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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Two Injured. Motor Car Capsizes. and Then Takes Fire. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 3

A motor-car party came from Scone to Muswellbrook on Monday night, and on the return journey, when going down a steep incline at…

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Prince of Wales. Hunting Accident. a Fractured Collarbone. LONDON, Feb. 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 12

A hunter which the Prince of Wars was exercising this morning all, throwing the Prince heavily to the ground…

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Motor Accident. Steering Gear Fails. Gresford

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

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

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Death From Injuries Scone Motor Accident. Brave Rescuer

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

Doris Stores, who was injured in the Scone motor ACCIDENT, died in the Scott, Memorial Hospital, Scone, on Thursday afternoon…

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Accident While Recordbreaking

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 7

Paul Remaley, the American crack motor cyclist, tried to break the Sydney to Melbourne record on Thursday. He crashed, into a motor car near…

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Girl Killed. Lidcombe Motor Fatality. Nine Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

The victim of the Lidcombe motor [?]ality on Saturday, when two cars collided head on, was Miss Barbara Cox, 13 years of age, of Bondi…

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Newcastle Accidents. Several Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

John Danks, about 48 years of ago, and living in Hunter-street West, was removed to the hospital on saturday afternoon, suffering from…

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Cricketer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. J. F. Guy, or Lorn, whilst playing cricket on Saturday afternoon, played a ball which flew up and struck him on the chin. The…

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Kurri Fatality. Motor Car Crash. Coroner's Inquiry Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

Mr.George Brown, coroner, continued the inquiry this morning at Kurri Courthouse into the death of james Mitchell, aged 37, who was…

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Spine Injured. Potatoes Fall on Stevedore Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

A bag of potatoes fell 40 feet on to a stevedore named Alfred Fretwell, while the steamer Moorabool was being unloaded at Miller's Point to-day…

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Motor Crash. Nine People Injured. Alleged Stolen Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 6

A motor car which, it is alleged was stolen at Darlinghurst. on Saturday night crashed over an embankment at Heathcote, in the…

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Train Smash. Two Carriages Overturn. Many People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

A message from Bundeberg (Q.) states that a terrible accident occurred[?]on Sunday meaning shortly after 7 o'clock, to an excursion train…

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Motor Collision Girl Killed; Several Per Sons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 3

Two motor cars, a Dodge and a Ford, one bound for the mountains and the other coming to Sydney, collided on the Parramatta road, Lidcombw, on…

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Kurri Motor Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

The circumstances of the death of James Mitchell, a miner, arising out of a motor ca raccident near Kurri Kurri on the night of January 27…

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Motor Fatality. the Kurri Accident. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

The inquiry proceedings at Kurri Courthouse, after our report closed, resulted in James Bowden (who was driver of a Dodge motor car, which…

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Three Men Injured. Accidents at Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

Two serious accidents occurred at Wagga at the week-end. Two young men, Walter Ward and Jack Angel, who were riding a motor bicycle, were…

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Tragic Drowning. a Foolish Bet. Plucky Rescues

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

In a foolba[?]dy attempt to win a wager, a fireman from the Orient steamer Osterley was drowned in Sydney Harbour on Friday night…

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Stolen Car Crashes Nine People [Injured, Two Arrested. Sunday Morning Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

A motor car which was stolen at Darlinghurst on Sunday night crashed over an embankment at Heath-cote, in the Sutherland district, early…

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Woman Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

A car containing Mr. Isles, Misses Isles, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, and Mr. Allo, was proceeding on Saturday from Sydney on a holiday excursion south…

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Sailor's Mad Prank Drowned in Sydney Harbour

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

On Friday night four firemen of the steamer Osterley, who were celebrating their last night ashore, prior to the vessel's departure for London, were…

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