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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 101

Six Persons Injured In Newcastle Road Smash Terrific Impact Between Cars in Head-on Crash

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 5

Six persons were injured (one dangerously) when two cars collided in a terrific head-on crash on the Newcastle Road, at Tarro, on…

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Heddon Greta Death Trap. More Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 5

The narrow bridge over the railway line at Heddon Greta has been long regarded as a death trap. Beyond a…

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Tragic Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 5

Coonamble was the scene of a tragic motor accident during the week-end, two persons being killed and one injured. William Arthur…

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Australian Killed in Air Collision. (Australian Press Assn Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 3

It is reported that Lincoln Knight, one of the men killed in a collision between two 'planes on Monday, was a native of Adelaide…

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Alister Clark. Injured at Goulburn Reformatory. Burnt with Sulphuric Acid Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

While assisting in a tinsmith shop at the Local reformatory, where he was undergoing a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Alister Jenner…

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Saw Fatality. Accident at Belligen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 8

Charles Frderalck People, aged 75 years, received fatal injuries when he came into contact with a rapidly revolving saw at his son's Bellingon…

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Shot Exploded. Miner Severely Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

Richard lingst, 61, a miner, was injured in the face and body by coal when a shot blew out at Dudley Colliery this morning…

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Painful Accident. Burnt by Red Hot River. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

Victor Marchant, 30. was the victim of a painful, accident at Gonian's this morning, when a red hot rivet fell in his boot and burnt its way to the…

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Wheel Came Off. Mr. Buttenshaw in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

The Acting Premier (Mr. Buttenthaw) was concerned in a motor accident in Burrowa-street, Young, on Wednesday. The wheel of the car…

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Accident at Tarro

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 6

Clyde House, aged 18, an apprentice carpenter, employed by the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board, and living at Maryville, fell…

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Accident

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

Mr. Laurie Ernst, after recovering from injuries sustained in a motor mishap recently, had another lucky escape. Returning to…

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Tarro Collision. Six Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 14

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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Saw Fatality. Accident at Bellingen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 5

Charles Frederick D[?] aged 75 years, received fatal injuries when he came into contact with a rapidly revolving saw at his son's Bellingon…

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Remarkable Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 14

The drivers of two motor vehicles had a remarkable escape from injury in a collision at Pyrmont, a Saturday. The 'steering gear of a lord…

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Policemen Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 14

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

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Two Injured. Accidents at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 15

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

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Woman Injured by Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 14

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

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Milk Cart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 3

Alfred Newbury, 19, of Catley, was fatally injured to-day in a collision between a motor [?] he was riding and a milk cart at Brighton In…

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Alister Clark. Injured at Goulburn Reform Coulburn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 7

While assisting in a tinsmith shot at the Local reformatory, where he was undergoing a life sentence for the murder of his wife. Alister Jenner…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 12

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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