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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Building Accidents. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 3

Harry Gosbell, aged -13, was working on the second story of a building in course of erection in Phillip-street Sydney, when a mass of…

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Nurse Injured. Peculiar Accident at Cessnook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 5

Nurse Howlett, of Cessnock, met with a peculiar accident on Thursday. She had attended a patient in Melbourne Street. Cessnock, and was…

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Motor Fatality. "Squizzy" Taylor Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 3

The Coroner opened an inquest concerning the death of Daphne Allcorn, who was knocked down by a motor car in St. Kilda-road a fortnight ago…

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Kicked by Horse. Inquiry Into Pelton Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 14

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

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Colliery Fatality. Death of Mr. H. Cartwright

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 5

The death of Mr. Henry Cartwright removes one of the best known figures on the South Maitland coalfields, and one who was associated with the…

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Terribly Crushed. Tram Conductor Killed. Four Others Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 9

A tragic tram collision occurred on 23rd inst. near the Central railway station, when a tram conductor was killed and four others injured…

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Fatally Injured. Run Over by Truck. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 5

While engaged in shunting operations at Enfield goods yards last night. Robert Dualop aged 25, was knocked down and run over by a truck. His right thigh and arm were…

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Motor Car and Cyclist a Eatal Collision. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 6

A Roekhampton (Q.) message states that a motor ear and cyclist collided on the Gladstone-road last night. The cyclist, when picked up, was dead. He…

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Fell From Train. Accident Near Picton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 9

Alexander Larkin, residing at Bilipalap, near Adelong, was rub over by a train near Picton at 5 [?] on 24th inst. To had fallen from the…

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Tablets Crash. Young Memorial Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 5

Three workmen had miraculous escapes from death at Young Wednesday when two heavy tablets, worth £200, fell from the walls of the memorial…

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Peculiar Accident to Nurse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 6

Nurse Flora Howlett met with a peculiar accident on Thursday in Melbourne-street, Cessnock she was cranking up her motor car, a five-seater…

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Bathurst Fatality. Week-end Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 6

An unusual number of accidents, one of which resulted fatally, occurred during the ween-end at Bathurst. Ernest Arthur Flynn (35), married,…

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Motor Accidents. Three People Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 5

During the progress of the hills climbing contest by the Cessnock Motor Cycle Club at Mt. Manning, on the Sydney road yesterday, Mr…

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Trolly Fatality. Little Girl Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

Dolly Ritchie, aged ten years, was killed on Sunday while playing on the copper wharf at Port Kembla, with other children she was…

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Motorist Killed. Collision with Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

A man was fatally injured and another was slightly injured when a motor cycle and [?] collided with a cable tram-car at Fitzroy (Vic.), on…

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Collided with Cow. Motor 'Bus Out of Control Five Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 3

A motor omnibus belonging to the Cronulla-Sutherland Omnibus Company, driven by H. Harry, figured in a smash at Cronulla on Saturday night…

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Accident in Denman-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 4

Mr. Michael Clark, 31, a married man, residing in 19 Anzac-street, west Maitland, and a tramway enginedriver by employment, had his…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 4

When returning home from Maitland on Saturday evening, Mr. H. H. Capper of Bolwarra, a member of the firm of Messrs E. P. Capper and sons, met…

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Child Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Flanders to-day sustained a dislocated collar-bone as a result of a fall at her home…

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The Recent Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

An inquest was opened at Branxton on Friday by the District Coroner (Mr A. Morrison) regarding the death of Mrs Kathleen Hawkins, who fell from…

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