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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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In Collision. Motor Cars at Cronulla

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 4

A collision between two motor cars at Cronulla on Saturday night resulted in four men being injured Both vehicles were travelling at a…

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Motor Car Smash. Two Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

A motor car dashed into a telegraph pole at Bondi this morning. The occupants were Reg. Mackay (driver), Edith Baxter (19), Lloyd Munro (21),…

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Shaving Accident. Death After Operation. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

A Melbourne message states that while shaving before going to church, George Humber accidentally cut his jugular vein…

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Woman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 5

While life savers at Mordialloe, Victoria, were practicing yesterday, cries of help came from the baths adjoining. They took no notice…

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Two Firemen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 5

Two firemen, Francis Smith and William Caller, both.of Waverley, were injured by the bursting of a hand chemical extinguisher early…

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Express Fatality. Soldier and Journalist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 5

At goulburn. Mr. W., S. arnott, s.m. conducted an inquiry touching the death of the returned soldier whose battered body was found on…

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Motor Smash. Collision at Homebush

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 3

Five persons were injured in a motor smash at the intersection of Broughton—road and Roch ester—street, Homebush, on Monday morning…

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Train Smash. Engine Runs Amok. Four Passengers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

A message Mount Morgan (Q.). states that there was a sensation at Moonmera. at the foot of the [?] Mountain yesterday afternoon…

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Two Boys Injured Horse Bolts with Cream: Cart

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

While proceeding along St. Heliersstreet on Saturday last a horse attached to a cream cart bolted owing to a break in portion of the harness…

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Plucky Boy. Three Rescues From Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

Although only just over 12, Wallace Malcolm, of Melbourne, has three rescues from drowning to his credit. First he rescued a boy at Colling…

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Train Smash. Engine Runs Amok. Four Passengers Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

A message from Mt. Morgan (Q.), states that there was a sensation at Moonmera, at the foot of the Razorback Mountain, this week…

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Railway Accident. Marvellous Escape, London, January 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

A man who fell from a South—end train, which was travelling at 50 miles an hour, escaped with [?] on the hand. He coolly walked…

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Fatal Accident Thrown Out of Car

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

An inquiry was held at the Dungog Court House on Sunday, December 24th, 1922, as to the cause of the death of Mr. J. H. N. Aldous…

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Woman and Infant Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 6

A woman with a baby in a perambulator was jumped on at Arncliffe last night bp a horse which shied at a passing tram. The woman was admitted…

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In Collision. Motor Cars at Cronulla

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 16

A collision between two motor cars at Cronulla on Saturday night resulted in four men being injured. Both vehicles were travelling at a…

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Man Killed. Motor Collision at Ash[?]eld

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 7

A cellision resulting in the death of Cecil Hamilton Faweelt 24 years of age, of Holder streel Ashfield occurred between a motor cycle which he…

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Double Fatality. Man and Wife Burnt to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Pioneer, East Coast (Tas.) on Wednesday morning, when a fire broke out in a house owned by Arthur Redburn…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

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

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Train Smash. Engine Runs Amok. Four Passengers Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 6

A message from Mount Morgan (Q.), slates that there was a sensation at Moonmera, at the foot of the Rayonback Mountain, yesterday afternoon…

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Jockey Injured. Pony Falls at Kensington. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 9

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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