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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Blasting Accident. Man Seriously Injured. Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Raymond Terrace this morning, in a stone quarry. George Gilmore, resident of…

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Motor Car Fatality. London, June 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 12

An inquest took place at Basingstoke on the body of Mr. John Harvey Maclellan of Pembroke college, Cambridge University, son of Mr…

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French Railway Accident. London, July 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 2

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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David King's Death. Accidental Death Suggested Police Still Investigating

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 4

The body of David King, who carried on farming near Rothbury, was found on Thursday afternoon about 50 yards from his residence. It was…

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Our Telegrams. Motor Car Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 5

Mrs. Annie Robinson, one of the victims of last night's motor car collision in Macquarie-street, died early this morning. The others are…

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LOCAL & General News Eye Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 4

Kenneth Whitty, 8 years of age, while playing in Chareic-street was struck in the eye with a piece of stick. The eye was so severely…

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Rothbury Tragedy. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 2

Detective-sergent Ferguson, who was accompanied to the scene of the fatality at Rothbury by Plain-clothes Constable Emmett of West Maitland…

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Motor Car Fatality. Remand to Coroner's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 5

At the North Sydney Police Court John George Bryden, aged 40, was remanded to the coroner's court on July 19, on a charge of feloniously slaying…

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Accident on Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

Whilst Messrs. Gardner Bros., of Hilldale, were journeying to Dungog in a sulky, the horse put one of its hind feet through a plank on…

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David King's Death Accident, Not Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

Was David King murdered, and if so, by whom. That was the problem which faced the detectives and police who…

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Accident at Railway Works. Young Man Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

While engaged in blasting operations at the local railway construction works, on Wednesday morning, Mr. Jack Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Clever Crook. Plays Part of Injured Man. and Gets Away with £1700

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

The Adelaide police are diligently searching for a stranger who walked into a city bank, and, by means of a clever trick, obtained £1,700. Adraft…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

Whilst engaged in blasting operations yesterday morning, John Black, a young man, employed, at the local railway extension works, was seriously…

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Continental Railway Accident to Express. London, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Bucarest correspondent reports that two persons were killed and great damage inflicted owing to the Bucarest Vionna express…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Killed. Another Seriously Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 5

A shocking ratal accident happened on the sire of the excavation for Mcllwraith and McEacharn's new building at the corner of Watt and…

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Gar Over Embankment Passengers Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 4

A motor accident occurred on the Molong-Cumnock-road at dusk. Ernest Barter was returning to Cumnock with a number of passengers, and when…

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Aeroplane Fatality Five Persons Killed. ("Times" Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 2

A Paris message says that an aeroplane employed in the regular service from Paris crashed near Strassburg. The pilot and four passengers wore killed…

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Three Men Killed. Fatality on a Steamer. Overwhelmed by Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 5

A shocking accident in which three men lost their lives occurred last night at White Bay. The steamer Norfolk was being…

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Scalding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 4

Eva Chipperfield, 12 years of age, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Chipperfield, of East Maitland had the misfortune to scald herself with a…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 2

Mr. Pat Johnson met with an accident on Saturday with his milk van, winch might have been attended by more serious consequences. He had…

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