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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Yesterday's Accidents Struck by Brake

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 8

Noel Darcy, 19, of Merewether, and employed at the railway workshops Cardiff as a shop boy sustained a probable fracture of the right forearm through…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 5

Fingers Crushed.—Henry Williams, 18, living at Speer's Point, a clipper, employed at the Stockton-Borehole Colliery, had the fingers of his right…

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Waihemo's Seaman Seriously Injured Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

When the R.M.S. Niagara was between Honpula and the equator she received a wireless message from the steamer Waihemo stating that a…

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Harbour Collision Horse Ferry and Tug St. Giles Damaged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

Passengers on the Stockton vehicular ferry steamer Mildred had an exciting experience shortly after noon yesterday, when a collision occurred with the J. and…

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Yesterday's Accidents Car Strikes Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

Reginald Killick (10), 33 Veda-street, Hamilton, was knocked down by a motor ear near the intersection of Denison-street and Gordon-avenue, yesterday…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

Injured While Bathing. — Jack Clifford, aged 15, living at 140 Hannellstreet, Wickham. suffered a large lacerated wound on his left thigh…

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Rescued From Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

Immediately after being rescued from drowning by some fishermen at Wollongong, a boy took to his heels and ran off, without waiting to thank his rescuers or…

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Week-end Accidents Injured Through Falls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

A wound to his head, the result of a fall, necessitated S. McGuiness (23), miner Toronto, receiving medical attention on Saturday. Following a fall on…

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Narrow Shave Harbor Collision Averted Treacherous Tide

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

Caught by treacherous tides in Newcastle Harbor about 9 a.m. to-day, the A.U.S.N. steamer Milora veered, and ran head on for the…

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Five Injured Tram and Car Collide Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

In a terrific collision between a tram and motor car at the intersection of Great Northern and Lions' Roads, Five Dock, this afternoon, five persons were injured,…

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Three Injured Run Over By Sulky All Tipped Out

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a sulky, driven by Mrs. Tolhurst, of Turdor-street. Hamilton, was proceeding along the road. near Morisset,…

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Attack by Shark Bather Terribly Injured Dies in Hospital Townsville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Over forty people were bathing at Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, at 5.30 this afternoon, when a shark attacked Harry Wetherell (18), the son of the…

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Fatal Car Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

Henry Williams, aged 45, of Port Kembla, was killed when his car overturned on Saturday. His wife and son, who were also in the car, escaped with…

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"Follow the Leader." Unusual Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Three people were injured as the result of falls from a sulky at Morisset yesterday afternoon, two through their efforts to save the other. The sulky,…

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To-day's Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Axe Slipped.—James Scullion, 37. living at Parnell-place, Newcastle, an enginedriver. employed by the Public Works Department, was using an axe…

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Lake Fatality Inquest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 7

The inquiry into the death of Mrs. Helen Brockwell, of Broadmeadow, who fell over the side of a skiff and was drowned at Coal Point, Toronto,…

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Steamer Milora Collision Narrowly Averted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the A.U.S.N. steamer Milora narrowly averted a collision with the ferry steamer, Kurnell…

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Injured Miners Condition Satisfactory

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

On inquiry at the Kurri Kurri District Hospital to-day, it was learned that the condition of the men, who were injured by a fall of coal at…

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Yesterday's Casualties Injured on Motor Cycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

While riding a motor cycle along Hunter-street, Newcastle, about 6.20 last evening, James McIlroy, aged 37 years, a traveller, living in Harriett-street, Waratah,…

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Fall of Coal at Pelaw-main Four Men Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

Two miners and two shiftmen were engaged in timbering work in bord 52. No. 5, west section. Pelaw-Main Colliery, at 9.45 a.m. yesterday, when a burst of coal…

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