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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

Several members of the Hepworth family, of the Morpeth road, East Maitland had a fortunate escape from injury on Wednesday night. They…

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Wharf laborers' Brawl Two Men Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 4

Two men were admitted to Sydney Hospital in a serious condition as the result of a dispute between wharf labourers in Day-street…

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Drowned at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 4

Ray House, aged 13 years, was drowned near King's Islands Morpeth, in the Hunter River, yesterday morning. He was son of Mr. H. House…

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Railway Accident. Engine and Tender Part. Driver and Fireman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 4

Driver Louis Herman and Fireman A. Taylor, both of the Goulburn locomotive depot, were killed between Binalong and Galong shortly after…

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Morpeth Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 4

The Police Magistrate Mr. G. Atkin, has arranged to held a magisterial inquiry at Morpeth at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon concerning the…

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Railway Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

On Saturday night the engine of a goods train, when between Binalong had Galong, left the tender. The driver, Louis Herman, and the…

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Drowned at Bondi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

Some clothing was found on the rocks at Bondi yesterday. Shortly afterwards the body of Mrs. Margaret Lowis (4), of Surry Hills, was found…

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Fatal Motor Smash Man Killed, Two Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 3

As the result of a motor smash at the intersection of Marrickville and War dell Roads, Marrickville, on Saturday afternoon, Alexander Elmslie, an…

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Railway Accident. Driver and Fireman Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

A railway accident occurred between Binalong and Galong on Saturday night, and Driver Louis Herman and Fireman A. Taylor, both of…

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Railway Accident. Engine and Tender Part

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

An official report has bene prepared by the Railway Department regarding the accident which occurred on Saturday night between Binalong and…

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Fall From Horse. Accident to Prime Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 6

The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) met with an accident, fortunately unattended by serious consequences, on Monday…

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Railway Accident Driver and Fireman Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

A railway accident occurred between Binalong and Galong on Saturday night, and Driver. Louis Herman and Fireman A. Taylor, both of the Goulburn…

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Accident to Mr. Hughes a Bolt in Centennial Park. The Prime Minister Unseated. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

Mr W. M. Hughes, while riding in Centennial Park to-day, was thrown from his horse during a gallop. He was rendered unconscious for three…

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Glennie's Creek Fatality. Boy Smothered by Fall of Earth. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

Allain Roy Caslick, 13 years of ago son of Mr. John Bertram Caslick, of Middle Falbrook, met his death in a tragic manner yesterday afternoon…

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Shunting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 4

During shunting operations at the West Maitland railway station about midnight last night after the arrival of the last passenger train from…

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Fatality at Middle Falbrook Boy Killd at Play. Accidentally Suffocated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 2

A very sad fatality occurred on the bank of Glennie's Creek, at Middle Falbrook, on Tuesday afternoon, the victim[?] being a boy named Allan Roy…

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Injured by a Bottle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

Mrs. Trantor, of Smith-street, West Maitland, accidentally, cut herself with a broken bottle, yesterday afternoon, several blood vessels in her…

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Binalong Accident. the Coroner's Verdict

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 2

The circumstances in which Lancelot Hermann, a locomotive driver, and Albert Edward Taylor, a fireman, were killed near Binalong…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

Richard Homsworth, 14 years of age, who is employed at the East Greta colliery, met with an accident last night receiving internal injuries…

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Binalong Railway Accident Official Account

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

An official account of the railway accident at Binalong states that when the train arrived at Binalong the driver wired the locomotive officer at Harden…

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