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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1919 · page 4

In regard to the accident that occurred in High-street on Saturday afternoon through a Bulky driven by a returned soldier named P. Sharkey and a sulky driven by Mr. M. Mohan,…

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Motor Cycle and Cab Collide. Cyclist Badly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

George Seal was rifling a motor cycle at a fast pace last night at Annandale, and was following a motor car which turned to go into a garage…

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Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 4

A rather peculiar accident occurred at East Maitland at about half-past five last evening. Mr. W. Smith, of Hinton, together with a friend, both young men, was driving a big…

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Shocking Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at Eaglehawk (Vic.), the victims being Mrs. Bridget Donnellan (63), widow, and her daughter, Bridget Ellen Donnellan (26). They were…

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Attempted Raid. Soldiers and Naval Men. Main Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 9

Bearing naval ensigns and shouting all kinds of wild threats, between. 60 and 70 soldiers and naval men, the majority of them being in uniform, marched along St…

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Cessnock District News. Motor Car Accident. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 6

Another motor car accident occurred at Cessnock on Thursday afternoon, as a result of which Mr. Pinchon, jun., of Rothbury, had a narrow escape. The car (a small…

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Trams in Collision. Accident on Southern Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 6

An accident occurred on the Moss Vale-Bowral section of the Main Southern Railway. An engine hauling the Temora mail ran…

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Car Falls Over a Cliff. North Sydney Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 3

An investigation of the circumstances of the death of (George Dawson 49), who died in the Mater Misericordae Hospital on July 17, was conducted by the City Coroner (Mr…

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Motor Car Skids. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 7

Five persons were injured in a motor-car accident, which occurred in Forbes-street, Newtown, on Saturday night. Four of them, Fred Connolly (35), of King-street,…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Motor Cylcle and Side Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

A fatal collision occurred between a motor car and a motor cycle and side-car, on the Geelong-road, near Footscray (Vic.). A youth named Victor Alexander Findlay…

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Injured by a Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 4

Through one of his horses turning on him whilst he was feeding them on Sunday afternoon, Mr. W. J. Ferry, of East Maitland, met with painful, though not serious,…

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Fisherman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 5

There is now no doubt that James Barden, who descended Rosa Gulley on Wednesday to fish from the rocks, was washed out to sea and drowned. The missing man's…

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Trams in Collision. Accident on Southern Line

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

An accident occurred on the Moss Vale Bowral section of the Main Southern Railway. An engine handing the Temora mail ran…

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Ferry Steamer Beached. Collision in Sydney Harbour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 11

A collision took place in Sydney harhour on Sunday morning between the Sydney Ferries steamer Kummulla and the Watson's Bay Ferry Company's steamer Vaucluse. The…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 4

Mr. F. E. Fox, solicitor of West Maitland, was injured about 3 o'clock this afternoon through being knocked down by a motor car. He was riding a bicycle from…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 4

While Mr. Peter Searles, of Hinton, who is employed as guard on the Morpeth train, was attending to the uncoupling of two trucks at East Maitland yesterday he met…

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Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

While a tram car was travelling to the Spit, North Sydney, two sharp explosions were heard from underneath the car. At the same time Miss Lora Thompson, who…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Bach, Inspector of State Schools in this district, met with an accident on Monday, which might easily have had much more serious…

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Accident Near Denman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 2

We are informed that Mr. Charles Kirk, a dairyman on Pickering estate, near Denman, met with a serious accident on Wednesday…

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Pinned Beneath Team. Accident in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 4

David Doyle, 34, who lives at Alfred-street, Milson's Point, had a dreadful experience last evening after being knocked down by a tram in George-street, near Grosvenor-street. One of the…

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