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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

1,288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 65

Boating Accident a Brave Action. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

On seeing a dinghy capsize and leave two girls and an elderlyy man struggling in the water off Neilsen Park yesterday, Jack Henry Salford, without…

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Wheeler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

Bryant Hyde, a wheeler, employed in Kink's section, Hebburn Colliery, slipped and fell while turning a skip on Monday, and injured his…

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Impaled on Shaft. Cyclist Shockingly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 6

Alfred William Beale (21) was shockingly injured in a collision between the bicycle he was riding and a horse and sulky at Leichardt…

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The Maitland-road Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

Mr Albert E. Westley, who was badly hurt some weeks ago when a motor car collided with his bicycle on Maitland road, is now recovered sufficiently to be…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

Tuesday was an unlucky day for two little girls, viz., Misses May Buchtmann and Joyee Kime. The former, who is 11 years of age, and a daughter of Mrs…

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Drowning Fatality. Young Man's Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 5

While a number of young people were swimming in the Macquarie River at Warren, cries from two girls, Olive Reinhard had Genevieve…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 6

The many friends of Mrs. Henry Baxter, wife of the popular licensee of the Aberdare Hotel, will learn with feelings of regret of the death of her…

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Denman News. (From our Special Representative). ACCIDENT

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 1

The many friends of Mr. William Duggan will regret to hear that he met with a nasty accident on Tuesday night. He was engaged in fixing…

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Boating Fatality. Brisbane Visitor Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 13

One man lost his life and a second man had a terrible experience before being rescued at 'Brunswick Heads. Messrs. W. L. Arrell and W. J…

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Aviation Fatality. Collision with a Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 11

Telegrams received by the Western Australian Airways, Ltd., report a fatal accident on Tuesday, at Port Hedland (W.A.)…

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Sad Drowning Fatality Plucky Rescuer's Death. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 6

While a number of young people were swimming in the Macquarie River at Warren, the cries of two girls, Olive Reinhard and Genivieve Telhurst, in…

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Hand Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. Edwards, of Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, had his left thumb badly lacerated while working a circular saw in the ice works at Foggit…

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Sulky Fatality. Inquest at Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 14

The District Coroner held an inquest at Singleton, on February 1st. concerning the death of Eli Richardson, who was taken to the…

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Peculiar Explosion. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 9

As the result of an explosion at the works of D. H. Porter and Company, coppersmiths, Druitt-street, Sydney, Saturday morning last,…

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Tar Explosion. Council's Employee Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 7

As the result of the explosion some boiling [?] at Canterbury James Lane a council employee, is now in the Western [?]…

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Motor Fatality. Arthur Wells' Death. Driver Committedfor Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 9

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Arthur William Walla, who died in tho Kurri Kurri Hospital on January 21 of injuries in a…

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Impaled on Shaft. Cyclist Shockingly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 6

Alfred William Beale (21) was shockingly injured in a collision between the bicycle he was riding and a horse and sulky at Leichardt…

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Cut to Pieces. Train Fatality at Toowoomba Toowoomba

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 14

Caught by the cowcatcher of a train when crossing the line at Chinchilla on the ind inst., a middle-aged man named James…

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Firemen Injured. by Falling Roofing Iron. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 13

Two firemen were injured while attempting to extinguish a fire at a house at Fairfield. The outbreak originated in the…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 12

While attempting to reach some graps from a trellis at her home. Boundary street, on Tuesday evening, May Buchtmann, aged 11,…

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