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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 65

Motor Overturns. Five Seamen Injured

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

Five sailors from H.M.A.S. Adelaide and Melbourne and tic driver of motor car, in which they were seated, had narrow escapes when the motor…

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Brakes Failed. Motor Accident on Bulli Pass

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

A motor Occident occurred on Bulli Pass. Mr. Frederick Davis, a drapery traveller, accompanied by his wife and two children, was travelling from…

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Fall From Mourning Coach a Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 5

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

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Drowning Fatality. Coronial Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 4

The inquest touching the death of Ernest Augustine Harpley, who was drowned in the Hunter River, near Walka Waterworks, on Friday, was…

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Constable Shot. One Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 3

Senior Constable Cuohane and Constable Grahame late on Saturday night, at Frankstone, (Vic.), noticed three men in a motor car. As they…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 4

Several members of the Heddon-Greta Cricket Club, when returning from Lochinvar on Saturday evening, has a narrow escape from serious…

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Motor Fatality Man Killed, Woman Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 3

A tragedy occurred, at Manly at 7 p.m. on Sunday. A motor car driven by Edward Tindale, of Newport, was proceeding towards Manly, and was…

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Richmond-Main Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 4

The inquiry into the death of John Hughes, the miner, who was fatally injured, by a fall of stone in the Richmond-Main Colliery on the 16th…

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A Boy Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 2

Ernest Harpley, aged 12 years, was drowned in the Hunter River, just above the waterworks intake at Maitland, on Friday afternoon. He and…

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Injured by Log

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 4

Policy Wilcher, and employee of the Thornton sawmills, and living in Brisbane-street, East Maitland, slipped whilst assisting in the sawing…

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Sad Drowning Case Children See Father Perish

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 2

A particularly sad surfing fatality occurred at Curl Curl on Sunday morning, when John Rankin, aged 48. a married, man, was caught in the undertow…

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One Killed. and Seven Injured. Railway Works Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Monday on Glenreagh Dorrige railway, between Leigh and Megan, about nine miles from the town…

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Boys Death. Through Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 3

A shooting fatality occurred at Ellendale, (Tas.), on Sunday afternoon, in which Borris Ivan Rayner, aged 11 years, of Ellendale, was the Victim…

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Premature Explosion Fatality in Cutting. Seven Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 3

One man was killed and seven seriously injured by the premature explosion of a charge of rackarock, which was being used to blow away…

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Colliery Fatality Coroner's Enquiry. John Hughes' Death. Kuri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. Geo. Brown, conducted an inquiry into the death of John Hartley Hughes, miner, who was killed at Richmond…

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Recent Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

The recent accident whereat a horse and sulky were run down by a mail train, occurred at Mt. George crossing and not at Ward's River…

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Mining Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 4

A miner named Arthur Viney was the victim of an accident in the Aberdare Central Colliery on Wednesday, as a result of which he…

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Drowning Fatality. Coronial Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1923 · page 14

The inquest touching the death of Ernest Augustine Harpley, who was drowned, in the Hunter River, near Walka Waterworks, on 16th inst., was…

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Blasting Fatality One Man Killed, Seven Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 November 1923 · page 6

A premature explosion of a blast on the Glenreagh-Dorrigb railway, work, nine miles from Dorrigo, on Thursday resulted in one man, Augele Meffsed,…

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Richmond-main Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1923 · page 6

Evidence in connection with the inquiry into the death of John Arthur Hughes, who was fatally Injured by a fall of stone in Richmond…

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