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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 65

Mine Disputes. Trouble at Richmond Main Four Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 6

Fur men were injured in Richmond Main mine yesterday, two of them being wellknown district boxers…

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Drowning Fatality. Misadventure at Kearsley. Young Girl the Victim. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred between Kearsley, and Abernethy yesterday afternoon. Margaret Madden, a school girl 14…

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Motor Fatality a Charge of Manslaughter (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 2

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Doris M'Cauley, seven and a half years old, who was killed in a motor accident at…

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Young Girl Drowned. Bathing Fatality at Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 7

A girl named Marguerite Madden, 14 1/2 years of age, daughter of Mrs. Allsopp, who has been married a second time, and resides at Kearsley…

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Child Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 4

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Colditz, late of Cessnock, but now of Kurri Kurri, will regret to learn that their baby boy, Bernard, met…

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Wheeler Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 5

Harry Tlesdale, (17), a wheeler, employed at Aberdare South, was injured in the head by a fall of coal. He was admitted to the Cessnock…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 7

Henry Teasdale, employed in the Central mine, was addmitted to the Cessnock District Hospital this morning suffering from an injury…

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Drowning Fatality. Misadventure at Kearsley. Young Girl the Victim

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

A said drowning fatality occurred between Kearsley and Abernethy Wednesday afternoon. Margaret Madden a school girl 14…

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Shooting Accident. Returned Soldier Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 7

Charles Dand, 50, a returned soldier, and farmer, went into a back room in a house at Glenfern, in the New Norfolk district to obtain a gun…

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Railway Fatality. Woman Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 9

A woman toppled on to the rails from tho platform of the Prahran station last night, and was killed instantly by a train…

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Driving Fatality. Rider by Coroner

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

An inquiry was conducted by 'the Coroner, Mr. G. B. Morris, into the fatal accident to William S. Robinson, of Upper Manning, last Monday…

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Sisters Drowned. South Australian Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 16

While four little girls were playing by the banks of the River Light, at Hamley Bridie, (S.A.), Daphne Brunson 15) and Lorrice Branson (12)…

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Windlass Fatality. Man Falls Down Shaft

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

While engaged on a windows at the head of a sewerage shaft in South Brisbane on Saturday Frank Watts fell down the shaft after a bucket of…

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Fall of Gravel. Fatality Near Moree

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

A chocking fatality occurred in a gravel pit about five miles from Moree, by which man mimed Thos. Daley lost his life…

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Motor Fatality. School Girl Run Over

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 9

Whilst skipping in Auburn-road, Auburn, on 18th inst. Irene Christie, between 9 and 10 years of age, was run over by a motor lorry…

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Child Injured. £75 Damage Awarded

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

A claim was made in the Sydney District Court on behalf of Isabel Wilson, aged 7, daughter of the Rose Bay Park ranger, for £400 damages from the…

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Constable Injured. Charge of Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 6

Arthur Fisher and Norman Hanne man were remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted Constable James…

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Three Injured. Car and Tram Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 14

A motor car collided with a tram in Military-road Sydney, late on Sunday afternoon, and three of the seven occupants—Cyril Wilson (driver) Charles…

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Three Injured. Motor Smash at Nowra

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

A serious motor smash occurred a mile out of Nowra on the Main South-Coast road. A party consisting of Messrs Selby…

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Cycling Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 4

Allen Eckford, 17 years of age, son of Mr. A. E. Eckford, of Bellata living with his grandfather in Banks-street, East Maitland, had his…

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