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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Dead Unlucky. Series of Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 6

Mr. A. Potter, while hauling timber in the Glen Innes district, received a compound fracture of the right arm. He was unloading logs,…

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Painful Accidents. Paterson Residents Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 16

Two of our residents (says our Paterson correspondent) met with very painful injuries on Wednesday last and in consequence are…

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French Steamer Founders. Seventeen Drowned. London, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Havre correspondent reports that seventeen of the crew, including the captain, were drowned on the three thousand-ton steamer Depute Albert…

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Mr. Churchill's Accident. London, April 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 12

While riding on the Eaton Hall estate (Chester), Mr. Winston Churchill (Secretary for the Colonies) fell, and was considerably shaken…

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Fatal Accident. Playing with Gunpowder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 11

As the result of a foolish experiment with gunpowder, James Edwin Woods (15), of Whiting-street, Gore Hill, was killed on Saturday…

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Motor Accident. Maitlander Injured. Tea Gardens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 5

The Tea Gardens Sunday quiet was disturbed early this morning by a motor car accountant, Thompson, accountant, son of the ex-Mayer of…

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Mr. V. Maynard Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Mr. V. Maynard, who is attached to Messrs. Weaver and Perrys' staff, met with a sensational accident on Sunday afternoon…

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Hawkesbury Bathing Fatality Sharks Found Not Guilty, (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Examination of the body of Andrew Munro, which was found floating in the Hawkesbury River yesterday, failed to disclose any marks,…

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Tram Accidents. Cars Overturn in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 5

A tram overturned at the intersection of Spring and Collins streets, Melbourne, last night. Five men, including the gripman…

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French Railway Smash Four Killed and Thirty Injured. London, May 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that four persons were killed and thirty injured in a collision between a passenger and a goods train between…

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Melbourne Tram Accidents. Two in Rapid Succession

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

A tram overturned at.the Intersection of Spring, and Collins streets Melbourne last night. Five men, including the grip man and conductor, were injur…

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Injured by Fall of Stone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

John Taylor, a shiftmen, employed at the Abermain No. 1 colliery, was seriously injured while at work. He was making a road, when a quantity…

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Thrown From Horse. Prime Minister Injured. Collarbone Broken

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 5

While out for exorcise on horseback at South Grafton on Thursday, the Prime Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, was thrown and received a…

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Mr. Hughes Injured Second Biding Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 7

A message from Grafton says, that, on Thursday morning, as the result of being thrown from his horse, the Prime Minister] Mr Hughes, broke his…

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Mine Fatality. Fall of Earth at Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 2

William 11, Pearce, 21, who leaves a wife and child, was killed in the North mine, Broken Hill, on Friday afternoon by a fall of earth…

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French Steamer Founders. Seventeen Drowned. London, April 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 13

Reuter's Havre correspondent reports that seventeen of the crew, including the captain, were drowned on the three thousand-ten steamer. Depute Albert…

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Tram Accidents. Cars Overturn in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 6

A tram overturned at the Intersection of Spring and Collins streets, Melbourne, last night. Five man, including the gripman…

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Accident in George-street

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 2

A boy named Reg. Gardner, 15 years of age, a son of Mr and Mrs A. Gardner, of View-street, South Singleton, was the victim of an accident in…

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Accident to a Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 6

A boy named Reginald Gardner, 15 years of age, whose parents reside at South Singleton, had a narrow escape from very serious…

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Lost Overboard. Tragedy at Sea. Young Woman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1922 · page 4

On the arrival of the Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer Newcastle at Newcastle on Wednesday morning, shortly before seven o'clock…

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