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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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A Nasty Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 2

While turning the handle of a car one day last week, Mr. J. H. Rennie, the manager of the Rennie Motor and Engineering Coy, met…

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Railway Tricycle Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

William Taylor, ganger, Alfred Schofield, labourer, and William Bulman were travelling along the railway line near Dubbo on a tricycle, and at the…

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Peculiar Train Accident 60 Picnickers in River

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 3

An accident of a peculiar nature happened to a picnic train on the Mulgrave Central Queensland sugar mills Hue, near Mulgrave River, on Monday. The…

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General News Burning Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

Word readied town on Friday last of a burning fatality at Roma (Q.), the previous evening, the victim being Mr. Harry Gray, licensee…

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Motor Car Fatality. London, June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

An inquest took place at Rasing-stoke on the body of Pembroke College, Cambridge University, son of Mr…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

While working at the screens at South Greta, Mr. T. Penfeld received injuries to a foot and leg, which though serious, did not result in any…

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Railway Fatality. Guard Fearfully Mangled. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 14

William Bakes, 30, a railway guard, met an awful deaths at White Bay railway yards this morning. An empty wheat train was being…

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Two Women Injured. Excitement at Redfern

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 16

The Redfern Coffee Palace, in Elizabeth-street, Sydney, was the scene of a riot on Saturday night, as the result of which two women were…

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Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1922 · page 5

Burleigh McLean, a well-known resident of Adelong, went to separate two dogs which were fighting. He plaged the butt of his gun between them, but…

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Bog Touches Gun Trigger. Man Seriously Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 2

A well-known resident of Adelong, Mr. Burleigh McLean, went to separate two dogs that were fighting. He placed the butt of the gun…

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Accident at Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 4

Michael Jurantawitz, 57, miner, living at Anvil Creek, while returning home at night from Greta through the bush came in contact with a tree…

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Singular Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 4

While fishing from the wall at Harrington on Saturday night, Mr. Frank' Pereira, of Lansdowne, met with a most unusual and painful…

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Shooting Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 2

Touching the unfortunate shooting accident of Friday last, it is with regret that we have to men­tion that so serious was the wound…

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Man of Many Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 2

Four accidents have befallen Mr Frank Kerr, of Dungog, in each of which he has had a limb broken. One leg has been broken twice and the other once…

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French Railway Accident. London, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Strasbourg correspondent reports that three persons were killed and thirty injured by the derailment of the Strasbourg-Paris Express near…

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Sequel to Street Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

Walter McGregor, residing at Abernethy was charged with being drunk and disorderly and with negligent driving in Vincent Street, Cessnock, on…

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Fatality at Newcastle. Fearful Fall. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 5

A man namde James Clunes (35), married, and residing in Darby-street, Newcastle was struck by a large rock which fell from the cliff near…

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Colliery Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 4

Mr. D. McCartney, or Harris-st., Cessnock, employed as an overman at Aberdare South, met with an accident while testing a place at the…

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 4

A serious accident happened on the Great Northern road yesterday afternoon as a result of which three persons were admitted to hospital. Mr…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 7

Mr. Bob Winter, a blacksmith, employed at Sams', was unlucky to meet with an accident on Wedneday afternoon. A piece of steel broke off from…

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