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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

2,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 101

Motor Accidents Lorry Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 1

A motor lorry driven by Mr. JOhn Perrin of Dubbo and containing his wife and three-year-old son overturned on the Ashford-Bonshaw…

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Education. Country Party's Views. an Accident of History

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 1

The resolutions appearing upon the agenda paper of the Annual Conference of the Teachers Federation revealed the existence of two bodies of…

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Motor Accidents Victoria's Week-end List

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

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

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Motor Car Accidents

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

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

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Drowning Accidents Two Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

While spending, a week-end holiday, at Penrith, Jack Toohey, aged 19, of Alexandria, was drowned in the Nepean River on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

Walter Kennaugh, aged seven, was drowned at Brighton-lo Sands on Saturday. The baths were crowded at the time, but no one appeared to…

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Drowning Fatalities. Death Follows Swim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

A few minutes after he had finished swimming in a pool in Hunt's Reserve, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon. James Bunker, aged, 28, of…

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Curious Accident Boy Injured in Petrol Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

A boy sustained serious injuries in peculiar circumstances at Wagga. Petrol had been placed in a water tank to combat the mosquitoes. John…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

A stationary motor cycle and sidecar with two men in it was hit at Elwood (Vic), early on Sunday morning by a motor car which was driven…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

A collision between a motor lorry and a motor, cycle occurred on the Great Southern road, near Casula, on Saturday night…

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Father and Daughters Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

Robert Brown, 41, of Stanmore and his live daughters, Marjorie and Sylvia aged 9 years and 7 years respectively, were injured on Saturday afternoon…

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Fisherman Drowned Launch Engulfed Near Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

A launch was engulfed by a tremendous son on Raglan Bar, says an Auckland message, and its four occupants had a strenuous struggle…

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One Killed. Nineteen Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

During the week-end in Victoria, one person was killed and nineteen others wore hurt, as the result of motor car accidents…

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Cyclist Killed Week-end Motor Smashes. Collision with Taxi Cab

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

John Morton Robinson, 37, of Flemington, received fatal injuries when his motor cycle, and a taxi cab collided at the intersection of Helena-street…

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Vicious Attack. Slashed with Knife. Man Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

With terrible injuries to his face, neck, and left arm, James Blair, aged 50, who lived at a boarding-house in Erskine-street, City, was found in his…

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Drowned in Hawkesbury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

The West Maitland police were advised on Monday afternoon that the body of Roy Livingstone Warbroke, a miner, whose home is at…

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Motor Cvelist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. Frank Cridland, 32, of Elgin-street, West Maitland, the rider of a motor cycle, which came into [?]sion with a motor car, driven by…

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Italian Drowned River Near Ingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Yicenzo Implonbato, 42, an Italian, was drowned near Ingham (Q.). With a companion. Implonbato attempted to cross n river. His companion…

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Fell From Balcony. Sleep Walker Critically Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 6

William Cody, a boarder at the Federal Hotel at Wagga, lies in the hospital suffering from critical injuries sustained as the result of…

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'Quake in Venezuela. 800 INJURED; 28 Reported Dead. Caracas (Venezuela)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

A despatch from Cumana, a town of Venezeula, with a population of about 12,000 inhabitants, states that it suffered a severe earthquake on…

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