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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 65

Motor Swerves. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 13

When crossing Prince's Bridge, Melbourne, on Saturday a motor car swerved on to the footpath, and knocked down four people…

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Steamers Collision. Mersey Sensation. London, August 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 13

The Isle of Man steamer Douglas emerging from dock at Liverpool came into collision with the steamer Artemisia from Sourabaya…

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Timely Rescue. Saved His Brother From, v Drowning. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 5

The Promptitude and Pluck of the brother saved Arnie Smith from drowning after he had been washed off his father's motor beat the Janet Isles,…

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Fall of Stone. Three Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 14

Three men were injured when a quantity of stone fell upon them in a quarry at St. Peters on Saturday. Alfred Shearcold, aged 43, and…

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Colliery Fatality. Fall at Aberdare Extended. Man Killed Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 16

A shocking fatality occurred in Aberdare Extended Colliery at about half-past ton on Tuesday. Benjamin Johnston, 30 years of…

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Youth Drowned. Coating Disaster Near Geelong. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1923 · page 5

"Let me drown; save my cobber," These were the words of a lad named Piper, as he clung to an upturned boat in the Barwon River, near…

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Motor Smash. Footballers Van Overturns. Fourteen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1923 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon a motor van containing 25 members and supporters of Lidcombe football team capsized at Auburn. Fourteen were injured and…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

A miner, named R. [?]arrett, was severely injured in Abermain No. 1 Colliery yesterday morning. The injured [?] and his ma[?] had just…

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Tragic Story. Two Children Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 6

At the west-end, Mrs. Connolly, wife of Frank Connolly, a railway employee, of Strahalbyn, informed her husband when he returned from a…

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Two Babies Drowned Alleged Insane Mother

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 3

A tragic story was told at an inquiry in Adelaide into the deaths of Gertrude and Arthur Connolly, aged and 2 years respectively, who were drowned…

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An Extraordinary Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 2

Robert Samuel Bulmer, of Lukes Entrance (Vic.), received a bullet wound in the leg in circumstances of an extraordinary nature. Mr Bulmer was…

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Aeroplane Fatality. London, Aug. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

A large passenger aeroplane en route from Le Tonquet to London crashed at East Mailing, in Kent. One person was killed and nine…

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Collision on Thames. Moreton Bay Involved. London, August 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

It is reported that the steamer Chomuitz, came into collision with the Moreton Bay that was anchored at Southend…

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Shocking Accident. Car Crashes Into Milk Waggon. Chief of Hansard Staff Killed. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at an early hour this morning. A taxi, containing several parliamentary officials and others, left…

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Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 4

Whilst driving down Church-st. this morning, Mr. J. O'Hearn's motor lorry and a touring car of Mr. Campbell, of Raymond Terrace, came…

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Motoring Fatality. Hansard Chief Killed. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at an early hour this morning. A taxt containing, several. Parliamentary officials and others left the House…

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Shooting Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 5

The death occurred on Wednesday, night of Mr M. Regan, the proprietor of a shooting saloon at Broken Hill, as the result of a bullet wound in the…

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Colliery Fatality. the Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 9

The inquest regarding the death of Benjamin Johnston, who was fatally injured in the Aberdare Extended Colliery on Tuesday, was held at the…

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Aeroplane Fatality. London, Aug. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 2

A large passenger aeroplane en route from Le Touquet to London crashed at East Malling in Kent. One person was killed and nine…

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