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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Recent Cycling Fatality Strong Remarks by Coroner Fast Driving and Riding on Footpaths

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 10

An inquiry was held on Wednesday afternoon by the District Coroner, Mr. George Brown, into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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Girl Killed. Lidcombe Motor Fatality. Nine Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 14

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

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Girl Killed. Nine Men Injured. Cars in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 9

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

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Three Men Injured. Accidents at Wagga

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 16

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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Crushed to Death. Stanford Fatality. Accidental Death. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

Mr. G. Brown resumed the adjourned inquiry into the death of Aubrey Lindsay, a stationary motor engine driver, aged 17, who was…

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Kurri Accidents. Two Persons Injured. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 7

Geo Tinlin, a trapper, received a la[?]erated right leg at Pelaw Main Colliery to-day. He was removed to hospital…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Charged in Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 3

Early on the night of May 19 of last year, Mrs. Catherine O'Keefe, wife of a farmer of Bilambil, near Tweed Heads, arrived in Brisbane on…

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Woman Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 16

A car containing Mr. Isles, Migges Isles, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, and Mr. Alle, was proceeding on Saturday from Sydney on a holiday excursion South…

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Kurri Fatality. Motor Car Crash. Coroner's Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 13

Mr. George Brown, coroner, continued the inquiry on Monday at Kurri Courthouse into the death of James Mitchell, aged 37, who was…

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Killed in Collision Car and Motor Cycle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

Fatal results attended a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle on the Rylstono-road. The motor cycle was driven by Eric…

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Car in Flames. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 16

After skidding an the street and footpath for about 30 yards, a motor car overturned at Burwood on Monday afternoon…

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Spine Injured. Potatoes Fall on Stevedore

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 14

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 on…

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Attacked in Bed. Man's Neck Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 9

Henry Josephs, 27, was charged at the Central Court, Sydney, with having [?]eloniously wounded Alfred Trenholme with intent to murder…

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Collision. at Sydney Heads. Pilot Boat and Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 7

A sensational collision occurred at Sydney Heads on Wednesday between the pilot steamer Captain Cook and the French steamer St. Joseph as the…

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Severe Collision. Motor Car and Sanitary Waggon. Brisbane Sensation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 9

A teriffic collision occurred in Queen-street, Brisbane at half-past two o'clock on 14th inst. between a motor car driven by Carl Johnson…

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Gas Explosion. in Aberdare Mine. Miner Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 9

An alarm was caused in Aberdare Colliery, Cessnock, on 15th inst., by an explosion, caused through a naked light coming in contact with a pocket…

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Girl Injured. Knocked Down My Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

Miss E. Thompson, aged 18 years a waitress employed by Messrs. Way's Limited, and living in Railway-street, Hamilton, was admitted to the…

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Motor Crash. Nine People Injured. Alleged Stolen Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 14

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

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Ferry Mishap. Smash Into Wharf. Several Passengers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 5

Shortly before 6 o'clock, last evening, the ferry steamer Kuramia, which was crowded with passengers, crashed bow first into the Milson's…

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Two Killed. Twelve Persons Injured. Char[?]-banc's Plunge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 13

The wheels of a motor char-a-bane loaded with 27 passengers skidded over a narrow part of the road over Mount Dandemong (Vic.) on Saturday…

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