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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Fatality Feared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 5

Two youths hired a boat at Watson's Bay yesterday morning to go fishing. The boat was subsequently found on the rocks at George's Head. There…

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Aeroplane Smash Pilot Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

An Avro machine, belonging to the Canterburg Avlation Co., Ltd., Which was on a flight from Kalkoura to Christchurch, crashed near Motuna[?]…

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Fatally Injured. Charge of Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

Lindsay Hubert Armstrong, 23, wheeler, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court with at Catherine Hill Bay, on December 26,…

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Motor Fatality. Mother and Child Killed. Three Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

Two Persons were killed and three injured when a motor car containing a party of holiday-makers overturned on the main road between Healesville…

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Drowned in the Tweed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

Frank Hardwick fell overboard from a suiting bout in the Tweed River yesterday and was drowned. The boat was travelling at a terrific pace…

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Queensland Floods. Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

Fine weather now prevails in Southern Queensland, and all the flooded rivers and creeks are rapidly receding Joseph Roylance was washed off his…

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Our Telegrams. Motor Cycle Fatality. Sydney, T[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

Thorn Martz, aged 9 years, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Penshurst, and die in the hospital several hours later. The police…

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Bravery Rewarded. Saved Boy From Drowning. Presentation at Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

On December 21, about thirty. of the residents gathered in, the, School of Arts, "Paterson, for the purpose, of making a presentation of a gold…

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Our Telecrams. Boy Scout Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

While attempting to cross the river at Sutherland on a log, Martin McGrath, a boy scout, was drowned…

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Shockingly Injured. Dived Under an Engine. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

Timothy Tooney, aged 50, ended his life is a shocking manner at Cairns railway station, by diving under the cowcatcher of an engine…

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Aeroplane Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

While journeying from Kaikoura to Christchurch (N.Z.) an Avro aeroplane, owned by the Canterbury Aviation Company, crashed near Cheviot. The pilot,…

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A Fatal Collision Medical Student Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

A medical student named Samuel Asher, aged 21, whose home wad in Paddington, was killed instantaneously in ar accident in Macquarie-street…

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The Barrier Between (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Ix. an Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

John Beresford was walking down Bond Street in a not very happy frame of mind. Several days had passed since Kathleen had blurted out her…

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Accident in the Bush Dog Acts As Guide

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

A man named Herman Bock was chopping wood in the bush some distance from the Waterfall Sanitorium on Monday, when a maul he was using…

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Shocking Fatality. Three Men Soaeded. Boiler Bursts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

A message from Geelong reports that a shocking tragedy occurred at the Australian Portland Cement Works at Eyansford (Vic)…

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Motor Fatality. Mother and Child Killed. Three Others Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 10

Two persons were killed and three injured when a motor car containing a party of holiday-makers overturned on the main road between Healesville…

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Bravery Rewarded. Saved Boy From Drowning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

On December 21, about thirty of the residents gathered in the School of Arts, Paterson, for the purpose of making a presentation of a gold…

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Queensland Floods. Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

Fine weather now prevails in Southern Queensland, and all the flooded rivers and creeks are rapidly receding. Joseph Roylance was washed off his…

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Fatally Injured. Charge of Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 11

Lindsay Hubert Armstrong, 23, wheeler, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court with at Catherine Hill Bay, on December 26,…

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Aeroplane Smash. Pilot Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 11

An avro machine, helenging to the Canterbury aviation Co., Ltd., which was on a flight from Kaikoura to Christchurch, crashed near Motunau…

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