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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Railway Calamity. Collision in India. Large Loss of Life. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 11

A Simla message reports that a dreadful railway collision occurred near Maradabad Four carriage were destroyed by fire. Fifty people were killed and 50 injured…

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Wrongly Hanged Saved by Accident. Compensation After 20 years

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 7

Whether Providence does not sometimes intervene to save an innocent man from death is a question revived by the proposal now being debated in the…

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Motor Fatality in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 5

A Melbourne message states thai while motoring to his office this morning Lieut.—Colonel Sir George Steward, Chief Commissioner of Police, was accidentally killed…

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Fatality at Timor. Young Resident's Shocking End

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 3

Word was received in town on Saturday last of the death under sad and shocking circumstances of a young resident, Mr. John…

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A Boy's Presentiment. Foretold Parents' Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 4

A strange case of a presentiment coming true is reported from Melbourne. Johnnie Birrell, aged 10, a patient at the Children's Hospital was last week most…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 3

Sir George Stewart, Commissioner of Police, was killed in a motor accident at Melbourne this morning…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 2

While Mr. W. Gallagher, of Bellbird, was driving his motor car on the main road near Sandgate on Saturday last, It swerved to the side of the road and crashed through a…

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To-day's Telegram Collision with Tram. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

A tram and a horse and dray collided a Ryde this morning, with the result that three people were more or less seriously injured, while the tram and dray were…

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Accident to Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

The steamer Bodalla while crossing out at Crookhaven Heads last night was caught by the ebb tide and carried on to the rocks. The vessel was floating off this morning and…

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Fatality at Timor. Young Resident's Shocking End

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 3

Word was received in town (says Scone "Advocate") on Saturday last of the death under sad and Bhocking circumstances of a young…

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Serious Collision Cart Shaft Through Tram Window. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 4

A tram bound for the city collided with a horse and cart at Ryde this morning. Three persons were injured. A shaft of the cart penetrated the…

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Premature Explosion. Two Men Injured in Remarkable Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 6

Precipitated over the lip of a pit 80ft. deep by the premature burst of a charge of explosives, and buried at the bottom, was the experience of two men at Alexandria on…

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Tram Collision. 16 Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 5

A serious tram co[?]sion occurred this afternoon at Waterloo. Sixteen persons were inajured, and and the cars were greatly damaged…

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Sydney Tram Accident. How It Occurred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 2

The collision between two crowded trams on Botany—road, Waterloo, Sydney, yesterday afternoon in which 16 persons were injured, occurred when the crowds were…

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Shocking Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 5

Robert Remmington was run over by a train near Strathfield station this morning. His right leg was torn off, his right arm crushed, and the top of his head spilt open…

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Premature Explosion. Two Men Injured in Remarkable Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 12

Precipitated over the lip of a pit 80ft. deep by the premature burst of a charge of explosives, and burled at the bottom, was the experience of two men at Alexandria on…

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Race Trams Collide Sixteen People Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 6

A sensational rear-end collision occurred at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday between two crowded race trams on Botany road, Waterloo, 16 persons being…

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Pettler Injured by Train (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 5

A fettler named Remington was run over by a train and badly injured near Strathfield this morning…

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Woman's Tragic Death. Fatality at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 5

About half—past tree o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Mary M'Fatlane, widow, a resident, on O'Neill's estate, Cessnock, was killed in a sulky accident in Vincent—street…

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Street Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

A motor cyclist on Sunday afternoon came into collision with a pony is a sulky, and the occupants of the vehicle had a narrow escape serious injuries. Mr. and Mrs…

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