Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

807 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 41

Shockingly Injured. Dived Under an Engine. Brisbane

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

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

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Motor Car Accident

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

A resident of Pelaw-Main has made an unfortunate start as a motor car owner. He bought a car from a Maitland business man and after satisfactory…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 5

The body of the man run over near Milson's Point has been definitely identified as that of Harry James Nutting (27), a plumber, who had been residing…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

The body of a man which was found floating off Spectacle Island, Sydney, on Saturday, has been identified as that of Arthur Jordan, who…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Woman Drowned. Surfing at Manly. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 5

Mrs. Harriet Campey, aged 46, who resided at Lewisham, was drowned in the surf at North Steyne. Manly, this morning. It appears a number of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Two Trams Collide. Eight Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

A head-on collision between two trams occurred on the Clayfield line near Albion Hill, Brisbane, on Sunday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sad Drowning Accident at Yamba

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

Hillary aged 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Fitzgerald, of Ulmarra, was drowned at Yamba on Sunday. No particulars are yet to hand beyond…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mrs. Campey Drowned Sad Surfing Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

Mrs Harriet Campey aged 46, who resided at Lewisham, was drowned in the surf at North Steyne, Manly, this morning…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mrs J. Campey Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

The sad news conveyed in our telegrams last evening of the drowning at Manly of Mrs Harriet Campey, wife of Mr J. Campey, our late esteemed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Newcastle Surfing Fatality. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 5

A young man, whose name is stated to be Miller was carried out by the undertow while surfing just before 2 o'clock this afternoon. Several…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Stockton Fatality Victim of a Shark

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

John Maurice Rowe, the young, man who disappeared in the Stockton surf on Wednesday evening last, fell a victim to sharks. On Saturday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accidents Baby Badly Scalded

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

A serious accident befell the 12-months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, W. Turner, of Barrett-street, on Sunday afternoon last. The child…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Cooper, a railway guard, who resided at Auburn, and who was a son of Mr. Thomas Cooper, of Elgin-street, West Maitland met with a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Car Accident. London, January 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 5

A message from Cannes states that Mr. Harvey, American Ambassador in London, and Mr. Wickham Stood, editor of the "Times," were motoring to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Lucien Lawrence Cunningham, M.P. for the [?] was injured last night when his mother, which was being driven by his brother, collided with a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

A Botany Tragedy. Two Brothers Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 3

Two brothers, Alfred and George Williams, lately living in Botany-road, Botany, aged 11 and 12 respectively, suffered death from drowning,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Manly Surfing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 6

Mrs. Harriot Campey, the victim of the surfing fatality at Manly on Monday, was well-known in Singleton, and the tragic news came as a…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Railway Fatality. Salvationist's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 6

A terrible fatality occurred at Nill railway station early yesterday morning, miss Evans, 18 being shockingly mutilated. She died in the hospital…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Our Telegrams. Painter Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 5

Herman Craue, aged 21, was painting an electric light post at the Royals Agricultural Show Ground when the ladder moved and he fell…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fatal Collision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

Three people were injured in a collision between a tram and jinker at St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, last night. One of the party, a woman, subsequently…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →