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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 101

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 13

An explosion in the gun turret of the cruiser Devonshire, in the Eastern Mediterrauean. reunited fa thirteen deaths. There…

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Dungog Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 2

After recovering from injuries sustained in a motor mishap recently, Mr. Laurie Ernst, of Newcastle, had a lucky escape from serious injury…

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Painful Accident. Burnt by Red Hot Rivet. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 4

Victor Marchant, 30, was the victim of a painful accident at Go[?]an's this morning, when a red hot rivet fell into his boot and burnt its way to the…

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Heddon Greta Accident

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

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

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Wheel Came Off. Mr. Buttenshaw in Motor Accident

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

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

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Many Drowned Pleasure Boat Sunk. Ostend Collision. OSTEND, Aug. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 5

A pleasure boat, when entering Ostend Harbour, collided close to the wharf with another boat leaving the wharf, and…

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Victorian Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

John Thomas Arthur Cook, 27, mechanic, of Bacchus Marsh, was driving a car to Melbourne on Saturday night with his fiancee, Maud Marchant of Bacchus Marsh, when the car…

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Cars in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

When two motor ears came into collision with considerable force at the intersection of Parramatia and Liverpool. Roads Ashfield, on…

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Car Accident Two Men Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

A car overturned on Mount Pleasant. Gerringong, yesterday afternoon, and two men were injured, named Patrick Deanley and Edward English…

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Six Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

When a motor car got out of control while travelling along the Home Highway, near Liverpool, and crashed into a telegraph post on Sunday, six…

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Car Skids Fatality Near Armidale

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

When a car skidded and turned a double somersault on Saturday evening, Michael George Bourke, aged 20, was so seriously injured that he died…

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Racehorse Injured Engagement Cancelled. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 3

May Day sustained slight leg injuries in the Australian Hurdles on Saturday, and will not meet with the eggagement in the Australian Steeple,…

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Three Injured. Car Overturns at Gerringong Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 5

A car overturned on Mount Pleasant; Gorringong yesterday afternoon. Three men were injured, named Patrick Deavloy, Edward English, and…

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Newcastle Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

Riding a motor cycle along Hunter street on Saturday, George Hughes, 30, of Kome Flats, Bondi Beach, Sydney, a, salesman, collided with a lorry…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

When a motor cycle and side-car crashed into a rock while negotiating a sharp turn in the road between Crookwell and Oboron, W. Weather…

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Crossing Fatality. Married Woman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

Mrs. A. Skene, of Highleigh, (Q.) was killed instantly to-day when, a train ran down her car at a level crossing near Gordon Vale. The…

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Motor Accidents. Run Over by Lorry Mayfield Man Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

Albert Johnson, aged 48, living at Mayfield (Newcastle), was fatally injured when run over by a motor lorry…

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Head-on Collision 'Bus and Tram. Many Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 3

Many travellers were injured in a head-on collision between a tramcar and a 'bus on the Great Northern-road at Ryde yesterday…

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Motor Fatality Farmer Killed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 1

Mr Thomas Mead, a well-known farmer, of Midlorn, West Maitland, was struck by the mudguard of a motor car on Monday evening on Belmore-road…

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Run Over by Train Man Killed. Another Man Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 1

Within a period of half an hour on Monday night two incidents occurred at Dulwich Hill railway station, as the result of which a man was killed and…

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