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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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

Pole Snapped. Telegraph Linesman Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 5

Through the sudden breaking of a telegraph pole, on which he was working, Robert Lowe, a linesman, was dashed to the ground and…

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Motor Overturns. Driver and Passenger Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 5

A motor car overturned at Sydenham early this morning. The five occupants were thrown to the ground, and driver Wilkerson…

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Viscount Injured. by Flying Glass. New York, Dec. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 2

A Tokio message states that the Pince Regent narrowly escaped death from the assailant's bullets. He was motoring to the Diet building to…

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Brutal Assault Government Official Injured. Kicked by Ruffians. BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 5

Henry Tryon, Government Etymologist, was walking through the grounds of the Boys' and Girls' Grammar School last night, when…

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Accident at Kurri Kurri. Woman's Arm Broken. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 5

Mrs. William Hughes, of Cessnock street, Kurri, sustained a broken arm last evening when leaving the 'bus travelling between Maitland and…

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Drowning Fatality. Boy Scout's Fate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 3

While assisting to land a party in a dinghy from a launch which ran on a sandbank at Southport (Q.), on Saturday, a Boy Scout, Thomas Lewis…

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle and Car Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 6

Gordon H. Hard, a painter, while riding a bicycle at Claremont (Q.), was struck by a motor car. He was lifted from the machine, and…

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Chinese Injured Melee at Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 2

A melee occurred amongst Chinese gardeners at Kelso, near Bathurst, as a result of which Quin War was admitted to the district hospital…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 4

Whilst proceeding along Parallel-street near the West Maitland railway station on Saturday night, a motor car, driven by Mr. S…

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Lucky Accident. Boy's Life Saved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 3

A boy named Page, who was in a sulky smash between Charleville and Bulloo (Q.), was given another lease of life when he was thrown…

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