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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Boy's Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

A very sad fatal accident occurred at East Glendon on Monday last, the victim being a boy named Stanley Cartwright, aged 14 years, a son of Mr and Mrs…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 4

Mrs. M. McEnearney, a well-known resident of Buchanan, died in the Kurri Kurii Hospital this morning. Whilst driving to Kurri Kurri on…

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Injured in Explosion

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

Mr. R. Cockburn, a shiftman, employed at the Hebburn Colliery, met with an accident in the new tunnel. He had fired a shot for the miners, and…

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Farmer Drowned. Winner of Many Prizes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 9

Mr. Frederick John Fredericks, a well-known Dorrigo farmer, was drowned in the Bellinger River on Thursday, 2nd inst. He was 51 years…

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Motor Cars Collide. Shooking Fatality. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 6

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

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Motor Smash. Army Service Interrupted. Several Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 13

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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Gallant Rescue. Two Lads Saved From Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 3

A number of lads were swimming in Saltpan Creek, near Canterbury, on Saturday, when one of them, William Wallace, of Canterbury, sank…

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The East Glendon fatality Coronial Enquiry

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 3

An inquiry was held by the District Coroner (Mr it. Morrison) at the Courthouse on Saturday into the death of William Stanley Cartwright, aged 14, at…

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Triple Drowning. Fatality in Queensland. Mother and Two Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 5

There was a triplet drowning fatality in the mouth of Tallebudgera. Creek, at Burleigh Heads (Q.), on Thursday, Mr. Ernest West, of Toowong, who…

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Bombs in Belfast. Twelve Injured. I.r.a.'s Arrested and Disarmed. London, March 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 5

Three bombs were thrown in Belfast, injuring twelve-persons, including a woman, who is in a critical condition. One bomb, which was hurled in the…

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Collision in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

A serious collision occurred in High-street last evening, as the result of which Mrs. A. Kidd, of Tocal, is in hospital suffering from fractured ribs…

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Gallant Rescue. Two Lads Saved From Drowning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

A number of lads were swimming in Saltpan Creek, near Canterbury, on Saturday, when one of them, William Wallace, of Canterbury, sank…

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Californian Earthquake. Oil Fields Injured. Vancouver, March 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 3

California was disturbed at 3.30 a.m. to-day by an earthquake, more severe than any since that of 1906, but the damage was not extensive…

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Big Fire in Chicago Fireman Killed Several Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 7

New York, Wednesday Night.—A fire which broke out, in Chicago destroyed an entire block in the central business district…

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Double Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

Two men were run over and killed by the Melbourne express at Glenfield, near Liverpool, on Friday morning. Ganger Digman and a fettler named…

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Boxing Fatality. West Australian Occurrence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

A boxing made on Saturday night at Collie (W.A. between Jim Dawson and Bert [?] terminated fatally. In the tw[?] round, Dawson…

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Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 1

A very painful accident of a peculiar nature befol Mr Douglas Boss, of Palala, Uralla, at Kingstown sports. He was competing in the event called…

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Mine Deputy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

Ald. S. Harris, night deputy at the Whitburn Colliery, Greta, was seriously injured while on his round of inspection on Thursday, through a…

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Painful Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 9

While exercising a racehorse on Wednesday morning Barney O'Brien had the misfortune meet with a painful accident. The horse fell with Barney…

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Triple Drowning. Fatality in Queensland. Mother and Two Children

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 11

There was a triple drowning fatality in the mouth of Tallebudgera Creek, at Burleigh Heads (Q.), on Thursday. Mr. Ernest West, of Toowong, who…

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