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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 96

Motor Car Overturns. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 3

A motor car accident of a sensational nature, with serious results to the occupants and great damage to the car, occurred on Saturday…

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The Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 1

Latest reports state that Mr. E. E. Hazell and Mr. T. Baker, victims of the motor accident near Singleton last Saturday continue to make…

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Recent Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 6

In connection with the motor car accident near Belford on Saturday afternoon last, it is pleasing to report that the two victims, Messrs E. Hazell, of…

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Recent Mining Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 4

An inquiry was held at the Kurri Kurri Court House yesterday, before Mr. Geo. Brown, District Coroner, and a jury of six, into the death of…

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Kurri Motor Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

The case in which Moses Bowden was charged that at Kurri Kurri, on January 27, he did feloniously slay James Mitchell broke down at the…

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Boy Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens, of Matthew Street, Cessnock, were about to go out driving on Saturday, when their 18-months-old son got…

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A Shocking Accident Shaft Through Man's Chest

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 3

Roy Wallace aged 27, a resident of Riverstone, was riding a motor cycle at Rooty Hill on Saturday night, in a sidecar of which were Arthur Keegan…

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Accident Ends Fatally Death After Month in Hospital

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 3

A 17-year old lad, William Hunter, son of Mr. Richard Hunter, of Aberdare, died in the Cessnock District Hospital on Saturday, after having…

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Latest Telegrams Collision at Port Phillip Heads. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 2

The steamers Dilkera and Wyrallah collided at the Heads at Port Phillip at 10.30 last night. The Wyrallah sank in three-quarters of an hour…

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Fell Off Train. Ex-constable Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 4

Ex-Costable William C. Reid, of Cootamundra, who was stationed at Young, and resigned from the force a fortnight ago to take up a position…

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Orrell Injured. Serious Fall on Track. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 5

The well-known jockey. A. Orfell, met with a serious accident at Randwick this morning. Orrell was riding in track gallops,…

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Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 7

A collision between a motor cycle, ridden by Mr. Harold Potts, and a motor car, driven by Mr. John Brown, hospital, secretary, occurred…

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The Ridgelands Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 2

Belated particulars of the death of the young man Frederick Davis, at Ridgelands, and of which fatality brief reference has already been…

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Serious Collision. Two Men Badly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 3

One man was critically injured, and another seriously, when a motor cycle and side car collided with a sulky at Plumpton, near…

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Head Crushed Fatality at Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 11

Otto Schneider, 45, married, was emerging from the A.U.S.N. wharf entrance at Brisbane, and passed between two lorries passing in…

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Quarry Explosion. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 3

James Michell, 57, living in Deninson street, Hamilton, and Clarence Mead, 22, living at Tuggerah, were injured in an explosion at t he quarry in Auzac…

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Settler Drowned. Floods in New Zealand. Widespread Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 14

Detailed accounts of the floods in New Zealand show very widespread damage in many parts of the province…

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Auckland Floods. Enormous Damage Done. School Girl Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 3

After great damage had been done the rain cased off. only to resume with greater violence. The damage throughout the…

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Fell Off Train. Ex-constable Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 8

Ex-Costable William C. Reid, of Cootamundra, who was stationed at Young, and resigned from the force a fortnight ago to take up a position…

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Cries of Distress Wreck of the Benandra Only Passenger Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 13

The Marina Court held an inquiry on Monday concerning the wreck of the steamer Banandra on the South Coast on March 25…

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