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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Accident with Gun

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 4

John Fletcher, 19 years of age, a resident of East Gresford, was attending to a gun on Thursday, when it accidentally exploded. The fingers…

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Fatal Boating Accident a Sordid Story

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 1

At an inquest regarding the death of Ernest Ainsworth Brennan, aged 20, who was drowned in a boating accident at National Park, the father of deceased…

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Motor Cycle Smash. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 4

When driving a motor cycle in Forest Road, Peakhurst, on Christmas morning, Kenneth Ritchie, 18, came into collision with a woman…

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Enmore Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 5

John Patrick Fay was remanded at Central Court, Sydney, on a charge of having feloniously slain Lawrence Scannell during a fight at Enmore on…

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Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 4

Mr. Samuel Simmonds, 31, who was injured in an accident on the W[?]gat road of Wednesday morning last, died in the Dungog Hospital. He was…

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Three Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 5

Three wharf labourers were more or less seriously injured while working on the steamer Period this morning. The victims were in the hold when the…

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Our Telegrams. Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 5

While crossing the line at Stanmore railway station this morning. Percy Prior, a labourer, was run down by a train. He was removed to a hospital,…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 4

A party of motorists travelling from Branxton to the South Cast during the holidays met with a serious mishap near Wollombi. The steering gear went…

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Accident to Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 4

Through falling off a dray yesterday Charlie Kirkwood, aged five years, a son of Mr. R. C. Kirkwood, of Bolwarra, broke his arm near the elbow…

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Accident While Chasing Fox

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 3

Mr. James York, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. York, of Singleton, who has a holding at Wallangra, near Forbes, was the victim of a…

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