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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Caught in Machinery Child Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 16

A fatal accident occurred at St. Andrews, Minto, near Campbelltown, as the result of which Violet Clarice Gray, aged 5 years and 11 months,…

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Seven Boys Injured. Explosion of Gunpowder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 9

An accident. which might have had fatal results, occurred at Queenscliffe (Vic.) of on the 12th inst. A number of boys assembled on a…

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Fatal Collision. Youth Killed at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 9

A few minutes before 5 o'clock last evening, a youth named Aubres Dimmock, 19 years of age, son of Mr. Howard Dimmock, was killed at…

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Heavy Losses. Floods in New Zealand. Two Persons Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 16

Phenomenal rainfall has been recorded in many places New Zealand. In one place up to Thursday 30,38 inches had been recorded…

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Horses Killed. Mysterious Victorian Cases. Maliciously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 13

During the last twelve months several horses have died at Cantfield and Oakleigh (Vic.) from some mysterious malady. The number of…

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Car Capsizes. Driver Seriously Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 5

As a result of a motor car capsizing in Parramatta Road. Alburn, his last might, Driver Noel Strut, aged 30, was thrown out on his head and…

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Motor Smash. Collision at Lewisham. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 6

Mrs. Annie Bruce was admitted to Lewisham Hospital in an unconscious condition on Sunday afternoon, the result of a collision between two…

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Boxer Injured. Still in Semi-conscious State. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 5

Jack Johnson, the boner, who was injured at the Stadium on Saturday, night, is likely to be in St. Vincent's Hospital for several days. He is still…

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Motor Fatality. Racehorse Owner Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

A motor car, containing a party of [?]eelong (Vie.) residents, on their way back from Ballarat races on Friday right, struck a horse on the Ballarat…

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Aeroplane Crash. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 6

The quiet of Jerrawa, a little farming community 185 miles from Sydney, and 15 miles by rail from Yass, on the Sydney side, was disturbed on Monday…

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A Dastardly Act. Old Lady Robbed and Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Mrs Bridget Quirk, aged 84, was walking to church yesterday, when a man snatched her handbag containing £3/15/-. The old lady fell to the…

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Funicular Railway. Accident in Portugal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Libson correspondent reports that six persons were killed and thirty injured seriously in an accident to a train on the funicular railway at…

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Yarra Responsible. for Collision with Muscoota

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 7

The high Court delivered judgment regarding the claims by the owners of the steamer yarra and the sailing vessel Muscoota against cash…

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Constables Injured. Knocked Down by Motorist. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 5

By what is alleged to have been a deliberate act a motorist traveling over Prince's Bridge last night ran into two police constables and…

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Accident in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

Mrs. Bridger, of Largs, who was accompanied by her daughter in a sulky, had a mishap in High-street, near Church-street, this morning. In…

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Shunting Accident. Many Sheep Killed. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 5

During shunting operation in the railway yards at Kooweerup two trucks, containing sheep, were derailed and toppled over an embankment…

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Accident to Sheep Trucks. Heavy Mortality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

During shunting operations in the railway yards at Kooweerup (Vie.), two trucks containing sheep were derailed and toppled over an…

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Accident to School Girl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

Elicen Bragg, daughter of Mrs. R, Bragg, of High-street, West Maitland, and a pupil of the West Maitland Superior Public School, met…

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Queens Narrow Escape. Accident Averted. London, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

The Queen and Princess Mary had a narrow escape from a serious motor accident at Aldershot. A heavy lorry shot in front of the Royal…

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

The inquest touching the death of Kenneth Dyer, 21 years of age, who died in the Maitland Hospital, as the result of injuries received through…

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