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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 65

Railway Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 November 1923 · page 7

A workman, named Clement Hagney, residing at Allandale, met with on accident on the East Greta railway line on Friday afternoon…

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Motoring Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 November 1923 · page 4

While Mr. A. E. Kirk, manager of the Aberdare Central Colliery, was out driving in a motor car on Sunday one of the axles snapped after…

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Sad Burning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 2

A sad burning fatality is reported from Canoble Station, near Mossgiel, the infant son of Mr and Mrs E. Cleaver being the victim. The father…

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Shocking Accident. Cardiff Woman Terribly Burned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 6

A shocking burning accident the victim of which was Mrs. J. Lane, aged 39 years, the mother of three children, occurred at Evelien…

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Miner Injured at Central

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 8

An Aberdare Central miner, David Hodge, met with an accident yesterday. While at work a prop fell from its position and grazing the side of…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 4

News has been received in Maitland of the death in South Africa. of Mrs. C. Hooking, sister of Mrs. C. H. Morton, of Lorn, West Maitland…

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Railway Accident Victim Dies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 4

The death occurred in the Maitland Hospital early Thursday morning of Clement Heagney, 31, lately resident at Loohihvar, who was…

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Five Injured. Level Crossing Collision. Train and Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 11

Five persons were injured, a motor lorry was destroyed, and the Carlingford Clyde railway service held up for over half an hour through a…

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Sulky Accident. Collision and Runaway. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

Mr. R. A. Davis, of Laguna, who had driven into Cessnock yesterday afternoon to do some shopping, had his sulky smashed as the result of…

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Toll of the Surf. Young Woman Drowned. at Sans Souci

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 14

Miss Jean Fognetti, aged 25, of Arundel-street, Forest Lodge, was swept to sea and drowned at Sans Souci on Sunday afternoon in…

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Terrific Explosion. Gas Cylinders Burst. One Killed; Several Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 11

An explosion occurred on the wharf at Port Ahuriri (N.Z.) on Friday afternoon while some cylinders containing dissolved acetylene were being…

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Military Called Out. Melbourne Strike Develop Ment. Pickets of Soldiers and Sailors. Five Hundred Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 3

The city is now under the protection of the military. Last night, the garrison artillery and engineers, armed with rifles…

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Rioting and Looting Wild Scenes in Melbourne. Grave Result of Police Strike. Two Killed; Many Injured. Shops Pillaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 3

Serious developments in connection with the police strike occurred in Melbourne on Saturday night. Lawless mobs took charge of the centre of the city, and wild scenes of rioting and pillaging of shops took place…

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Motor Accidents. Becoming Too Frequent

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 16

The Parramatta coroner held an inquiry into the death of Irene Christie, aged 8, who died as a result of being knocked down by a motor…

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Shocking Accident. Cardiff Woman Terribly Burned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

A shocking burning accident, the victim of which was Mrs. J. Lane, aged 39 years, the mother of three children, occurred at Evelien…

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Six Injured. Sulkies in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 November 1923 · page 4

Two sulkies collided head-on with terrific force in Kogarsh Road, Kogarah, on Saturday night. Six people weer injured and both the vehicles…

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Head Blown Off. Tragic Fatality at Millfield

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 4

A tragic fatality occurred af Millfield on Sunday night, when Rob[?] Robinson, a laborer, residing on the Crawford Estate, had his head and…

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Miner Injured. Fall at Richmond-main. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 5

A fall of five cwt of coal in Richmond-Main this morning caught J. Penman, Weston's Soccer footballer, on the head and shoulders, inflicting nasty injuries. It is…

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Cyclist Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 5

Justice Harvey's motor car, driven by his daughter, knocked down a cyclist, Hugh Williams, in South Head Road last night. Williams' leg was…

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Weston Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 4

On Sunday, just before midnight Mr. George Freu of Weston was driving his new car from Singleton and when a mile from Weston one…

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