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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 101

Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 4

A motor oar and a motor cycle came into collision at the intersection of Newcastle and High streets, Bast Maitland, on Monday afternoon…

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Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. Bede Carlton met with an accident whilst driving his Buick car into Dungog on Sunday night. He was coming down Boorer's hill, near…

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Motor Cyclist. Collision with Pedestrian Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 5

Maurice Machardy, 26 and John Cardiff, 60, received injuries this morning when a motor cyclist and a pedestrian collided at Homebush. The…

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Four Injured. Fire at Guest House. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 3

Fire completely destroyed Broome's Federal Guest House at the Lakes Entrance early this morning, and four men were injured, though not…

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Terrific Impact. Motor Lorry and Car Collide. Thumb Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 5

A motor lorry and car collided with great force at Rockdale, shortly before midnight. Both vehicles somersaulted after the impact and landed…

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Lorries Collide. Three Men Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 5

When two motor lorrles crashed at Croydon this morning, three men on the back of one of the lorries were thrown to the readway and…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 2

The Main Roads Board has let a contract for the construction of three miles of road between Stroud and Raymond Terrace. The contractor…

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Two Youths Injured. Motor Collision at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 14

In a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car on Allandale-road, Cessnock, yesterday afternoon, two youths received severe leg…

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Cars in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 14

On the sharp, turn-off on the Prince's Highway, near Shellharbour on Sunday afternoon, two cars came into collision. The five occupants of…

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Blasting Accident. Muswellbrook Resident Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 16

Whilst a young resident of Muswellbrook, Mr. Mat Koogan, was engaged in blasting operations on the Muswellbrook-Donman road, near…

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Fatality at Level Crossing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 14

Richard Rogers 19, of Gosnells, while riding a motor cycle at Maddington (W.A.) collided with a tram at a level crossing. He received a fracture…

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Motor Cyclist. Collision with Pedestrian Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 5

Maurice Machardy, 28 and John Cardiff, 60 received injuries this morning when a motor cyclist and a pedestrian collided at Homebush. The…

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German Victory. Great Motor Race. Fatal Collision. London, August 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 3

Half a million people witnessed a thrilling contest between 65 cars, representing Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany and America, in the…

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Lingard Injured. Attempted to Jump Fence Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 13

The golding Lingard, a local A.R.C. performer, staked itself near the shoulders yesterday afternoon, when attempting to jump a fence where…

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Four Injured. Fire at Guest House. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 4

Fire completely destroyed Broome's Federal Guest House at the Lakes Entrance early this morning and four men were injured, though not…

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Caught in Cogs. Engine-driver's Hand Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 14

Noel Goodwin 26, engine-driver, employed at Hill End Colliery, and residing at Hickey-street, Cessnock was greasing the winch this morning when…

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Terrific Impact. Motor Lorry and Car Collide. Three Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 5

A motor lorry and our collided with great force at Rockdale, shortly before midnight. Both vehicles somersaulted after the impact and landed…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 6

When endeavouring to avoid a motor cycle, being ridden from the direction of East Maitland this morning, an Overland sedan motor car,…

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Man Drowned Fatality at Kincumber

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 2

William Curtis, 40, a married man at independent means, who had lived at 2 Dawson-street, Burwood, is believed to have been drowned at…

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Grandstand Smash Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 3

Two men were injured at the Marrickville Oval on Saturday afternoon, during the progress of a football match, when the weight of scores of people…

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