks…

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Tarro Collision Six Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 6

Six persons were hurt, one very seriously, when two cars came into head-on collision on Maitland-road, Tarro, on Saturday evening…

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Head-on Collision at Tarro Six Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 4

Six persons were injured, one dangerously, when two cars collided headon on the Newcastle-Maitland-road, at Tarro, on Saturday night. Those…

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Remarkable Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 6

The driver's of two motor vehicles had a remarkable escape from injury in a collision at Pyrmont, o: Saturday. The steering gear of a lorry…

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Policemen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 6

While they were pursuing a motor car, a motor cycle combination carrying Constables R. C. Booth and L. A. McLaren overturned at Adelaide…

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Woman Injured by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 6

Severe injuries were sustained by Mrs. Elizabeth Waddington, aged 50, of Bondi, when she was knocked down by a motor car at Waverley on…

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Launch Crashes Into Rocks High Seas and Bad Visibility. Two Balmain Men Believed to Have Been Drowned. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 2

Two men are believed to have been drowned when the launch "Bobby" struck a reef near Port Hacking last night. The other…

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Heddon Great Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 6

Mrs. E. M. Pike, of Lang-street, Kurri Kurri, her daughter, Miss Jean Pike, and Mr. L. Boxall, an officer on the H.M.A.S. Canberra, had…

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Burning Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Bullahdelah on Wednesday morning last, when Roma, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P…

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Two Injured. Accidents at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 2

James Gilmore, 22, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, a broadcarter, fell from his cart yesterday and suffered an injury to the right leg…

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'Planes Crash. In Blinding Fog. on the Mountains. Two Persons Injured. Katoomba

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 5

Blinding mist on the Blue Mountains was responsible for two 'planes crash[?]ing at Wentworth Falls this afternoon. The pilot of one of the 'planes, and…

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