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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Railway Fatality. Run Down by Engine. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 5

Mr. Henry Hare, a well-known employee of Abermain No. 2 Colliery, was run down and killed by a [?]ocomotive, yesterday afternoon,…

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Motor 'Bus and Bicycle Cessnock Collision Claim for Compensation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 9

Before Mr. Justine Campbell, and a jury of four, in No. 3 Jury Court, at Sydney on Tuesday, Alexander Anderson, a winding engineer, of…

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Accident to Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

Randell Burnett aged one year and ten months, residing with his parents in Bridge-street. Homeville, met with a serious accident late on…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 2

At the show on Thursday, a beast in the stock drafting competition rushed under the railing around the ground and in doing so, pushed the…

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Cessnock Motor Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 16

The inquiry into the death of Joseph Minto, who has knocked down by a car driven by Stanley Croswell, on Saturday week, was…

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Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 4

Master Jack Bellden, aged 11, living with a relative in Main-street West Maitland, met with an unfortunate accident this morning. He…

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Surf Tragedy. Rescuer Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 3

Arthur Lakeman, of Dwellingup (W.A.), was drowned at Mandurah while, assisting in the rescue of four woman who got into difficulties while…

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Injured on the Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 5

David Grayson, aged 15, employed at the Redhead colliery, near Newcastle, was sitting on the platform of a railway carriage on his way home…

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Another Car Fatality. Returned Soldier Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 14

Joseph Minch, who was knocked down by a motor car in Vincent Street on 19th instant, died in Cessnock Hospital on 15th instant. The…

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Disastrous Collision Fog in English Channel

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 5

London, Thursday.—During a heavy fog in the English Channel, off Dungeness, the Japanese steamer Tokofuku Maru, 5857 tons, bound from Bremen to…

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Motor Capsized. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 14

William Byrne and Henry Brown were injured, and a motor car damaged to the extent of £400, in Parramatta-road to-day…

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Train Collision. Several Fatalities. London, March 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 2

A mesage from Metz states that the international express from Ostend to Bale, came into collision with a goods train at Bensdorf at night…

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Steamer Benandra. Wrecked at Moruya Heads. One Man Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 3

The Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Benandra, struck the Moruya bar on Tuesday afternoon, and became a…

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Thames Disaster Steamship Collision. Several Killed. LONDON, March 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 2

The Shaw-Savill steamer Matatua, 6518 tons, bound for Lattelton, collided at Gravesend with the United States Shipping Board's…

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Motor Lorry Smash One Man Killed, Two Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 5

While turning a corner at Cabarita on Wednesday, a motor lorry, owned by American Delicacies crashed into a post. There were three men on…

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Motor Accident. a Cessnock Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 3

Before Mr. Justice Campbell, and a jury of four, in No. 3 Jury Court. Sydney, Alexander Anderson, a winding engineer, of Cessnock, sought to…

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Humour and Accident. Laughter Analysed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 10

There is one record of the first laugh, but Mr. Robert Lynd, writing in the "Quartely," has no doubt coat it was caused by someone's tripping…

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Motor Accident Plaintiff Awarded £163

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 8

The case in which Alexander Anderson, a mining engineer, of Cessnock, claimed £500 compensation from Alfred Ditton, Leslie Hill, and Alfred…

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Killed by Train. Accidental Death. Fatality at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 5

At the Cessnock Police Court this morning the coroner (Mr. G. Brown) recorded a verdict of accidental death after hearing the circumstances…

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Gar Overturns. Smash Into Culvert. Two Men Seriously Injured SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 5

While travelling in a single-seater Essex car on Saturday afternoon, from Muswellbrook to Newcastle, Edward Hazell, 31, of Muswellbrook…

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