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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Motor Fatality. Accident Near Cooma

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 8

Returning to Cooma at 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning, John James Thornton. a labourer, of Nimmitabel and a driving party of six met with a motor…

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Tram Fatality. New Zealand Sensation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 11

A serious train accident occurred at Wellington on Saturday evening, as a result of which one person was killed and sixteen injured. The motor man on the tram from…

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Schoolboy Drowned Son of Inspector Back

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 3

A schoolboy named George Stewart Grafton Back, aged 11, soil of Mr George Back, the local District. Inspector of Schools, was drowned while surfing at…

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Motor Smash. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 10

Two motor cars each travelling about 35 miles an hour, collided at the intersection of the cross roads at Wallacetown and Southland near Wellington (N.Z.) One of…

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Looting in Egypt. Crowd's Revenge for Army Ambulance Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 7

An Army ambulance, the driver of which, it is believed, was an Egyptian, dashed into a procession of lawyers merchants, and notables of Alexandria killing…

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Accidentally Killed. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 9

The district coroner Mr. David McDougall) opened an inquiry at Howes Valley on Tuesday, which was concluded at Singleton. Courthouse yesterday…

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German Frau Injured. Claim on France. London, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin states that according to the newspapers in that city the German Foreign Office has instructed the German Peace Delegation to…

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Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

George Sullivan, aged 13, a son of Mr. Thos Sullivan of Greta, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on sunday, suffering from a gun[?] wound in the right…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

A twelve year-old son Mr J. Foster, Dungog, met with an accident on Saturday last. He, with other youths is reported to have been…

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Accident to Mr Amos Gould

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

Mr Amos Gould, of the firm of Gould Brothers, timber merchants, met with an accident at Cessnock last week. He was engaged effecting repairs on top of the…

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Drowned at Buchanan. Kurri Man the Victim. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

John Wallwork (30), a resident Kurri Kurri, was drowned in a lagoon near Buchanan, about four miles from Kurri Kurri, last yesterday afternoon…

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Drowning Fatality

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 3

The death, by drowning, of Mr. W. C. McPherson, (Charley,) happened on Thursday morning last. The deceased was missed from his home in Swan-st…

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Bu[?]an Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

The body of the unfortunate man, John Wallwork, of Brunker-street, Kurri Kurri, who was drowned in Munton's Swamp, Buchanan, a few miles from Kurri, on…

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Motor Car Smash. Four People Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Four people were injured in a motor car smash in Anzac Parade, Moore Park, early this morning. One girl, Olga Neville, aged 26, whose…

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Motor Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

A motor car collided with the stone coping at Anzac parade, Moore Park, this morning. The driver saw a motor cycle approaching on the wrong…

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French Railway Collision London, Tuesday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 13

Two trains on the Paris-Versailles railway collided on the St., Cloud bridge. where as single line Was working owing to the floods. Four coaches were splintered, and 20…

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Schoolboy Drowned. Son of Inspector Back

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 3

A schoolboy named George Stewart Grafton Back, aged 11, son of Mr. George Back, the local District Inspector of Schools, was drowned…

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Motor Fatality Capsize on Anzac Parade, Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

A motor car collided with the stone coping at Anzac Parade, Moore Park, this morning. The driver saw a motor cycle…

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Drowned at Buchanan. Kurri Man the Victim. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

John Wallwork (30), a resident of Kurri Kurri, was drowned in a lagoon near Buchanan, about four miles from Kurri Kurri, last yesterday afternoon…

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German Frau Injured. Claim on France. London, Jan. 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 13

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin states that according to the newspapers in that city the German Foreign Office has instructed the German Peace Delegation to…

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