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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

491 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 25

Shooting Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

News was received in Gunnedah about mid-day on Saturday that Mr. David Hamilton, fourth son of Mr. James Hamilton, of Gunnedah, had…

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Injured in Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

Charles Threlfo a resident of Bulwer-street. West Maitland was seriously injured yesterday afternoon in a vehicle accident in the Horseshoe Bend. His horse became…

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Motor Car Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

While returning home from Emmaville, seven miles from Mudgee, Cecil John Jackson, 30 married, with two children, general manager of Marks…

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Burning Fatality at Branxton

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

Gordon, the three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Farnham, of East Branxton, was playing with fire at home when his clothes caught alight. His parents…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

A young boy, Keith Downic, aged 8 years, at present an in[?] of the Maitland Hospital as a result of being accidentally shot in the ankle,…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred abou 6 o'clock on Tresday morning last on the Wnterloo Range. It appears that a car, owned by Mr. N. J…

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Greek Fire Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 5

The stewards in their inquiry into the accident when Greek Fire broke his leg came to the conclusion that it was due to careless riding of F. Cragg on…

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Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

Advice was received this afternoon by the West Maitland police to the effect that a miner named Lynch had been killed by a fall of coal in Abermain no, 1 Colliery…

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Mining Fatality William Walton's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

The adjourned inquiry touching the death of william Walton a miner which occurred in the Maitland Hospital from the effects of injuries received in Rothbury Colliery on the…

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Accident to Returned Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

A returned soldier who gave the name of Bert Strube, residing at Telatah, had a narrow escape from meeting with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. He…

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The First Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

In the course of the inquiry at the Court-house yesterday into the death of the unfortunate miner, William Walton, who received fatal inquires in Rothbury Colliery, Mr…

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Mining Fatality. William Walton's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

the adjourned inquested concerning the death of William Thomas walton who died in the Maitland Hospital, on the 23rd instant the result of injuries received by a…

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Collapse of Balcony. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

A sensational accident occurred at the old Racecourse Hotel. Frederick-street Mere-weather, Newcastle about 6 o'Clock, Yesterday afternoon…

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Abermain Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

The unfortunate man, Herbert Lynch, of First-street, Weston, who met his death as a result of a fall of stone at the Abermain No. 1 Colliery on Wednesday, was working…

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Drowned at Dubbo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Thomas Jones, aged twelve, was drowned in the Lachlan River near Warroo Attempts at rescue were made by Bertram Budd and William Bray, the latter jumping in with…

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Mining Fatality. William Walton's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

The adjourned inquiry touching the death of William Walton, a miner which occurred in the Maitland's Hospital from the effects of injuries received in Rothbury Colliery, on the…

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Motor Fatality. Car Leaves Track and Capsizes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 11

Mr. Cecil John Jackson, manager of the produce department of Marks and Company's stores, Mudgee. was killed as the result of a motor car accident on Wednesday…

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A Happy Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 4

On Sunday last a party of Boona[?]tes left, per motor, intending to pay a visit to the Northern Rivers district, N.S.W. (says the Boonah correspondent of the "Queensland…

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Drowned at Allandale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 6

A married man named Bert hawkins, 35 years of age, residing with his wife and two children at Keinbah, near Allandale, was drowned yesterday in a waterhole, near the…

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Railway Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

The Kurenda police have advised the Queensland Commissioner of Police that the early passenger train between Cairns and Herberton yesterday morning caught fire…

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