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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Distressing Fatality. London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

A fourteen months old child, when playing with a bottle containing eight tablets of Eason's Syrup broke the bottle and swallowed the…

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Sad Fatality. Arsenic Mistaken for Beer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 16

A sad fatality occurred at Wagga on Thursday, when the driver of a stock train lost his life. Harry Herman went from Wagga with the stock…

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Captain Shows Cause Collision Off Newcastle Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

In the Marine Court Captain George Turnell, master of the steamer Newcastle, which came into collision with the Kine[?] off the…

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Heavy Hailstorm. Gardens Ruined in Sydney. Boy Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 13

A violent hail and rain storm descended suddenly, on Sydney on Saturday afternoon, and in a few minutes gardens had been ruined by the…

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Unusual Case. Compensation for Injured Eye. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 16

Stephen Spiers was travelling as a passenger in a motor car along a country road near Auckland, when, it is alleged, by neglect in driving the go[?]se…

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Fireman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 4

Daniel Hayes, 35, a fireman on the steamer Archer, was drowned at Morpeth about midnight. The Archer was berthed at the Newcastle and Hunter…

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Dublin Fatality. London, Oct. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 5

Patrick Cosgrave an [?] of the President of the Dall [?], was shot dead last night after struggling with one of four armed raiders for…

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Seaman Drowned. Coroner's Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 5

The inquiry into the death of Daniel Hayes a fireman on the s.s. Archer, who was drowned at Morpeth on Sunday night, was held yesterday at the…

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Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 3

On Sunday last, while playing with other boys at a dismantled sawmill at Wyong, Edward Randall, aged 14 years, son of Mr. Richard Randall…

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Our Telegrams. Train Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1922 · page 5

Edward Morris overbalanced while travelling by train from Sydney to [?], as the train was leaving Homebush, and fell between she carriages…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1922 · page 4

A full of coal in the Ayrfield colliery this morning had fatal results. Three tons fell in No. 1 [?], and Alexander Sattler (26), was killed…

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Ayrfield Colliery Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 2

Yesterday morning the news of the death of a miner, as the result of a fall of coal at the Ayrfield Colliery, was quickly transmitted throughout…

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The Ayrfield Fatality

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

The inquest regarding the death of Alexander P. Sattler, who was fatally injured in the Ayrfield Colliery yesterday morning, was opened at the…

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Railway Station Accident. Remarkable Escape from Death of Millfield Residents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 11

An accident which might have resulted in loss of life, and which caused painful injuries to Mrs. Walter Lumby and her mother, Mrs. Sweetman, both…

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Ayrfield Collier Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 2

General and sincere regret was felt throughout Singleton district at news of the tragic death of Mr. Alexander Satt[?]r in Ayrfield colliery, details of…

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Seaman Drowned. Coroner's Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

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

The inquiry into the death, of Daniel Hayes a fireman on the s.s. Archer, who was drowned at Morpeth on Sunday night was held at the…

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Dublin Fatality. London, Oct. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 13

Patrick Cosgrave, an uncle of the President of the Dail Eireann was shot dead last night after struggling with one of four armed raiders for…

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Distressing Fatality. London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 13

A fourteen months old child when playing with a bottle containing eight tablets of Eason's Syrup broke the bottle and swallowed the…

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Local and General News Colliery Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 6

Alexander Sattler, aged 26 years, a miner, living at Telarah, was fatally Injured by a fall of coal in the Ayrfield Colliery, near Aberdare Junction, on…

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Captain Shows Cause Collision Off Newcastle Heads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 9

In the Marine Court Captain George Tufnell, master of the steamer Newcastle, which came into collision with the Kinchola of the…

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