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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 65

A Collision

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

A motor car, coming from Greta, collided with a horse, the property of Mr. James Lightfoot, on the Allandale Road, on Friday night. The…

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Detonator Explodes. Boy Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

At 5 a.m. on Monday morning, while waiting for the milk cart to come along, Lindsay Munro, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R…

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Local and General Wind Storm Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

Alexander Clarke met with a fatal accident at Sunbury Station, in the Garah district on Tuesday. He had been engaged in scrub cutting on…

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Cars in Collision (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

Owing to a sensational collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Liverpool-street and Barcomavenue, Sydney, Dr. F. R. P. Murphy…

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Sir Timothy Coghlan. Motoring Accident. London, Dec. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 5

Sir Timothy Coghlan (Agent-General for New South Wales), was injured in a motor smash near Mariborough. His condition is not…

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Accident to Constable Laycock

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

While chasing an aboriginal who had escaped from police custody on Saturday, Constable Laycock met with a very painful accident. While going…

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Quarry Explosion. Workman Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 2

James Sparrock lost his life in an explosion at Mount [?] quarry Mudgee. Deceased banded two holes with going…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

Mr. Robert Lunney, of Church-street, was feeding meat to his dogs on Monday night, when his left hand came in contact with a knife…

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Clipper Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 4

Andrew Archibald, 18, a clipper was run over by a set of five empty skips in the Richmond-Main Colliery. He was passing along and…

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Three Injured. Motor Car Capsize. Two Pinned to the Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 6

When a motor car capsized in Centennial Park last night, two men were pinned underneath it, and one was severely injured. Another occupant was…

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Fell From Train. Travelling at High Speed. Two Children Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 5

Arthur Cooper, aged six, and Dorothy Cooper, three years of age, fell from train which is said to have been travelling at forty miles and hour…

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Fatally Scalded. Rinderpest. Shocking Accident Near Singleton. Boy's Death. Singleton. Friday. Preparing Inoculation Serum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 5

A shocking scalding accident, which ended fatally. occurred at Newinton, near Singleton, on Wednesday evening. The victim was Lindsay Irvine Although Mr. W.A.N. Robertson the Chief Veterinary Officer for Victoria, at present assisting in the investigation of the cattle disease in…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 4

Mr. John Daley, who resines at Miller's Forest, was found lying in an unconscious condition on the road near Morpeth late yesterday…

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Accident on Building

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

An accident, which, fortunately, was not attended with serious consequences, occurred yesterday afternoon at the United Service Hotel…

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Five Injured. Motor Car Somersaults. Unusual Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 14

Five persona were injured in a motor accident which occurred on the Parramatta-road on Sunday afternoon and were taken to Windsor…

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Riding Fatality. Chushed by Horse

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 6

The death took place early on Sunday at Edgeroi of Mr. Kenneth Charles Alexander Nevison Smith, aged 29 years, as the result of an…

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Shocking Scalding Fatality Schoolboy's Sad Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 6

On Wednesday last, at 5 p.m., a shocking scalding accident that resulted fatally occurred at Newhigton, near Singleton. The victim was Lindsay…

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Plunged Into River Young Man Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 9

While Percy Banville, 25, single, was being interrogated at the Mary-borough Police Station (Q.) suddenly he dashed out of the office, ran to the…

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Man Drowned. Collapse of a Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 14

While a bridge at Ohutu, in the Tarhape district (N.Z). was being dismantled, the structure collapsed and fell 80ft. into the river…

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