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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 65

Fatallly Injured. Fell Down Hold

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

Shortly before 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, J. Harris, 28, a seaman. [?]d a member of the crew of the steamer Dilga, lying at the Steel…

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Quarry Explosion. Workman Fatali[?] Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 1

James Sharrock lost his life in an [?] at Mount Finewi[?] quarry Mudgee. Deceased [?] two hores with…

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Motors Collide. Doctor Severely Injured. Sydney

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

Owing to a sensational collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Liverpool-street and Barcome Avenue, City, Dr. F. Murphy…

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Free Fight. Picknickers Injured. Three Removed to Hospital

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

Four of twenty young people who took, part in a motor omnibus picnic from Newcastle to Swansea on Sunday were treated at the Newcast's…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 2

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

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Boating Fatality. Young Man Drowned. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 5

A sad boating fatality occurred on the Manning River, at Coraki, on Sunday morning. Three men were in a pulling beat…

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Diving Fatality. Man Killed at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 3

Edward Stewart, 26, a steel worker, living at Tighe's Hill, while swimming at the Bar Beach on Saturday morning, dived from what is…

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Double Drowning. St. George's River Tragedy. Girl Victims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 6

Two girls were drowned in the George's River, at Bankstown, on Sunday afternoon, in tragic circumstances…

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Mail Car Overturns. Driver' Fatally Injured. Pinned Down. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 5

Sid Bowers, aged 24, son of Mr. Charles Bowers, of Taree, the driver of the Tuncurry mail car, was driving along the main North Coast road…

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Double Drowning Fatality Parents See Daughter Perish

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

A very sad double drowning fatality occurred at George's River on Sunday afternoon, when Violet Bryant, aged 13, and Ruby Lee, aged 12, lost their…

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Mysterious Drowning. Accident at Sandy Creek. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Sandy Creek on Sunday afternoon under rather peculiar circumstances. Ivy Edith Whiting, as was her…

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Young Woman Drowned. a Mysterious Occurence

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 7

Miss Ivy Edith Writing, 26 years of ago, daughter of Mr. William Josph, whiting, who resided with her pa[?] on their farm at Sandy…

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Miner Injured. by Runaway Skip. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 5

Arthur Smith, a miner, was severely injured on Saturday during the afternoon shift at Abermain South Colliery by a runaway skip. He was badly…

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A Painful Accident. Finger Caught in Machinery. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 5

Whiles working in the bakehouse of Nattias Bros. backers, this morning. Allan Irving, while attending to the machinery, had his fingers caught. He…

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Accident Near Taree Car Driver Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

Sydney Bowers, aged 25, son of Charles Bowers, mail contractor, of Tarèe, on Saturday night took a man named Phillips and a child for a drive…

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Fatal Diving Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

Edward Stewart, aged 26 yoars, a steel, worker, living at Tighe's Hill, while swimming at the Bar Beach on Saturday morning, dived from what is…

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Accident at Bakery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 4

One of the men employed at Nattruss' bakery, Vincent Street, Cessnock, Allan Irving, was the victim of a very painful accident this…

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Picnic Fatality. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 7

A picnic party, comprising five young women and a man, were returning from Benger to Bunbury (W.A.), when the motor car skidded and overturned…

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Kurri Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 4

Mrs. T. Smith, proprietress of a general store business at Kurri, was being driven in a car out of the yard of her residence on Sunday…

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Drowning Fatalities

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 December 1923 · page 3

Whilst bathing in the river at Bourke on Sunday, in compaay with a number of other boys and adults, a [?] named Colin Jones, aged nine years,…

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