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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 101

Death From Injuries Car and Cycle in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

Charles James Larkin, 18, who was injured when a motor car and cycle collied on the Prince's Highway, Kogarah, yesterday, died this…

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Dogman Injured Crate Falls From Crane. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 16

When a crate of bricks with which he wan being hoisted to the top of Mark Foys, in Elizabeth, street, broke loose from the crane to-day, Edward…

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Train Disaster. Many Killed and Injured. Express Collides with Goods Train. London. Jan. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

Two coaches of the LM.S., Coy.'s north bound Bristol-Nottingham mail train overturned in collision with a goods train at Ashchurch, Gloucester-…

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Motor Car Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 2

A car driven by Mr. Ernie Mitchell, the well-known taxi driver, of Singleton, and one driven by Mr. W. Johnson, of Cessnock, came into…

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Fetter's Escape. a serious accident was narrowly averted in Bulliac Tunnel a few days ago, when a party of fettlers was

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 1

turning to their homes. They were nearly through the tunnel when' a light engine entered from the Mt. George end, the foremost fettlers…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 1

Mr. Vic Cragh, of Mt. Pecriess, had a nasty accident when his lorry overturned in a cutting on the Upper Bowman road. There was a number…

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Four Killed Week-end Motor Accidents Tourist Bus Crashes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 11

A bus in which a party of tourists was returning from Katoomba on Saturday struck a telegraph post near the Lawson railway station…

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Police in Accident. Crash Over Embankment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 11

A taxi-cab, carrying seven members of the police force, who intended to carry out a raid on an alleged two-in [?] at St. Peters on…

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Echo Point Tragedy Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 1

It was officially, announced at police headquarters in Sydney on Thursday that the police are fully satisfied that the death of Nola…

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Motor Accident Death of Young Woman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

Miss Florence Annie Dowling, 24, of South Melbourne, died in the Kilmore hospital on Tuesday night from injuries received in a motor accident…

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Drowning Fatality. at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

James McAleece, aged 28, was drowned while swimming opposite the Raymond Terrace Wharf on Sunday. There was a number of persons…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 4

Kenneth Mullard, 17, living at Loftus-street, South Maitland, was riding a motor cycle yesterday, when it skidded, throwing him to the…

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Boy Attacked by Shark Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

Bondi, one of Sydney's most popular bathing resorts, was the scene of a shocking occurrence shortly after 6 o 'clock on Saturday evening, when…

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Racehorses Injured. Sautoir and Marie Mason. Both Destroyed. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 8

The well-known racehorses, Sautoir and Marie Mason, were so dreadfully injured yesterday that they had to be destroyed…

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Engineer's Fall Accident at Cockatoo Dock. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

John Langford, 60, an engineer, while working on a drop gate at Cockatoo Dock to-day, slipped and fell a distance of 35 feet, he sustained…

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Motor Accidents Victoria's Week-end List Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

During the week-end, a number of motor car accidents occurred in Victoria, one proving fatal. The victim was Alexander…

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Car Accidents in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

During the week end a number Of motor car accidents occurred in Victoria, one proving fatal, the victim being Alexander Scraborough, aged seven…

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Drowning Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

At about 4.30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon visitors to Raymond Terrace district, crossing the river by punt, saw the police and others…

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The Blairmore Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry. Verdict: Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

Mr. W. H. Seaward, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of James Henry Hunter Nesbitt, at Mr. Bluford's residence, Blairmore…

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School Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

Charles O'Brien, aged 13, of Church-street, West Maitland, sustained an incised wound to the ball of the right foot, severing an…

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