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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 65

Serious Scalding Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

Mr George Bendeich aged 54, a wellknown resident of Kirkton, Lower Belford, and an employee at the wine cellars of Lindeman, Ltd., was the…

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Motor Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

At an inquest concerning the death of Joseph Goodger, which occurred in the Adelaide Hospital on April 7 from injuries sustained in a…

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 11

A motor cycle accident occurred at Bankstown, when Jenkyn Denham (28), of Bronte, the driver, and his grandmother, Alice Llewelyn (89),…

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Omnibus and Taxi. Collision at Hamilton

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

A collision accurred between a motor comnibus and a a taxi-car in Tudor-street, Hamilton, late on Saturday night…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Falls Into Hot Slag

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

Quinto Turra, an Italian employed at the Steel Works as third helper at one of the open hearth furnaces, met with a dreadful death on Tuesday…

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Motorist Fined. Accident on Northern Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

At the Maitland Police Court on Monday, William Horton was charged with having on March 4, ridden a motor cycle in a furious manner…

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Train Collision. Fireman Killed and Passen-ger Injured. Line Blocked with Debris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 4

As a result of a collision between two goods train at Bouroola Siding, near Cootamundra, on Saturday, a fireman was killed and a passenger…

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 4

Mr. G. W. Batey, of the Neath Colliery Office, says our Kurri correspondent), was obliged to pull up behind a bullock team just after he…

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Trains Collide Fireman Killed: Passenger Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

As a result of a collision between two goods trains at Bouroola siding, near, Cootamundra, on Saturday morning, a fireman was killed and a…

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Trains Collide. Fireman Killed; Passenger Badly Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

As a result of a collision between two goods trains at Bouroola siding, near Cootamundra, on Saturday morning, a fireman was killed and a…

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Aeroplane Fatality Three Persons Killed. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

A Berlin correspondent states that aa aeroplane, making a trial flight in preparation to inaugurate the LondonBerlin service, crashed. Two…

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Collided with Cow. Fatal Racing Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 3

Racing at a picnic meeting at Charleville (Q), a horse ridden by John Clarke Armstrong, aged 30, son of Mr. John Armstrong, of Raceview…

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Accidentally Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

News has been received of the death in Sydney of Mr. C. Rupert Prentice, who was a son of the late Mr. James Prentice, of West…

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Remarkable Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

A remarkable accident happened Mr. Roy Eckford, of East Maitland, at Astonfields Colliery yesterday afternoon. Proparatory to leaving work for the…

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Train Collision. Fireman Killed and Passenger Injured. Line Blocked with Debris

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 14

As a result of a collision between two goods train at Bouroola siding, near Cootamundra, on Saturday, a fireman was killed and a passenger…

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Fatality at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

Ernest Gorman, 10 years of age, son of Mrs. Gorman, a widow, resid-ing In Gallagher-street, Cessnock, was fatally injured in n motor car accident in Vincent-street,…

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Manslaughter Charge. Result of Motor Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 9

Matthew Curtain was charged at the Melbourne City Court with the manslaughter of James Foggie, who was run down by accused in a motor…

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Tram Jumps Rail. Eight Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

A Sydney-bound tram, when travel-ling along Botauy-road on Friday afternoon, jumped the rails, and running across the road crashed…

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Thrown From Coach Ex-speaker Willis Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

While travelling into Roma (Q.) with the mailman on Friday, Mr. Henry Willis, formerly Speaker of the New South Wales Asembly, was the victim…

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Collided with Cow. Fatal Racing Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 9

Racing at a picnic meeting at Charleville (Q.), a horse ridden by John Clarke Armstrong, aged 30, son of Mr. John Armstrong, of Raceview…

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