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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. P. Eggins, of East Maitland, his wife, and three-years-old daughter were thrown from a sulky this morning, but they had a wonderful escape from serious injury…

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Trains in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

While a train was being shunted into No. 1 platform at Flinders Station, Melbourne, it struck a stationary engine, and four carriages were much splintered. One…

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Painful Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. Donald Cameron, storeman at the Aberdaro Central Colliery, met with a serious accident in a simply manner last week end. He was opening a cask…

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Gatekeeper Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

Mr Charles Baker, the gatekeeper at the John-street railway crossing, met with a serious accident on Thursday evening, the cause of which is so far…

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Smash at Railway Station; No Persons Injured. Melbourne, Friday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

While a train was being hunted at Flinders-street station last night it Struck a stationary engine. Four carriages were smashed and splintered…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 5

Ernest Marsh (31), an attendant at Sydney Hospital, was drowned while bathing at National Park. All efforts to restore animation proved futile…

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Fatality at Manly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

Phyllis Manning (13) was killed and her brother badly injured as the result of a motor cycle side-car driven by the latter colliding with a cart at Manly. The girl's death was…

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Accident at Railway Gates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. Charles Baker, railway gate-keeper, who was found unconscious on the line on Thursday night last, recovered consciousness on Saturday morning, and is now on a fair…

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Mr 0. Baker's Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

On Saturday morning Mr C. Baker, railway gatekeeper, who was found unconscious on the line oh Thursday night, recovered consciousness, and is now on…

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Dashed Into a Gully. Motor Car Accident at Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 6

A serious motor car accident occurred on Urana-road, Wagga, resulting in painful injuries to several members of a party of live and extensive damage to the car…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

A motor cycle collided with a runaway horse in Cleveland-street, Syndey. Mrs. Sturgeon, who was in the side-car, was thrown out and had her skull fractured. Her…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Father and Two Daughters

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 1

A triple tragedy occurred at Maffra (Gippsland) on Saturday afternoon, when Arthur E. Porter, aged 45, and his daughters, Annie, aged 15, and Ethel,…

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. J. Brighton, who resides in the [?]-road, East Maitland, had a narrow escape from serious injury late yesterday afternoon. He was driving a horse and sulky…

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Four Persons Injured. Motor Car Capsize at Long Bay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Five persons, three men and two women, were injured at Long Bay shortly after midnight on Wednesday, through a motor car skidding in the sand and overturning…

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Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

A miner, named Joseph Sidebottom, had his thumb badly crushed through a fall of coal in Bellbird Colliery this morning…

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Bathing Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

While a number of girls were swimming in the baths at Pyrmont one of them, Mary Moynahan, got out of her depth and was drowned…

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Bathing Tragedy. Father and Two Daughters Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 7

A triple tragedy occurred at Maffra (Gippsland) on Saturday afternoon, when Arthur E. Porter, aged 45, and his daughters, Annie, aged 15, and Ethel, aged 13…

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Serious Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 5

A serious collision between a motor containing eight men and two bicycles occurred at Essendon (Victoria) at a late hour last night. Three men were seriously injured, the…

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Motor Somersault. Two Young Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 3

While taking part in the Northern Suburbs (Sydney) motor-cycle reliability test, two young men, John Miles and Phillip Lenthall, of Sydney, were seriously injured…

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Cairo to Cape Flight. Extraordinary Fatality. London, February 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Rome correspondent reports that a member of the crew of a British aeroplane en route to Capetown met with a most unfortunate accident on leaving Brindist for…

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