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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Railway Fatality. Killed by Shunting Engine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 3

While shovelling ashes from between the lines in the Roma-street railway yards, Brisbane, John Coller, aged 55, was run down and…

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Motor 'Bus Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 2

Mary Kathleen O'Keefe, aged nine years, a daughter of Mr M. O'Keefe, of Morpeth, was fatally injured by a motor omnibus in East Maitland on…

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The Motor Bus Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 4

The funeral of Mary Kathleen (Mollio) O'Keefe, the little girl who was fatally injured in East Maitland , on Tuesday morning, took place…

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Pathetic Surf Tragedy at Manly. Drowned in Sight of Hundreds

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 3

The. surf claimed a little victim at Manly on Friday last, when, Leonard James Morgan (11), of Coombah Flats, Silver-sfreet,…

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Dragged by Bolting Horse Man Frightfully Injured, (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 2

"William Maddocks was driving along the road at Hurstville, when his horse took fright and bolted. He was thrown out, and in the fall his legs became…

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Accident at Denman Averted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 2

What might have proved a very serious accident took place in the main street on Wednesday last. One of Mr. W. R. Wallace's waggons…

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Peculiar Accident Car on Flap of River Punt

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 2

A peculiar accident occurred on the Kinehehi punt, in the Kempsey district, on Sunday night. A motor car containing 6 people had just como off the…

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Motor Bus Fatality. the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 2

An inquest was held by the Coroner, Major Crane, P.M., at the West Mail land Court House this morning, regarding the death of Mary Kathleen…

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Railway Fatality. Killed by Shunting Engine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 5

While shovelling ashes from between the lines in the Roma-street railway yards, Brisbane. John Collier, aged 55, was run down and…

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Driver Killed. Two Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 2

Swerving to avoid a cart without lights on the Brown's River road, Hobart, a motor car ran over the bank, crashed through a fence and into a…

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Motor Cyclists Injured at Ashfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 2

John Lawrence, aged 27 years, of Manly, and Richard Smyth, aged 21 years, of Lawson, Simpson street, Bondi, were conveyed to the Western…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Sulky Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 7

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

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Accident Near Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 2

A serious motor accident occurred at a late hour on Thursday night at a dangerous spot on the road a few miles from Wagga. A well-known…

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Motor Accidents. Car Somersaults at Ermington. Woman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 2

While proceeding down a hill near Dundas on Thursday afternoon, a motor car skidded and turned a complete somersault, with the result that six…

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Four Drowned. Launch Capsizes. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 5

An Auckland message states four people were drowned through the capsizing of a launch at Lorraine while endeavouring to pick up a man…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 4

While returning in a motor cycle and side car from Dungog on Friday evening, Mr. A. Jones, of Lorn and Mr. C. Morris, of Horseshoe Bend…

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Motor Accidents. Three Injured At. Newtown. Cars in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 6

Three persons were injured in a severe collision which occurred betwneen two motor cars at Newtown on Monday…

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Surf Fatality. Two Rescues at Austinmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 6

A surfing fatality occurred at Austinmer on Monday, when Harry Weston (23), of Newtown, lost his life. A strong undertown was running…

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Train Smash. Two Eprsons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 6

The 4.30 p.m. train from German (Victoria), running on the [?] is gauge railway, when outering Felelbe tree Gully station at between Extr…

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Japanese. in Paris. Motor Car Fatality. Paris, April 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 5

The French paper "Le Matin," in an account of the accident, says that Prince Kitasirakawa was driving at the rate of 120 kilometres an hour,…

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