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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Bolshevism in Brisbane Collision with Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 2

Brisbane Bolshevike on Sunday at tacked the police with sticks and atones, and carried the red flag through the streets to the Domain, where they…

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News by Wire. Fatality at Manly. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 5

Mrs. Elsie Bibb was driving in a sulky at Mainly when the horse bolted and the vehicle collided with a barbed wire fence. Mrs. Bibb was thrown out, striking her head…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 2

Mr. John Brown, a prominent miner, residing at Cessneck, was severely injured by Aberdare Colliery yesterday afternoon by a fall of coal. He received a badly fractured…

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Sad Fatal Accident Death of Mr A. Grainger

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over the community on Tuesday whn the sad news became known that Mr Arthur Grain ger, the popular Squire of St. Clair, had…

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Stratford Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 7

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Stratford on Saturday last when a son, aged 8 years and 10 months, of Mr and Mrs Reuben Gee, lost his life…

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Accidents on Belmore Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

Whilst some cattle were being driven across the Belmore Bridge this morning, a cow fell and broke its leg, the animal haying subsequently ot be destroyed. The…

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Fatality at Manly

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

Mrs Elsie Ann Bibb, aged 23, of Dee Why, died in the Manly Cottage Hospital on Wednesday night from the effects of injuries received in a sulky…

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Neath Fatality. Fall From a Cart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 13

The magisterial inquiry concerning the death of the boy, Lowson Hutchinson, who died of injuries sustained by a fall from a curt at Neath on March 12, was held at the…

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Fatality at Tighe's Hill. Man's Neck Broken. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 13

While engaged painting [?] house at Tighe's Hill to-day, Andrew James Wade, 55 years of age living at Waratah, fell from a ladder and broke his neck. Death was almost…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

A man, named Matthew McLoney was found lying in the gutter near the Railway Hotel after midnight on Monday and was conveyed to…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Driver Committed for Man-slaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 3

The inquiry concerning the death of Mrs. Eliza Mulheron 52 years injuries received as the result of motor accident in the city on…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 7

While propelling himself in an invalid chair on Wednesday evening. Mr. Joseph Parr, of Sussex-street, met with an accident of a painful nature. One of the wheels of…

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Cessnock District News. the Recent Accident. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

Mr. J. Brown, the victim of the mining accident, who is in hospital, was little easier last night. Besides the injuries previously mentioned, Mr. Brown is suffering from…

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Another Bridge Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 5

Another accident, similar to those reported in last evenings issue, occurred on the Belmore Bridge this morning. As the animals of Messrs. Sole and Perry's circus…

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Accident to Mr J. Parr

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

An accident of a very painful nature was sustained by Mr Joseph Parr, of Sussex-street, on Wednesday evening last. He was propelling himself in his…

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Fatality at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 5

Albert Dixon, aged seven, son of Mr. Franx Dixon, was knocked down by a bus in Vincont-street on Saturday afternoon. He died in the Cessnock Hospital the same…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

Through the accidental discharge of a shotgun, A. E. Burnard, 21, was killed at Broken Hill. He and his wife had intended going to Melbourne by…

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Found Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

The body of a man, with his head in the water and the legs partly up the bank was found in Lavender Creek in Mr. John Doyle's yard about 8 o'clock on…

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Serious Accident. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 5

Whilst Mr. W. G. Tweedie, railway Stationmaster was assisting in shuting operations during the forenoon his foot caught, in the crossing and a bogie waggon passed over…

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Fatal Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 3

Last Saturday afternoon a fatal accident occurred in Vincent Street, Cessnock. A boy, named Albert George Dixon, 7½ years…

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