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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Drowning [?] TRAGEDY [?] Fate O[?]cuer. [?] PORTLAND

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

A dreadful t[?]rowning case took place here [?]day the victims being Que[?] Burgess, aged 16 and 14 respectively,…

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Riding Fatality. MRS. J. S. Gam Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Mrs. Annie Maude Gam, of Mall Creek, Dingadee, near Dungog, died at her home on Tuesday. The deceased, who was the widow…

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Sad Beach Tragedy. Drowned in Wife's Presence. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

Several parties of visitors organised a motor-boat trip to the ocean beach at Mallacoota to-day to indulge in surf, bathing. The party…

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Motor Accidents. Head List of Fatalities. Sydney Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

According to the Sydney Council's annual return fatal motor accidents again head the list of violent deaths for the year…

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Accident at New Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Joseph Dawson, a miner, employed at New Greta Colliery, was seriously injured on Wednesday. He was filing a skip on an incline when the…

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Fatal Accident. to Mrs. Gam

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

News of the accidental death on January 1st of Mrs. Gam, Delta House, Main Creek, came as an intense shock to the community. Only…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. E. Munro, of Dungog, received a "spill" from his horse and was rendered unconscious from Monday afternoon until Tuesday…

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Drowning Fatality. Boy Scout's Fate

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

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

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle and Car Collision

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

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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Two Sisters Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

At Kew (Vie.) on Thursday a and double drowning fatality occurred, the victims being Irene Effie M'Dougall (10) and her sister, Pearl Emily…

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Double Drowning. Tragedy at Riverstone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

Two boys were drawned while bathing in Eastern Creek, Riverstone, on Friday afternoon. Frederick Lusty, 10 years of age, a…

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Drowned in the Gwydir

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

A youth named J. Hyland, better known as C. Sweeney, was drowned in the Gwydir River, three miles from Moree, at noon on Tuesday. He and…

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Motor Fatality. Standard for Drivers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

An inquest was held in Sydney into the death at John Adamstown, 61, who was in charge of a road construction gang in the city, where…

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Henty Tragedy. Two Boys Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

A double drowning tragedy occurred in a dam on Henty common on Friday afternoon. The victims were Hanson Brady and…

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Fatal Collision. Death of Leslie Herd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

James Leslie Herd, who was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital on 26th nit, suffering from severe ahdominal [?]ries, sustained as a…

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Beach Tragedy. Drowned in Wife's Present

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

Several parties of visitors organised a motor boat trip to the ocean beach at Mallacoota, (Vic), on Monday, to indulge in surf-bathing…

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Mother Drowned Attempting to Save Son

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

A gallant effort to save her twelve years' old son from drowning in Wolli Creek, Arneliffe, on Wednesday afternoon, ended in the death of Mrs Laura…

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Chinese Injured Melee at Bathurst

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

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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Lottery Winners. Injured in Motor Accident. Youth Goes Mad. London, Jan. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

The correspondent of the Daily Express of Madrid states that illfortune came to several holders of wining tickers in the Christmas…

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Government Official Injured. Kicked by Ruffians

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

Henry Tryon, Government Etymologist, was walking through the ground of the Boy's and Girls' Grammar School, Brisbane, 27th ult…

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