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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 65

Crossing Smash. Train and Motor Car in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 1

Mr. R. H. Koth, of Uranquinty, near Wages (N.S.W), who has been visiting South Australia, was proceeding in a motor car to Maitland with…

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Cars Interlocked. Collision Near Warwick Farm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

Four people had a miraculous escape from death last night when two motor cars collided on the Liverpool road, near Warwick farm…

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Battery Explodes. X-ray Accident at Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

Several cells in the out-patients' room at the Broken Hill hospital which forms part of the battery for the operation of the hospital X-ray…

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Railway Accident. Sabotage Suspected. London, Feb. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

A message from Duesseldorf states that a Belgian troop was derailed between Aix La Chapelle and Duren. Several persons were…

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Motor Smash. Accident Near Goulburn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 13

A serious motor accident occurred, at Tarra eight miles from Goulburn, on Saturday evening, as result of which there persons were injured…

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Collision at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 4

During the heavy duststorm on Sunday afternoon a collision occurred in front of Dr. Kennedy's surgery in Newcastle-street, ,East…

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London Carpenter. Sensational Accident. London, Feb. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 8

After falling head-first from the roof and turning a some[?] in the air, a carpenter struck the iron railing of a house at Ealing…

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Two Italians Drowned. Murray River Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

A message was received at police headquarters stating that two Italians named Pheanf Abundi, 24, and Bertalat Abondio, 18, were accidently…

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A Soldeir's Death Treatment at Hospital. Extraordinary Evidence. Sequel to Werris Creek Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

William John Taylor, a locomotive driver, aged 36, died at Callan Park Mental Hospital on February 13. Arthur Ernest Bussell, resident…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Accident at Barcaldine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

A message from Barcaldine (Q.) states that the small Armstrong Whitworth acroplane in the charge of Lieutenant Feysh white leaving…

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Motor Accident. Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

Early on Wednesday evening a motor accident occurred at the corner of West and Ernest streets, North Sydney. Three persons were…

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Perils of the Deep Six Sailors Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

The small Danish barque Sterna, which arrived at Melbourne from Sweden, with timber, on Tuesday, brought news of a'very sad tragedy,…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. James Newman, a well-known resident of Hebburn, was seriously injured in a railway accident near the Hebburn Coliery crossing,…

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French in Ruhr. Railway Accidents. London, Feb. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Colonge correspondent states that a train from Aix la Chapelle was switched on to the wrong line and crashed into a stationary…

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Fatal Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 7

Mr. James Newman, one of the oldest residents of Weston, was injured in a railway accident near the Hebburn Colliery crossing on Wednesday…

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Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

Frank Gamlin, 14 years of age was drowned in the Hunter River at a place known as "the sandy" in the Horseshoe Band, this morning. He…

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Motor Accident Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5

A motor accident occurred at the corner of West and Ernest streets, North Sydney, on Wednesday evening. Three persons were injured…

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Damages Awarded. Injuries in Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 3

In the Sydney District Court Walter Thomas Maunder, of Wimbleton-st., Five Dock, proceeded against Constable J. P. Cameron, of Burwood, for £400…

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Cars Interlocked. Collision Near Warwick Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 16

Four people had a miraculous escape from death on 23rd inst., when two motor cars collided on the Liverpool Road, near Warwick Farm…

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Boxing Fatality. New Zealand Case. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5

A professional boxing match at Nelson last night, between Herb Robinson and Billy Tapp, ended fatally. In the eleventh round, Robinson…

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