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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 101

Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

Struck by a fall of coal at Pelaw Stain Colliery on Monday, John Kidd, 43, a miner, residing- at Hopetoun St. Kurri Kurri, was admitted to the…

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Little Girl Drowned Evidence at Inquest. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

At the inquest to-day concerning the drowning of Molly Newman, aged three years, in the Parramatta River, evidence was given by Ina Dempsey,…

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Drowning Fatality. at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 14

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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Motor Accidents Workmen Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 7

A motor bus, carrying 25 workmen from Albury to tho Hume reservoir, overturned near tho weir. Some of the occupants were pinned beneath…

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Boy Drowned. Brother Missing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 11

Two sons of Reverend M. J. on brow, of Hastings (NeW Zealand) aged ten and seven, went fishing but failed to return…

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Motor Fatality, Coroner Rebukes Witness

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 9

The Parramatta District, Coroner rebuked a witness sharply at the Parramatta Courthouse during the inquiry Into the death ,of Charles…

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Boy Drowned. Tin Canoe Sinks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 3

Geoffrey Curtis aged 13, of Liverpool-street Paddington was drowned in Elizabeth Bay on Monday afternoon when his tin canoe filled…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Tree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 16

Kenneth George Gibson, 36. of Edgar-street Chatswood was fatally injured at Peakhurst on Monday afternoon…

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Car Capsizes Six Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 3

A serious motor smash occurred at Ballina at 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon, when a car containing four, children and two men skidded and…

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Man Drowned. Three Deaths in One Family

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 8

A drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee River, near Wagga, on Friday. Albert William Allan, 33, employed…

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Struck by Train Man Frightfully Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 7

Henry Farry, of Frederick street Ashfield, was frightfully injured at the Clyde railway station shortly before 8 o'clock on Tuesday night, when…

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Death Prom Injuries. Car and Cycle in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 9

Charles James Larkin, 18, who was injured when a motor car and cycle collided on the price's Highway, Kogarah died on 12th inst…

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Tug and Steamer Slight Damage in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

A slight collision occurred this morning at Pyrmont between the Heroine and the steamer Caluiu. Practically no damage was done…

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Racehorses Injured. Sautoir and Marie Mason. Both Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 14

The well-known racehorses, Sautoir and Marie Mason, wore so dreadfully injured at Newcastle on Sunday, that, they had to he destroyed…

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Terribly Injured. Stepped in Front of Train Cairns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 16

Mrs. Grimlisk 48 directly in front of an approaching engine at a level crossing near Malanda Station…

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Eye Kicked Out. Fight at Trades Hall. Old Man Badly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 16

James Digman, aged 64 years, her or the Bakers Union and well-known Trades Hall personality, hart his right eye kicked out, and he…

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Accident to Shire President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council was set down for Wednesday, but owing to an accident a few days previously to…

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Stanhope Accident to Mr. Dooley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 6

A painful accident befel Mr. M. Dooley, at Maryvale, some days ago. He was repairing a plough in a shed when he missed his footing, and fell…

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Rail Accident. Startling Developments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 9

A, sensational development in the inquiry into the rail motor accidents at Newport (Vic.) on Wednesday night when a rail motor from…

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Engineer's Fall Accident at Cockatoo Dock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 13

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

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