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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Motor Driver Killed Collision and Fall Over Embankment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1922 · page 9
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Fred Taylor, of Abbosford, and James Carmody, of North Melbourne employed by Mr. Mayman, of Abbotsford, (Vic), had charge of a motor…

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Motor Collision. Duke and Lioyd George. London, Dec, 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1922 · page 13

A collision occurred at the House of Parliament between the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Lloyed George's motors in which Mr. Lloyd George's…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Sulky. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1922 · page 6

Two young men named Vought and Seaton were returning to work on a motor cycle at Lithgow, when they collided with a sulky, the shaft of which…

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Motors Collide. Smash at Rockhamption. Driver Injured. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1922 · page 5

A car, driven by Montague Beart, and containing Miss Alsop as a passenger was passing down one of the main thoroughfares of Rockhampton…

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Startling Figures. Motor Car Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1922 · page 16

Startling figures have been prepared by the Victorian Police Department. In the past eleven and a half months 785 motor car accidents…

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Accident Averted. Runaway Goods Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1922 · page 9

The fact that the last division of the Western maid was delayed at Bathurst for ten minutes on Saturday prevented a terrible accident taking…

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Motor Fatality. Two Young Women Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1922 · page 6

"When swinging round a sharp turn at the corner of Darling-street, South Yarra (Vic.). and Alexandra-avenue, a motor car, driven by Trevor…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer and Barque

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1922 · page 6

Wireless messages received in Melbourne from the master of the steamer Yarra state that the vessel collided with the four-masted…

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Serious Accident. Barrister Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 5

Mr. Mack, K.C., one of Sydney's leading barristers, was badly injured in a smash at Cronulla this morning. He was conning across in his car to…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 4

William Memmess, of Ashfield, a competitor in the six days' reliability motor, cycle test, was thrown, from his machine on Boxing Day while…

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Railway Collision. Terrific Impact. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 5

Two empty trains came into collision at the Central Railway Station this morning. Two carriages were telescoped and three so badly…

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Collision at Sea. Norwkgian Steamer Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 6

With a hole 10 feet by 10 amidships, and all her plates from the main deck to the waterline buckled as a result of the collision with the…

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Found Drowned. Body in the River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 4

The body of a man was seen floating down the river at the foot of Free Church Street yesterday afternoon by a lad named Harry Alterston. He…

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Accident at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 4

John Love; of CessnocK, who was injured in an accident during a race meeting. at Lochinvar on Boxing Day, was admitted to Cessnock…

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Drowned in River. Man's Body Found. Coroner's Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1922 · page 6

The inquiry touching the death of John Richard Boland, who was found drowned in the Hunter River on Wednesday, was held at the West…

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Pulled Too Fast. Drowned in the Surf. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1922 · page 5

At an inquest concerning the death of John McLeod, while surfing at Manly. Reginald Ferguson, life-saver, said…

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Serious Accident. Barrister Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 5

Mr. Mack, K.C., one of Sydney's leading barristers, was badly injured in a smash at Cronulla this morning. He was coming across in his car to…

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Drowning Fatalities Two Girls and Two Men

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 9

There was a double drowning fatality at Breakfast Creek, Queensland, on Wednesday. Two girls, Vivian Collins, aged 13…

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Motor Fatality. Two Young Women Killed

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

When swinging round a sharp turn at the corner of Darling-street, South Yarra (Vic.) and Alexandra-avenue, a motor car, driven by Trevor…

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