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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 65

Another Tram and Car Collision Four People Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 2

Four people were injured through a tram and motor car colliding in Avocastreet, Randwick, on Tuesday morning…

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Children Injured by Car Traffic Superintendent to Pay Damages

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 2

An accident happened at Ashfield on March 5, 1922, in which two children, Clifford and Theresa Knapton, were injured by a motor car…

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Cyclonic Storm Shipping Disorganised. Manly Steamer's Sensational Experience. Passengers Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 2

A cyclonic storm struck the coast on Monday night, and on Sydney Harbour the wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. Ferry boats and other craft…

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Claim for Damages. Injuries to Children in Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 7

Before Mr. Justice Campbell and a jury in Sydney. Theresn Knapton, aged 12, and Clifford Knapton, aged 2, by their father, claimed £500 in…

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Recent Motor Cycyle Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 2

Reports from Muswellbrook state that Beverage, one of the men injured in the motor cycling accident on the Singleton-road last Tuesday week,…

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Railway Fatality. Gatekeeper's Defence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 5

The Australian Railways Union is taking active stops for the defence of W. Randall, gate-keeper at Black-health, who has been Committed for…

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Motor Accident. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 13

Five persons who were standing on the footbath near the Custom-house, Brisbane, were knocked down by a motor car. Four were injured, three…

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Staging Collapses. Four Men Injured. Accident on Wharf

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 7

Men assisting in unloading coal from the steamer Goulburn at the coal berth, North wharf, Melbourne, narrowly escaped fatal injuries when the coal…

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Train Collision. Central Station Disorganised. Passengers Delayed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

As the result of a collision between a passenger train and a light engine in Sydney yards shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, the whole…

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Man Killed. Three Others Injured. Motor Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 10

On its return journey to Melbourne from Whittlesea a motor car overturned near Yan Yean. One passenger was killed and the driver and two…

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Fell Thirty Feet. Window Cleaner Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

Robert Lackendy, aged 33, was cleaning windows at the building of Pitt, Son, and Badgery. O'Connell-street, City, to-day, when he…

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Crossing Smash. Goods Train and Motor. Westminster Boys Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 14

An accident occurred in South Australia shortly after midnight, on the 22nd instant, in which a number of Westminster Glee Sinners…

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Four Injured. Tram and Motor Collide. Number Suffer From Shock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

In a collision between a train and a motor car at the intersection of Frenchman's road and Avoca street, Randwick, four persons were injured one seriously…

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Boating Disaster Thrilling Rescue by Scows Crew. Fisherman Drowned. Auckland (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

A thrilling rescue was effected by a scow's crew at Whakatane. when a fishing boat, capsized in an attempt, to enter the face of a…

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Watchman Injured. Struck Down by Burglar. Signs of Desperate Struggle MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

A burglar who struck "Maurice Barrett, an elderly watchman of Cole's Book Arcade, down last night tied him up and then bathed and…

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Violent Storm. Sydney Harbour Swept. Manly Steamer Buffeted. Passengers Injured. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 3

Terrific weather prevailed on Sydney Harbour throughout the night, the wind reaching a velocity of 70 miles an hour. Ferry boats and other…

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Fatal Accident. Killed at Mount Morgan

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 13

A Rockhampton message states that William Bardsley, E. Hood and F. W. Smith were being pulled up on a skip at Mount Morgan mine and…

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Chapter of Accidents. Some Unique Happenings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 14

There was a strange chain of accidents at Elong, near Mudgee, on Wednesday. The trouble was started by the frightening of a horse…

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Accident to North-west Mail

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

The north-west mail train, bound for Sydney was delayed for more than two hours on Wednesday morning, owing to an accident about a mile south of…

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Accident in High-street

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

Mr. B. E. Solling and party driving home in a car from the Theatre on Saturday evening had an unfortunate experience in High-street,…

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