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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Drowning Fatality at Denman Young Man Lost. Body Not Yet Recovered

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 2

Arthur Weston, a young Englishman who has been in the employ of Mr. Leigh Dixon, was drowned in the Hunter River at Denman on…

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Infant Suffocated. Verdict of Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 2

An inquiry was held in Sydney concorning the death of the three months' old daughter of Mr and Mrs Gidley Howden. The mother's evidence was…

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Fatality at Singleton. Farmers' Death. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 5

Joseph Horadam, of Glennie's Creek, was killed yesterday morning while coming into Singleton. He was driving a horse and cart, in which there…

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A Peculiar Fatality Tragedy While at Play

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 2

About 10 days ago a little girl of three, Mary Helen M'Hugh, was playing with her brother, Hugh Basil M'Hugh, on a vacant piece of land…

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Seriously Injured. Struck by Railway Engine. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 5

Albert Sutton, 55, a fencer employed by the Railway Department on Globe Island goods line. was at Lewisham last night, when he was struck…

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Aviation Accidents. Three Deaths London, Aug. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 5

A message from Cairo states that an aeroplane convoying General Newman Chief of the General Staff for Egypt crashed at Heliopolis. The…

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Denman Drowning Case. Further Particulars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 4

Further particulars received in connection with the death of Arthur Weston, a young Eglishman, who was drowned in the Hunter River…

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Fatality at Singleton. Farmer's Death

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 6

Joseph Horadam, of Glennie's Creek, was killed on Tuesday morning while coming into Singleton. He was driving a horse and cart, in…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 2

While bringing cattle along the Denman-road to Muswellbrook on Wednesday last, Mr. Edward Oakes met with an accident which…

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Fatal Accident. Motor Cyclist Killed. Another Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 14

The Stroud road, three miles from Raymond Terrace, at a point where there is a slight bend in the road approaching the crest of a hill, was the…

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Fatality at Singleton. Farmer's Death. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 3

Joseph Horadam, of Glennie's Creek, was killed yesterday morning while coming into Singleton. He was driving a horse and cart, in which there…

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Seriously Injured. Struck by Railway Engine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 8

Albert Sutton, 55, a fencer employed by the Railway Department on Glebe Island goods line, was at Lewisham last night, when he was struck…

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Soldier's Death. Injured on the Railway Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

At the inquest on the body of a returned soldier, Claude Bradley, evidence was given that deceased fell between a train and the platform at…

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Francis Birtles' Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 4

The Administrator of the Northern Territory has arranged for the passageof Francis Birtles, who was recently badly injured in a motor accident while…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed Near Chatswood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 6

William James Webb, of Hercules-street, Chatswood, was killed on the railway line, between Chatswood and Roseville, on Saturday…

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Denman Drowning Fatality. Body Still Missing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 2

Despite the fact that a continuous patrol has been maintained the body of Arthur Weston, who was drowned in the Hunter River at Denman, has…

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Constables Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 5

Constables Hydes and Warner were proceeding along Oxford-street in a motor-cycle and side-car. When the cycle skidded on the wet blocks, and…

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Russia's Terrible Plight Drowning the Children

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

London,, Saturday.—The Russian trade delegation to London states that the harvest in the provinces outside the famine area should be satisfactory…

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Singleton Fatality. Fall From Cart

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Horadam, of Glennie's Creek, a well-known and respected district resident, was killed on the Dulwich-road, about four miles from…

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Eight Men Injured. Two Walls Collapse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 3

Two brick walls, 120ft long by 35ft high, part of the front of a weaving shed in course of construction for the Yarra Falls Spinning…

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