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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 96

Accident to Mr. O'Hearn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. Michael O'Hearn, who was knocked down by a motor char-a-bane on Monday afternoon, is still an inmate of a private hospital. His…

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Motor Accident. Steering Gear Fails. Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 7

A motor accident happened to Mr. E. Barling, of Gresford, on Wednesday morning. Mr. Barling was driving a motor…

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Severe Collision. Motor Car and Sanitary Waggon. Brisbane Sensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 6

A teriffic collision occurred in Queens-street, Brisbane at half-past two o'clock on Thursday morning between a motor car driven by Carl Johnson…

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Miner Injured. Gas Fire in Aberdare Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 7

A gas fire occurred ia Aberdare Colliery this morning which resulted in a miner named R. (Fez) Findlay receiving burns, which…

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Attacked in Bed. Man's Neck Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 5

Henry Josephs, 27, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having feloniously wounded Alfred Trenholme with intent to murder…

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The Motor Smash. Death of Miss Stores. Further Details of Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

Miss Doris Stores, one of the victims of Monday's sensational motor smash on the Scone-Muswellbrock road, succumbed to her…

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Motor Car Accident Miraculous Escape

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

A motor car accident, which was fortunately unattended with loss of life, occurred at Mount View on Sunday afternoon. A party of…

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Girl Killed. Nine Men Injured. Cars in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

Two motor cars met in a head-on collision at the corner of Gallipoli-street and Parramatta-road. Lidcombe this morning…

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A Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 9

A collision occurred at the approach to Dunolly Bridge between a motor car and motor cycle. The car is owned by Mr. H. J. Geary, of Dunolly, and was…

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Not Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 4

In regard to the paragraph which appeared in last evening's issue concerning injures reported to have been sustained by him Mr. Leslie…

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Fatal Collision. Two Lives Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

The ferry steamer Cober collided with a launch containing 13 persons, including four stokers of the warship Chatham and four young women at…

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Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

When Tuckbridge fell in the Hurdle race, J. Halden, the rider, was kicked on the head and fatally injured. He was removed to…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed at Oatley

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 9

The mulilated body of Donald Griffith Marshall (25), single, of Penshurst (Sydney), was found on the permanent way near Oatley station at 1.30…

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Motor Fatality. Cycle Over a Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

James O'Leary, 58, and John Carrol, 28, were riding in a motor cycle on the road near Black Rock (Vic.) when the cycle swerved at a corner and jumped…

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Motor Smash. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

Late on Saturday night a motor lorry on which three men, in addition to the driver, were riding, crahsed into an electric-light pole…

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Lift Falls. Two Workmen Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 16

While working on a lift at the factory of Electric Motors, Ltd., at Redfern on Tuesday, Normna Cowell and John Clarke, 37, were badly…

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Motor Overturns. Woman Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

Owing to the tyre of a motor car blowing out a Footscray (Vic), the car turned over. The driver, Mr. Bowen, of Messrs…

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Strange Explosion. Two Men Injured at Sea

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

When the steamer, Kapara, from Kembla with a cargo of coal, was six miles off Cape Otway, Chief-officer Buck and the boatswain were taking…

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Gas Explosion. in Aberdare Mine. Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 4

An alarm was caused in Aberdare Colliery, Cessnock on Friday, by an explosion, caused through a naked light coming in contact with a pocket…

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Attacked by Shark. Woman Shockingly Injured Leo and Foot Torn Off

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

Bronte beach was the scene of a serious shark attack on Wednesday, when Nita Derrett, a saleswoman, 30, years of age, a resident of Huristone…

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