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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 65

Motor Car Capsizes. Wedding Guests Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 3

An Unfortunate sequel to a wedding occurred just outside Armidale city boundary. While a car with a load of guests was travelling to…

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Sleep-walker Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

Mr George Boyd, a well-known shearing contractor, was Sound lying beneath the back balcony of the Imperial Hotel at Walgett in a serious condition…

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Surf Tragedy. Two Children Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 7

Two children were drowned in the surf at Freshwater. They were Austen Hands (14), and his 12-year-old sister, Beryl Grace, of…

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Painful Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 12

A somewhat remarkable and certainly most unpleasant and dangerous experience befel a motor cyclist while riding in Armidale…

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The Recent Motor Accident. Death of Mr. "Wig" Wells

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 10

The motor accident which occurred near Heddon-Greta on Saturday, 13th instant, while a party was being Driven to Heddon-Gretal races…

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Double Surf Fatality Two Children Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

A sad fatality ocurred at Freshwater on Wednesday afternoon, when Austen Hands, aged 14, and his 12-year-old sisgirl ashore in an unconscious state. All…

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Buchanan Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 11

The coroner's inquiry into the death of John Henry Coward, aged 15 years, who was killed in the bush at Buchanan last week while…

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Collision. Train and Waggon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 11

A serious accident was narrowly averted near Gosford on Monday week, when as small train, carrying a full complement of passengers, crashed…

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Surf Tragedy. Two Children Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 5

Two children were drowned in the surf at Freshwater. They were Austen Hands (14), and his 12-year-old sister, Beryl Grace, of…

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Tram Accident. Excitement at Melbourne. 28 Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 11

A Melbourne message states that 28 persons were injured, five badly, when a cable tram jumped the points at South Melbourne last night…

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Motor Car Capsizes. Wedding Guests Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 3

All unfortunate sequel to a wedding occurred just outside Armidale city boundary. While a car with a load of guests was travelling to…

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Steamers in Collision. the Nautilus Sunk. Four Men Missing. London, January 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 13

Reuter's Antwerp correspondent stales that the British India steamer Austral in collided in the Scheldt with the London steamer Nautilus…

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Trams Collide. a Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 3

At the points at the intersection of Cleveland-street and City Road, Sydney, there was a peculiar tram accident on Friday afternoon. A St…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 5

When taking part in the Maitland Bicycle Club's road race on Saturday afternoon, D. Farrell, the young Homeville rider, met with a…

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Collision with Tram. Motor Cyclist Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and sidecar and a tram at Darlinghurst on Saturday afternoon, J. A. Mullins (40), driver…

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River Tragedy. Drowned at Hawkesbury. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 4

Arthur Eaton Lee, [?] a boarding house keeper at the Hawkesbury River, left his home to lisit on the river yesterday afternoon…

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Trains Collide. Smash at Parraimatta. Two Passengers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

Two persons were injured by a collision on Sunday night between a shunting train and a stationary passenger train at Parramatta. Two…

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Collision Between Trains. Two Passengers Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

Two persons were injured, neither very seriously, when a collision occurred between two trains at Parramatta on Sunday night. Several carriages…

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Fatal Railway Collision Two Killed, Ten Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

Two persons were killed and 10 seriously injurod in a sensational railway collision at Adelaide. Two engines met head on, and one…

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Cyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

About midnight on Sunday, as Messrs J. Wardrop and C. Evans, of Singleton, were returning home in the former's car along the Maitland-road,…

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