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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Fatality at Bellbird. Clipper's Death Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 3

Denis James Meagher, 17 years of age, clipper, was killed in Bellbird Colli[?]y labe yesterday afternoon. Nobody witnessed the accident, but Meagher was found on a slico…

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Choked with a Nail. Remarkable Fatality at Katoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 4

At an inquest at Katoomba, the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Syeed Welight Shah, aged 19 months. The child, with its mother, was…

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Dangerous War Trophy Man Killed and Boy Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

An explosion at Leichhardt on Thursday afternoon caused the death, of A man and serious, injuries to a boy. A returned soldier, William Lang, aged…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. Trev. Hallett had a dangerous experience late on Thursday night. While on the way to his home in Brook Street, and when a short…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 4

While working in Stanford Merthyr colliery yesterday William Coxon, a miner, 49 years of age, was struck by a fall of coal. He was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital,…

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Drover Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

John Thurlow was droving sheep into Goulburn, when one got into the water. He swam in after it, and, when in the middle of the stream, sank. His body has not yet…

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Found Drowned. Sad Death at Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 7

Mrs. Fred Redman, of Dungog, was found drowned on Friday night in a lagoon adjacent to the Williams' River, and near the boundary fence between the properties…

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Railway Fatality Fireman Knocked Off Tender. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 3

Fireman Dalton was killed by being knocked off a tender while passing under a bridge after leaving Brisbane for Toowoomba…

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The Bellbird Fatality. Adjourned Inquest. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 7

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Denis James Meagher, a clipper, 17 years of age, who was killed in Bellbird No. 2 Colliery on March 16, was resumed at…

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Remarkable Sulky Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 3

On Saturday night Mr. A. G. Brown, of Attunga, and his son, Mr. W. Brown, with his wife and child of six months, were driving…

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Woman Drowned at Dungog

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 4

Mrs Fred. Redman, of Dungog, was found drowned on Friday night in a lagoon adjacent to the Williams River, and near the boundary fence between the…

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Terrible Fatality. Explosion of Methylated Spirits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 7

A dreadful fatality occurred in a restaurant conducted by Messrs. Collings and Green, in King William-street, Adelaide. Two persons were killed, and five others…

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Stanford-merthyr Fatality. the Inquest. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 7

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of William Coxon, who died in Kurri Kurri Hospital on the night of March 19 following injuries received in Stanford-Merthyr…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Vivian cox, estate agent, of Cabramatta, was found drowned in a creek near Liverpool last night. Cox, who comes from the Tem-worth district, had only been a resident of…

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The Bellbird Accident. the Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 3

The adjourned inquest into the death of the youth, Dennis Meagher, who was killed in Bellbird Colliery on the 16th inst., was held at Cessnock Court…

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Sad Double Fatality. Five Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 3

Through a fire at Messrs Collings and Green's shop in King William-street South, Adelaide, Leslie George Collings, of Rose Park, and Norman Collings, 3,…

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Injured by Cricket Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

A young man named Beverly Kerrigan, son of Mr Walter Kerrigan, and a nephew of. Mrs G. H. Coughlan, of Singleton, met with a painful accident…

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Seaman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer John Craig from Newcastle to Russell, N.Z., a seaman was washed overboard, but was rescued while another members of the crew…

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Cricketer Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 4

WHile playing cricket at Hinton on Saturday, Jack Downey had the misfortune to be accidentally hit with a ball, which struck him so hard that it opened up an old wound,…

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Railway Fatality Run Down by Engine

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 2

A commercial traveller from Brisbane, named Martin W. B. Brodrick,was run over and killed by a locomotive at the Central railway Station, Sydney, on…

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