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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Blow on Head. Injured While Sitting in a Park. Husbands Story. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

George Paterson, a middle-aged man, husband of a woman who was seriously injured by a blow on the head while sitting in the park at…

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Labour Delegates Killed. Railway Accident. London. July 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Riga reports that a special train from Moscow to Riga, foreign communists returning from the…

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Boy Drowned. Gallant Attempt at Rescue by Mate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 4

Lindsay RUssell, 16½ years, of Gordon-road, Chatswood, was drowned between East Greta Junction and Regent-street at an early hour this…

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Further Floods. Rivers Bank High. Farm Lands Inundated. Hunter Up 30 Feet. Three Persons Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 9

The result of the cyclone storm, which visited the Northern and North Coast districts on Friday and Saturday when phenomenally heavy rains…

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Accident to Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 4

Brian O'Donnell, 2½ years of age, son of Mr. Jack O'Donnell, of Recent-street, West Maitland, had his right hand severely injured in a…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

A collision between motor cars driven by Mr. S. March, of Sempill-street, West, Maitland, and Miss Harvey, of Cessnock-street Kurri Kurri,…

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Miner Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

Frederick Eshman, miner, employed at the Greta Colliery, was injured by a fall of coal this morning, during blasting operations. His injuries…

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Shaman Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 5

Frank Briggs, an American seaman, was found lying near the rails at Cleveland-street early this morning, suffering from a fractured thigh,…

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Railway Fatality. Death of John Adams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. Win. MeLauchlin) held an inquest fit the Courthouse this afternoon touching the death of John Adams, 19 whose…

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Tram Fatality. Shocking Injuries Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

The victim of the Bay-road tra[?] fatality has been identified as Miss Nellie Smith, aged 38, who was a resident of Lane Cove…

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Accident at Minmi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. E. W. Taylor, the well-known orchardist, met with a serious accident at his residence, Black Hill, Minmi, on Saturday. It appears that…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

A little boy named Vivian Foot, aged 7 years, son of Mr. and Mis. Percy C. Foot, of "Barona," Goonoo Goonoo-road, Tamworth, met with a…

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Drowning Fatality. Gallant Attempt to Save Mate's Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 2

The story of the gallant but futile attempt of the youth, Frank Maher, to save the life of his mate, Lindsay Victor Russell, 16 years and eight…

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Man Drowned. Another Fatality at Culvert Near Regent-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 4

While a coal train was crossing a culvert between Regent-street and East Greta Junction about 11.15 last night, the guard heard a man's…

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Railway Fatality. Woman's Shocking Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 2

The victim of the Bay-road (North Shore) train fatality has been identified as Miss Mollio Smith, aged 38, who resided at Lane Cove,…

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Old Drover Drowned in Macquarie River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 7

George Catley, 75, one of the oldest and best-known drovers in the west, and a resident of Bathurst was on Sunday night drowned at the…

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Boy Falls Through Viaduct Drowned in Floodwater. Companion's Plucky Attempt at Rescue

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 4

Lindsay Russell, of Gordon-road, Cliatswood, aged 161 years, and Frank Malier, of Elizabeth-street, Artarmon, 17 years, mistook a coalfield train at…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 2

While playing football at Denman on Sunday last M. Muir, of the Muswellbrook senior cadets' team sustained a broken collarbone…

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Shiftman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. G. Lrd, a shiftman at Abermain No. 1 Colliery, was unloading baulks on Tuesday, when one slipped and fractured his arms, His leg is also…

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Bluejacket Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 6

During a heavy squall Ernest John William M'Millan, leading seaman on H.M.A.S. Encounter, was drowned. He was sent with another…

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