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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 65

Sulky Accident

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

Miss Brooks, who resides at S[?] met with a serous accident yesterday. As a result, she is an inmate of Riverview Private Hospital,…

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Man Killed. Four Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 4

The boiler of W. O'Reilly's chief cutting engine exploded at Ardlethan while the machine was working on F. Jennings' farm, [?] and a half mile…

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Accident at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 4

Wesley Battle, aged 9 years, son of Ensign Battle, of East Maitland, met with a peculiar accident yesterday. Accompanied by his parents…

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Accidents at Richmond-Main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 4

William Farmer, n miner, employed at Richmond-Main colliery, was Struck on the forehead yesterday by a piece of coal and received surgical…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 4

John Penman, the well-known Weston Soccer player, who was injured by a fall of coal in the Richmond Main Colliery, is making…

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Motorist Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature befell Mr G. Freu, of Weston, on Sunday night, while driving his now car home from Singleton. When about a mile…

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Electrocuted. Fatality at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 5

A man named W. Heaves, living in Kenrick-street, junction, was working in a trench at the electric light station to-day, when he apparently…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 6

G. Sweeney, aged 47, of Moreland road, Brunswick (Vic.), who was riding a motor cycle along the Sydney road, Coburg, and had as passengers in…

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Motor Bus Hits Wall Avoiding a Collision. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 2

A fully loaded motor bus, in trying to avert a collision in Liverpool-street this morning, crashed into the side wall of Buckland's Chambers. The car…

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Boy Drowned in River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 4

Word was received by the police this afternoon that a boy whose name is believed to be Harvie, had been drowned in the Hunter River, above…

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Millfield Fatality Evidence at the Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 7

The District Coroner, Mr. George Brown, held an inquest on Wednesday afternoon at the Cessnock Court House into the death on Sunday last…

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Gun Accident. Young Man Loses Arm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 6

Clive Bogie, a young man, returning home to Fine Flower, near Copmanhurst, from a shooting excursion, was passing through a gate with his…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 4

A twelve years old boy, Ernes Harpley, was drowned in the Hunter River, just above the waterworks intake, yesterday afternoon. He was…

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Six Injured. Sulkies in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 14

Two sulkies collided head-on with terrible force in Kogarah Road, Kogarah, on 10th instant. Six people weer injured and both the vehicles…

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Sulky Accident. Collision and Runaway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 9

Mr. R. A. Davis, of Laguna, who had driven into Cessnock on 9th inst. to do some shopping, had his sulky smashed as the result of…

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Miner Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 4

John Hughes a miner, employed in Richmond Main Colliery, was fatally injured in a fall of stone yesterday morning at 8.30. He died in Kurri…

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Injured at Aberdare Central

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 4

Two accidents occurred in Aberdare Central Colliery yesterday. A wheeler named McDonald was caught by a fall of stone and was badly injured about…

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Electrocuted. Fatality at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 5

A man named W. Heaves, living in Kenrick-street, Junction, was working in a trench at the electric light station to-day, when he apparently…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 8

G. Sweeney, aged 47, of Moreland-road, Brunswick (Vic.), who was riding a motor cycle along the Sydney. [?] Coburg, and had as passengers in…

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Man Killed. Four Others Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 6

The boiler of W. O'Reilly's chaff cutting engine exploded at Ardlethan while the machine was working on F. Jennines' farm, one and a half mile…

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