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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Alleged Negligent Driving Two Women Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

Two womn, Mrs Ellen Davidson and Mrs Elsie Conway, were knocked down by a cart at Kensington, last night, while crossing the road together…

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Drowned in Copper

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

Beryl May McCulium, aged twelve months, residing with her parents at Linda; was drowned in sad circumstances. Her mother, who was…

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Compensation Claimed. Tin Machinist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 4

An action was disposed of in the Banco Court, Sydney, before Mr. Justice Pring, in which Joseph William Pepper, a machinist, sued Chown…

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Fatal Buggy Accident Child Killed, Parents Escape; (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

Three persons were thrown out of a buggy near Millthorpe. Two of them, Mr and Mrs Cyril Webster, escaped with a few abrasions, but their child was…

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Motor Fatality. Little Girl Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 2

Two little girls, Agatha Taylor and Eunice Muncastor (8), were knocked down by a motor car at Willoughby on Tuesday afternoon. The…

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Accident to Mrs. C. A. Hooke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 4

It will be learned with very great regret that Mrs. C. A. Hooke, of Wirra Gulla, had the misfortune to break her leg again Mrs. Hooke was in…

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Aeroplane Crash. Mechanic Killed. Pilot Seriously Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

An Avro machine crashed heavily at the aerofrome, Point Cook, Victoria. The pilot, Captain Fryer Smith, and the mechanic (Corporal Whicker),…

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Fatal Motor Accident Little Girl Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred on French's Road, Willoughby, when Agatha Taylor, aged 7, was knocked down by a motor car and killed. She, with another…

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Accident at Sawmill Factories Act Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., Inspector Clarke, under the Factories and Shops Act. proceeded against…

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Mining Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. G. Matthews, a labourer, employed at Aberdare Extended Colliery, met with a painful accident at work on Thursday morning, while using a…

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Motor Fatality. Little Girl Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 6

Two little girls Agatina T[?] and Eunice Muncaster (8), [?] knocked down by a motor car at [?] loughby on Tuesday afternoon. [?]…

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Two Women Injured Knocked Down by a Vehicle. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 9

Two women, Mrs. Elen Davidson and Mrs. Elsie Conway, were knock [?] town by a cart at Kensington last night whole crossing the [?] together…

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Accident to Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

Pat McCarthy, the seven years old son of Mr. Dan McCarthy, of Morpeth, who had his skull fractured while playing cricket at school, showed a…

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Sensational Accident. Skewered Victim Survives. London, March 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 12

A steel rod, 24ft in length, fell down a lift, skewering a workman. It entered his shoulder, passed down his body, protruded at the knee, and…

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Drowned at Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 5

The body of an elderly man was found in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga, caught on a snag. The police recall that last Monday night a local resident…

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Drowned at Hawkesbury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 5

A man whose name is believed, to be Rice was drowned at the mouth of the Hawkesbury River yesterday…

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Our Telegrams. Found Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 5

The body of a man named Whitfield was found drowned in a dam at Old Junee in an advanced state of decomposition…

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Man Dreadfully Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

William Griffin was picked up near the Erskineville railway station this morning and conveyed to the hospital suffering from concussion, fractured…

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Our Telegrams. Motor Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

When a motor car was making a trial run in Auckland, New Zealand, it capsized. Mrs. Wyatt was killed and her husband injured seriously…

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Drowned in Murrumbidgee Calls in the Night. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

The body of an elderly man was found in the Murrumbidgee River, at Wagga, caught on a snag. It appears that last Monday night it…

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