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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 65

Aeroplane Crashes. Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 3

Disaster met the Bristol tourer aeroplane, which was accompanying the Vickers-Vulean machine on its trip to Longreach, Queensland, upon its…

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Fall of Coal. Pelaw-main Fatality. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 6

Mr. G. Brown and a jury of six resumed the adjourned inquest touching the death of Edward O'Toole, 36, a married man, which occurred…

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Fatal Skid. Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 3

Two men were returning homeward from the races at Opunake Taranaki (N.Z.), when their motor cycle broke down. They were given…

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Accident to Mr. F. W. Thursby

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

Through the sulky he was driving skidding on the tram line, and causing the wheel to come in contact with a passing vehicle, Mr. F. W…

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Remarkable Accident Jambed Under a House

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 1

William White, a resident of Killingworth, near Newcastle, was renewing the foundation blocks of his Weatherboard house,when he was caught…

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Ern Dark, of Clarence Town, was motoring towards Limeburner's Creek, Dungog-road, and on approaching a bond in the road near…

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Accident at Rothbury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 2

Albert William Vokes, a miner, employed at Rothbury Colliery, was seriously injured in a skip accident in the colliery on Wednesday. He…

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Painful Accident Man's Endurance

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 4

At Adelong, a diryman named Victor Passiow, received terrible, injuries to one of his legs and showed groat endurance in covering the 17 miles to…

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Miner Injured at Rothbury

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 6

A miner named Albert William Voltes, employed at Rothbury Colliery, was seriously ilnjured in a skip accident in the colliery on Wednesday. He was…

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Fall of Coal. Pelaw-main Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 16

Mr. G. Brown and a jury of six resumed the adjourned inquest touching the death of Edward O'Toole. 36, a married man, which occurred…

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Air Crash. Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 11

Disaster met the Bristol tourer aeroplane, which is accompanying the Vickers-Vulcan machine on its trip to Longreach, Queensland, upon…

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Surfing Fatality. Lad Carried Out at Manly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 2

A drowning fatally occurred at Manly o[?] Friday afternoon, when Leonard Morgan, 11 years of age, who was holidaying at manly with his…

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Fatal Skid. Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 16

Two men were returning homeward from the races at Opunake, Taranaki (N.Z.), when their motorcycle broke down. They were given…

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Fatal Accident. Result of Skylarking

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 9

The New Zealand Army Rifle Association's meeting at T[?]entham was marred by a fatal accident on the 15th inst. The mene were…

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Remarkable Accident. [?]Ambed Under a House

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 11

William White, a resident of Killingworth, near Newcastle, was renewing the foundation blocks of his weatherboard house, when he, was…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Sulky. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 5

Douglas Whinnen, aged 19, died at Broken Hill from injuries received in a collision with a motor car sulky last night…

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Missing From Schooner Seaman Believed to Be Drowned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 2

Samuel Smith, a seaman on the American schooner Dauntless, now lying in the harbour,, disappeared from the vessel, on Saturday night. It is…

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Picture Thief. Assaults Attendant. Mitchell Library. Mtrs J. Cooks Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 2

Miss Joyce Cocks, a daughter of the Rev. N. J. Cocks, of North Sydney, was found lying in a dazed condition in the basement of the…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 4

Mary Kathleen O'Keefe, 9 years of age, was run over by a motor 'bus in East Maitland about 9 o'clock this morning and fatally injured. She…

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Motor 'Bus Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 4

The inquest regarding the death of Mary Kathleen O'Keefe, the little girl who was run over by a motor 'bus, in East Maitland yesterday…

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