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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 65

Boy Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2

A drowning, case occurred at Undercliffe on Sunday afternoon, when Albert Ferguson, 10 years of age, last his life. He noticed his…

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Motor Car Accident Woman Killed and Other Passengers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2

A woman was killed, a man seriously injured, and three other occupants injured less seriously when a motor car overturned in Wilson…

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Yass Fatality. Thrown From Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 6

John Kenny, aged 24 years, the proprietor of a sporting goods store at Yass, met with a fearful motor cycle accident near Bookham. He was…

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Double Motor Fatality Shire President and Wife Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 1

A shocking double fatality occurred at Temora late on Thursday night, when Councillor Charles Hawkins, president of the Narraburra Shire, and his…

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Double Motor Fatality. Shire President and Wife Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2

A shocking double fatality occurred at Temora late on Thursday night, when Councillor Charles Hawkins, president of the Narraburra Shire,…

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Injured While Diving Young Man's Misfortune

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 5

A Cessnock young man, named Delaney, aged 18, was the victim of an accident while diving in the dam near Neath on Sunday. Delaney…

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Motor Smash One Killed, Four Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 3

A motor car skidded and overturned on the Windsor-road at about noon on Sunday. A young woman was killed, and four persons were injured—one…

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An Extraordinary Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 4

An extraordinary accident pere[?] a workman on the railway line near the Macksville bridge. A boiler was being rolled away and in trying to avoid it…

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Spine Broken. Fatality at Steel Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1923 · page 3

While at work in the pig-breaking yard at the Steel Works late on Tuesday afternoon, George E. Barr, a married man, living at Islington…

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Collision in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1923 · page 4

A collision between a sulky and a train occurred in High-street last evening. Mr. L. McCann, of Hinton and Mr. McMahon, of Morpeth, were…

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Wheeler Injured at Ashtonfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1923 · page 4

Leslie Chipperfield, a wheeler, employed at Ashtonfields Colliery was jambed between a prop and a moving skip. He was brought to the surface…

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Young Woman's Death. Accidentally Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 9

The District Coroner. Mr. George Brown, held an inquest at the Cessnock Courthouse into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Jockey Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 5

When Onward fell in the first division of the Nursery Handicap A. Wond, the rider, sustained a contusion to the knee and conclusion…

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Yass Fatality. Thrown From Motor Cycle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 16

John Kenny, aged 21 years, the proprietor of a sporting goods store at Yass, met with a fearful motor cycle accident near Bockham. He was…

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Spine Broken. Fatality at Steel Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 3

While at work in the pig-breaking yard at the Steel Works late on Tuesday afternoon George E. Earr, a married man, living at Islington…

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Fractured Skull. Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 5

A man, whose name is believed by the police to be Stephenson, died from injuries received in an accident at Summer Hill last night…

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Fatally Injured. Smash Into Telegraph Pole. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 5

John Charles Milton, 26, and Alex Thurman, both of Croydon, were injured, the former seriously, in a motor cycle smash near Windsor late on…

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Constable Injured. Hit with Bottle of Beer. Nose Broken and Teeth Smashed. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 5

Viciously assaulted outside an hotel at Balmain last night, Constable Walter Booth had to be treated later at the local hospital for a broken…

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Accident in Melbourne-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 4

Mr. D. Read, of Gloucester, was proceeding along Melbourne-street, East Maitland, yesterday afternoon in a sulky, when his horse, frightened by…

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Fractured Spine. Death Follows Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 13

While Dr. D. O'Hara and his wife of Barcaldine (Q.) were motoring along the Aramac road a tyre came off one of the wheels. The car skidded and…

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