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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 65

Accident on Railway Line

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

An Australian Six motor car, driven by Mr. R. Lawrle, who runs a passenger mall to clarence Town, collided with the Morpeth train…

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LOCAL & General News Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Redgrove, a minor, living in Allandale-road, Cessnock, had his foot crushed by a fall of coal while working at the Aberdare…

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Strange Vehicular Accidents. Lorry, Silky and Wood-cart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 2

Early on Saturday night (writes our Muswellbrook correspondent), a motor lorry, containing three persons, Messrs, J. Watson, F…

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East Maitland Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Railways whether, in view of the fact that an accident had recently…

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Papyrus Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 7

According to the "Daily Chronicle" during the running of the St. Leger paayrus was cut a bout the hind legs and held freely from two…

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Motor Collision. Charge of Feloniously Slaying Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 5

Peter Macfarlane was further remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously slain John Stuart who last his life…

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Collision at Sea a Danger Spot. Vancouver, Sept. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 5

A message from San Pedro States that the battleship Texas carne into collision with the Steanier Steel Seafarer in a heavy fog in the vicinity…

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Motor Fatality. Ca[?] Overturnsonear Tenterfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred on the warwick-road 18 miles from Tenterfield. Mr. V. H. Evans an honorary…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Well-known Blandford Resident Run Down

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

Word was received here on Wednesday morning last of a shocking railway fatality, which occurred at Blandford on the previous evening,…

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Serious Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

On Sunday evening last a serious accident, occurred when Ethel Mackay, a stranger to the town and a member of a visiting theatrical…

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Accident on Railway Line

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

An Australian Six motor car, driven by Mr. H. Lawrie, who runs a passenger mail to Clarence Town, collided with the Morpeth train on…

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Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 6

Mr. Tom Redgrove, of Al[?]andale Road, was injured in the Aberdare Colliery on Monday morning, while following his occupation as a miner…

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Shunting Accident. Young Man Terribly Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 5

William Zoppi, a shunter on the Dyke, endeavoured to board a moving coal truck this morning, but fell underneath it, and had, [?] left arm…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 14

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 Mr Vere Evans Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 8

Mr Yore H. Evans, an honorary official in connection with the forthcoming Brisbane-Sydney motor reliability trial, was killed on Wednesday night…

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Motor Collision. Charge of Feloniously Slaying. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 4

Peter Macfarlane was further remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously slain John Stuart Ramsay, who lost his life…

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Clipper Boy Injured. Boy Crushed Between Skips

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 14

While working in Pelaw Main colliery on 7th inst. a clipper-boy, named Fred Camphell, aged 16, of Kurri, was crushed between two…

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Motor Fatality. on Lonely Bush Track. Car Overturns. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 14

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

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Strange Vehicular Accidents. Lorry, Sulky and Wood-cart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 7

Early on Saturday night (writes our Muswellbrook correspondent) a motor lorry, containing three per[?]sons, Messrs. J. Watson, F…

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Shocking Accident. Sawmill Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 16

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

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