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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Injured Hand

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 2

Mr Jim O'Neill sustained a crushed hand whilst loading sleepers on Tuesday last at Wirra Gulla station with the result that the second finger…

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Railway Collision. Empty Passenger and Goods Train. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

During shunting operations ar Southerland last night a collison occurred between and empty suburban passenger train and a goods train…

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Fatal Collision. Returned Soldier Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 6

In Flinders-street, near Anznc Parade, Sydney, a collision occurred late on Tuesday night between, a motor cycle and side-car containing two returned soldiers and a horse and…

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Pilot Injured. Another Aeroplane Crash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 14

During a trial flight at Hastings (N.Z.), Lieutenant Tatton's Avro aeroplane crashed. Tatton apperently found the atmospheric conditions against…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 4

Thomas Griffiths, a miner, employed at the South Greta colliery, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital this morning, suffering from an…

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Coroner's Inquiry. Charge of Manslaughter With[?] Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 9

The coroner's Inquiry into the death of Martin O'Halioran, who died in the Maitland Hospital on Monday, May 30, as the result of being…

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Risks of Producers! Death, Fire, Accident, .Etc. Farmers and Graziers' Insurance Dept

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— "Most of the sharcholders and constituents of the Farmers and Graziers'…

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Football Fatality. Youth Killed at Bibbenluke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at a football match on Saturday at Bibbenluke when Victor Jencocke (17), only son of the public school master at…

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Double Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Whilst on their way to attend church service at Albion Park on Sunday, Mrs. Emma Robb, aged 58, wife of Arthur Robb, of Yellow…

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A Series of Accidents Death of Randwick Dentist

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 3

The death, through cocaine poisoning, of Thomas Gerald King, aged 36, a dentist, of Randwick, formed the subject of tin inquiry by the City Coroner on…

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Slipped and Injured Himself

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 4

Mr. H. Spears, a first-class road-layer, employed at Hebburn Colliery, slipped from a sleeper while engaged at his work yesterday and fell across…

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Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 2

The tram and motor car collision at Rose Bay resulted in four persons being injured, but none seriously…

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Sad Shooting Accident. Deadly Pea Rifle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 5

Mr George Edward Ridgewell ("Toby"), of Bundarra, accidentally shot himself recently with a pea rifle. Deceased leaves a wife and four…

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Accident on Racecourse

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 5

An accident occurred on Cessnock, racecourse on Sunday morning. A youth, named Price, was giving a horse a trial spin. Coming up the straight he…

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Double Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 6

Whilst on their way to attend church service at Albion Park "on Sunday Mrs. Emma Robb, aged 58, wite of Arthur Robb, of Yellow Rock, and her…

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Football Fatality. Youth Killed at Bibbenluke

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at a football match on Saturday at Bibbenluke when Victor Jeacocke (17) only son of the public school master at…

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Railway Collision Empty Passenger and [?] Train. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 16

During shunting operations at [?] last night a collision occurred [?] an empty suburban [?] train and a goods train…

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Claim for £750. Injured by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 7

The hearing was commenced in, the Ba[?] Court, Sydney, before the Chief Justice and a [?] of an action in which augues [?] and…

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Motor Fatality. Two People Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 2

Two men were killed and two others were more or less seriously injured, when the wheel of a motor car in which they were driving on the Esplanade, Brighton…

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