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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Triple Fatality Timber-getters Sad End

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 3

Three timber-getters named William Lewis, Sydney Smith, and E. Brogmus were riding on a trolley on a bush line at the Holyoako (W.A.) State Saw…

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Strange Fatality. Aboman Pierced by Stick

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 16

While the deaf and dumb twin daughter of J. Lynch, of Bottobolar, near Mudgee, was chasing a fowl from the room with a long, narrow stick she…

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Over Precipice. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 3

A man, Arthur Ingram, was found on the rocks frightfully injured, near the Howard Smith wharves, Brisbane…

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Fatality at Pelton. Kicked by a Horse

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 4

A little after dusk on Wednesday, Samuel Higginbottom, wheeler at Peton colliery, was kicked while at work on the surface by a horse. He was…

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Engineer Missing. Believed to Have Been Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 9

From the master of the steamer Urilla the Adelaide Steamship Company has received a wireless stating that Mr. Morris Anderson, chief…

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Railway Fatality., Man Killed at Bankstown. SYDNEY,Saturday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

A man named Boyle, whe lives at puceh bowl, was killed by a train near Bankstown railway station at 6.40 a.m. to-day The body was…

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Singular Drowning Case. Father and Son Lose Their Lives. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

Charles Alfred Charman and his son, aged six years, were drowned in the Hunter River at Bengalia, about noon on Wednesday…

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Avalon Tragedy. Washed Off Rocks. Boy Drowned: Max Saved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 16

Cyril Bartholomew Parsonage 17, a college boy, was washed off rocks at Avalon, hear Mona, Vale, on Monday, afternoon while fishing and drowned…

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Schoolboy's Injured. Dynamite Cap Explodes in School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

Curiosity regarding the contents of a dynamite cap led to three pupils of the Victoria Park State School being injured says a Melbourne message. In…

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Bomb for Koo. Servants Injured. London, May 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 12

Reuter's Peking correspondent reports that an unknown person left a box at the residence of the Foreign Minister, Dr. Weilington Koo, saying…

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Terribly Crushed. Tram Conductor Killed. Four Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 6

A tragic train collision occurred late last nigh near the ceatral railway station, when a tram conduction was killed and four others injured…

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Fell From Train. Accident Near Picton. SYDNEY,Saturday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

Alexander Larkin, residing at Billpalap, near Adelong, was run over by a thain near pieton at a am to-day. He had la Hen from the…

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Gun Accident. Young Man Seriously Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 16

Valeatine Beston, 13 was seriously wounded at Leichhardet on Monday afternoon, and is in a serious condition. Beston, who lives at…

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Shocking Accident Man, Loses Both Hands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 16

Leslie Anderson, 29, a, miner, living at Boolaroo, met with. a serious accident on Monday, resulting in the loss of both his hands. He was…

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Motor Accident. Claim Against Government

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

John Campbell brought an action in the District Court, Sydney, against W. H. Kessell, nominal representative of the New South Wales…

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Over a Cutting. Motor Lorry Skids. Accidents on Mt. Manning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 9

While on a journey from Sydney to [?]lington on 16th inst., a motor lorry skidded whilst crossing Mt. Manning, and went over a cutting…

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Injured in Runaway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 5

Frank Gould 20. employed at Waish's batohering establishment, Hunter-[?]. sustained severe abrasions thaough a fall from his cart…

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Kicked by Horse. Inquiry in to Belton Fatality. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 5

An inquest was held this morning at Cessnock Courthouse, before Mr. G. Brown, Coroner, and a jury, into the circumstances surrounding the…

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The Drowning Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 1

Mr. A. W. Swaddling, District Coroner, held an inquiry on Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Charles Charmand and…

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Cars in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 6

A Buick motor car in which Mr. Hilton Sales, of Singleton, was driving alone, and a Dodge car, driven by Mr.Nelson Kempe, of Cessnock, containing…

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