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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 65

Bellbird Disaster. Chief Inspector's Report. Fire Accidentally Caused)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 6

The report of Mr. J. P. Hindmars Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, in connection with the Bellbird disaster, was tabled in the Legislative Assembly of…

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Fire Accidentally Caused Chief inspector's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 7

The report of Mr. J. P. Hindmarsh chief inspector of coalmines, was tabled in the House by Mr. Fitzpatrick yesterday afternoon: In the…

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Motor Collision. Young Man Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 16

A motor car and motor cycle, with side-car, came into collision at the Post Office corner yesterday afternoon. The car was driven by Mr…

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Hebburn Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 4

At the Kurri Hospital, Mr. J. G. Brown, coroner,' opened an inquiry into the cause of death of George Kennedy, who killed by a fall of…

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Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 4

A collision' between the motor bus playing between West Maitland and Rothbury. owned by Mr. Hedley, and a motor car, driven by…

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Car Fatality Woman's Mind Affected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 16

When the inquiry into the death of Mrs. O'Keefe, of the Tweed River, who was killed by a motor car on the North Quay on the night of her…

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Captain's Certificate Suspended for Three Months. Steamer Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 3

In the Marine Court in Sydney Captain William Wills, master of the steamer Saros, was called upon to show cause why his certificate should not…

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Miner Killed. Hebburn Fatality. a Fall of Coal. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 4

George Kennedy, 28, single, and a miner employed at Hebburn was killed in No. 1 Kirk's section this morning…

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Clipper Boy Injured. Boy Crushed Between Skips. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 5

While working in Pelaw main colliery yesterday aftenoon. a clipperboy named Fred Campbell, aged 16, of Kurri, was ernshed between two…

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Accident to a Boy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 16

Frank McNulty, aged 12, stepson of Mr. J. Varnum, of Elizabeth-street, met with a very painful accident on 29[?] utl. at the boys'…

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Chief Inspector's Report. Fire Accidentally Caused

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 5

The report of Mr. J. P. Hindmar[?] Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, in connection with the Bellbird disaster, was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on…

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Motor Accident an Unlucky Lift

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 2

Charles Garner and his son, six years old, were taken to hospital at Broken Hill, Garner with a broken leg and cuts about, the head, and his son…

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Bellbird Fire Accidental. Official Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 8

"The fire appears to have been caused accidentally," says Mr J. F. Hindmarsh, Chief Inspector of Coal Minos, dealing with the Bellbird disaster, in…

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Motor Car Accident. Smash at Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 September 1923 · page 5

A smash between two motor cars at the intersection of Pitt and Church street was narrowly averted on Saturday…

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Motors Narrowly Escape Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 2

Mr G. N. Burns' six-cylender Ockland and Mr G. Roberts;s four cylinder Dodge narrowly escaped colliding with each other shortly after 11 a.m. on…

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Hebburn Fatality. G. M. Kennedy's Death. Accidentally Killed. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 2

The adjourned inquiry into the death of George Maine Kennedy, a miner, who was killed by a fall of stone in Hebburn colliery on the 6th…

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Motor Fatality. on Lonely Bush Track Car Overturns. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

A fatal motor car accident occurred in the vicinity of Cunnamulla on Saturday. A motor car, containing four…

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Five Persons Injured Motor Acceidens on [?] Road. Sulky and Cart Collide. When Help Is Being Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 1

There were unusual happenings on the Aberdeen road near the Muswellbrook butter factory on Saturday evening, shortly after seven o'clock…

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Another Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 1

A side can attached to a motor cycle separated from the latter while being driven, up Brook-street. The occupant was a young lady, who…

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Shocking Accident. Sawmill Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 4

Arthur McCurrie, aged 27, son of Mr. William McCurrie, of Glencoe, near Condoboling, met a shocking accident at Foster's sawmills, near…

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