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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4

The Cessnock District, Coroner, Mr. G. Brown. returned a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of the inquiry at the Cessnock Courthouse…

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Farmer Drowned. Winner of Many Prizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 3

Mr. Frederick John Fredericks, a well-known Dorrigo farmer, was drowned in the Bellinger River on Thursday night. He was 51 years…

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Serious Losses. Sheep Drowned in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 14

A prominent western pastoralist said that in the area between Longreach and Winton alone he estimated 200,000 sheep had perished as a…

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Skull Fractured. Injured on an Omnibus

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 11

Walter Johns part-owner of the new motor omnibus Carrington Star, recently put on the run between Carrington and Newcastle, was…

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Slashed with Razor. Man Injured at Ballarat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 16

Susaca Veronica Masters, aged 26 married, and Maurice Wall, her brother, were arrested by Detective Kington at the Spencer-street…

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Motor Accident. Miraculous Escape. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 16

Walter Hodgkinson had a startling experience yesterday at Gymer Bay Cronulla, owing to his motor car [?] pulling him over the cliffs. The…

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Railway Accident Two Men Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 8

A shocking double railway fatality occurred near Locksley on Thursday morning, when Ganger Herbert Lance Evans (34), lately residing with his wife and…

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Surf Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

Nine, surfers were carried out at Thirroul yesterday. One, named Emily Mackintosh, aged 16, was drowned. The others were carried ashore in…

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Motor Smash. Army Service Interrupted. Several Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 6

While driving a motor car along Holden-street, Ashfield, on Sunday, Sydney G. Harding, of High-street, Canterbury, suddenly swerved to…

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Cricket Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 4

Several accident took place during the progress of Saturday's cricket matches. Playing against East Great on Lorn Park, C. Cook, Northern…

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Motor Smash Several Persons Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

A serious motor smash occurred at Ashfield on Sunday morning, as a result of which eight persons are in hospital with fractured skulls and broken limbs,…

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Surf Perils. One Drowned, Nine Escapes (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

Nine surfere were carried out at Thirroul yesterday, One, a girl named Emily Mackintosh, aged 16, was drowned. The others were carried ashore in an…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, March 7, 1922. LOCAL & General a Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

While cycling down Bridge-street yesterday afternoon Mr. James Wilton came in accidental collision with a pedestrian, Mr. D. Cracknell. Mr…

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Motor Car and Cream Van Come Into Collision. Motorist Heavily Fined

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

An incident which occurred as far back as December 23 was again brought to light at the Denman Police Court on Thursday last, when…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

A painful accident happened to Mr. Jas. Edwards, senr. of Bourke-street, on Sunday evening. As he was going out of the back door of his residence…

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A Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

Dolly Yeomans, 4 years of age, who lives with her parents in Rose-street, West Maitland, met with a burning accident yesterday afternoon, but she…

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Motor Cars Collide. Shocking Fatality. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 5

A shocking motor fatality occurred at two o'clock this morning at Fitzroy, near Melbourne. It appears that two cars collided…

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Shocking Motor Fatality a Woman Killed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

A shocking motor fatality occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at Fitzroy, near Melbourne. It appears that two cars collided at…

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Gunpowder Explosion Factory Girls, Awful Experience. Ten Killed; SO Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—A serious explosion, resulting in the death of 10 girls and injury to 30 others, occurred at Port Tipton, in Staffordshire. The…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

A boy named Stanley Cartwright, aged 14 tears, whose parents reside at East Glendon, met with an accident on Monday, which terminated fatally…

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