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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Four Fatalities. Railway Accidents in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 3

Four fatal accidents associated with the railways within the Melbourne area were reported during the Week-end…

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Motor Fatality. Car Driver Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 7

A youth named Percy Bailey has been arrested in Melbourne on a charge of manslaughter. Balley, whose father conducts a…

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Ex-resident Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

A message from Croki states that the body of Mr. Ashton senr. was found in the river at Croki. The decreased at one time [?] at Bellbird…

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Shocking Shooting Fatality at Moonan Brook. Young Son of Mr. M. LEE, Senr., the Victim

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

The sensationalism in the atmosphere created by the two fatalities above referred to wes. still being discussed yesterday when…

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Burning Accident. Elderly Woman's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

A burning accident occurred at Owen's Gap (Scone) on Thursday from which the victim. Rebecca Ann Skaines, wife of Mr. H. Skaines, a…

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Previous Accident Hinted at Wellington (N.z.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

In the House of Representatives Mr. W. H. Field asked the Minister for Railways whether a similar accident had not occurred to a heavy…

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A Serious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. Montgomery was driving a spring cart this morning in South Cessnock when part of the harness broke. The horse became troublesome, and…

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Moonan Brook Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 4

In connection wth the death of George Dill Lee, 16 years, a son of Mr. and Mrs, Mark Lee of King-street. East Maitland, it is stated…

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Shocking Accident. Impaled on Shaft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 7

A young women named Annle Thursday was impated on a cart shaft in a street accident at Brisbane, and died in the hospital…

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Caught in Machinery Young Man Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 2

White a young man named Alex-Sandler was working in the power-house at Chichester water works, his cont become entangled in the shafting…

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Caught in Shafting Serious Accident. at Wangat

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last about 10.30 a.m. the whistles shrieked at Wangat intimating that an accident had occurred. Alex…

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Motor Fatality. Car Driver Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 14

A youth named Percy Bailey has been arrested in Melbourne on a charge of manslaughter. Bailey, whose father conducts a…

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Motor Crash. Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 9

Three persons were injured when a motor car skidded in George Street, [?] 7th inst and crashed into [?] an electric light standard…

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Train Disaster. Three Carriages Telescoped. Fourteen Persons Killed. Thirty Injured. Tragic Scenes in the Dark. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 9

A disastrous railway accident occurred at Ongaruhe, Now Zealand, early this morning, when the mail train from Auckland to Wellington…

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Kurri Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Temperly, of Maitland-street, Kurri Kurri, feel from the roof of his house of which he was working, and broke his arm (writes…

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Shocking Accident. Impaled on Shaft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 5

A young woman named An[?] Thursday was impales on a shafs in a street accident at Brisbane and [?] in the hospital…

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Railway Accident Several Fatalities. London. July 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 12

The Leeds-Stockport express came into collision with a light engine near Huddersfield. Four passengers and two guards were killed, and…

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One Killed. Another Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 5

A motor collision in Christehurch streetm Wellington (N.Z.) resulted in Samuel Cook being killed outright and David Cairns seriously injured. The…

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Steamer Collisions. Chapter of Accidents London,. July 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 5

An extraordinary triple-collision at sea is reported from Yarmouth. The report states that at three in the morning the Swedish steamer…

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Motor Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 3

A motor, collision in Christchurchstreet, Wellington (N.Z.), resulted in Samuel Cook being killed outright and David Cairns seriously injured. The…

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