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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Fatal Fall. Accident at Hexham

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1921 · page 4

An inquest was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this afternoon the Deputy Coroner, Mr. William McLauchlin, regarding the deata of…

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Scalding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1921 · page 4

Through a covered honey-tin exploding on account of steam, Miss Grace Green, of East Maitland, who is employed at Mr. H. Gardiner's…

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Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1921 · page 4

Christopher Ernest Clark, aged 16 years and 4 months, son of Mrs. Thomas Marr, of Evans-street, West Maitland, was drowned in the Hunter…

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Muswellbrook Letter the Motor Car Fatality Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1921 · page 3

The particulars, summarised and elicited at the coronial inquiry of the motor car accident, which caused the detail of the child, Claude Douglas…

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Shockingly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 4

Thomas Hodge, a returned soldier, with a record of 3½ years' service in France with the 34th Battalion, who followed the calling of a miner at…

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Railway Fatality. Woman Killed on Killabakh Crossing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 5

There was consternation on the Taree railway station on Thursday afternoon about the time when the afternoon passenger train was…

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Yachting Disaster. Man and Two Girls Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 7

A triple yachting fatality occurred on Sunday evening on the Swan River (W.A.) The yacht Fleurette (26ft.),…

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Fatalities on River Steamer. 23 Passengers Drowned. London, October 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 5

A message from Brussels states that trapped in a river steamer's cabins after a capsize on the Scheldt. near Antwerp, through the shifting of…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

Mr George Wilson, Dungog, sustained a painful injury to his left foot on Friday last through the axe which he was swinging, coming in…

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Sensational Accident Motor Car Turns Over

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

A motor car, in which was a party of tourists, turned over on the old Sydney to Melbourne road, at a point about 19 miles from Gundagai, and 45 from…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1921 · page 5

The circumstances of the death of lost his life by drowning in the Hunter River on Sunday afternoon, were…

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Yachting Fatality Three Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 3

A Perth. (W.A.) message reports a very sad triple yachting fatality on the Swan River on Sunday night. The, yacht Fleurette (26ft.), heavily…

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Serious Accident to Miner Shattered Left Hand

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 1

Thomas Hodge, a miner employed at the Central Greta colliery, Greta, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Monday night, suffering from a…

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Drowning Fatality. the Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 6

The circumstances of the death of Christopher Ernest Clarke, 16, who lost his life by drowning in the Hunter River on Sunday afternoon, were…

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Yachting Disaster. Man and Two Girls Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 6

A triple yachting fatality occurred on Sunday evening on the Swan River (W.A.) The yacht Fleurette (26ft.),…

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Motor Car Fatality. a Child's Death. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 11

The particulars, [?] and elicited at the colonial inquiry of the motor car accident, which caused the death of the child, Claude Douglas…

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LOCAL & General News Injured at Nail Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 4

Mr. J. Cantwell who resides in Melbourne-street. East Maitland received painful injuries to his hand on Thursday at the Nail Works at…

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Fatalities on River Steamer. 23 Passengers Drowned. London. October 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 3

A message from Brussels states that trapped in a river steamer's cabins after a capsize on the Scheldt. near Antwerp, through the shifting of…

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Cars in Collision. Four-persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 6

Two motor cars collided with terrified force at Randwick on Sunday night. Four men received painful injuries—Thomas Lamond, of Zetland…

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Cyclists in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 4

A serious bicycle accident occurred at Heddon Greta on Saturday during a road race being run in connection with the sports of the citizens relief…

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