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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Railway Collision. Terrific Impact. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 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. Steamer and Barque

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 2

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

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Collision at Sea. Norwegian Steamer Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 7

With a hole 10 feet by 10 feet 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 5

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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Fatal Collision. Motor Cyclic and Sulky. Sydney

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

Two young men, named Vought and Seaton, were returning from work close to Lithgow last night on a motor cycle, when they collided…

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Heroic Miner. Saves Native and Himself Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 11

Among the passengers by the steamer Morinda, which arrived at Sydney yesterday, was Cecil Danvers, who, in saving a native from death…

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Jockey Injured. Pony Falls at Kensington. Sydney

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

The well-known pony jockey, E. Henry, met with serious injuries as a result of a fall at Kensington racecourse during training hours…

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Motors Collide. Smash at Rookhampton. Driver Injured. Rockhampton

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

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

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