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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 96

Motor Cycle Fatality. Well-known Rider Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 1

During the Aspendalle (Vic.) motor cycle races on Monday, a sensational smash resulted in the death of W. Lehmann, a noted…

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Man carbonised. a Remarkable Fatality. Paris

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 8

An extraordinary, fatality occurred at Saint Dye, as the result of an argument between two electricians as to the lethal power of electrical…

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Two Drowned. Dinghy Fatality at Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 14

A double drowning fatality occurred in Brisbane River about dusk on Saturday. A dinghy containing C. Copeland (50) his son Frederick and a…

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Cyclistc Killed. Brother Seriously Injured. Collision with Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 11

A young motor cyclis was killed and his brothel was seriously injured in collision with a motor lorry at the corner of Concord and Parramatta roads…

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Fishery Creek Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 6

The funeral of the late George Potts, a wheeler, aged 19, formerly living in Abermain with his parents, moved from his late residence on 6th…

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Motor Accident. the Fishery Creek Fatality. Coroner's Finding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 9

The Coroner, Mr. G. Williams, P.M., conducted an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse on 7th inst. regarding the death of George Potts, 19…

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Fatal Punch. Surry Hills Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 3

Frederick William Burton, a salesman, of Surry Hills, was committed or trial on a charge of manslaughter, following an inquest held by the…

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Fatal Collision. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 9

Cryle Johnson was committed for trial in Brisbane on a charge of unlawfully killing John Hayter on February 14. This was the sequel to a…

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Tram and Motor. Collision at Parramatta

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 9

Two men were seriously injured in a smash between a tram and a motor car at Parramatta. One, John Evans, sustained a…

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Fatally Injured. Tram Conductor's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 6

While Ernest McGoldrick, a tram conductor, was collecting fares ona Cook's River to Circular Quay tram last night, he has knocked off the…

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Premature Explosion. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 14

As a result of a premature explosion in Mount Morgan mine (Q.) two married men, Bernard Mannon and John Malone, were taken to hospital in a…

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Mob Assault. Tram Conductor Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 16

H. Howe, a tram conductor, 27 years of age, a resident of Granville, was assaulted on Sunday night at Erskineville…

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Omnibus Overturns. Two Passengers Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 9

E. Hartson, aged 56 years, living at Kahibah, sustained abrasions to both hands through being thrown from the Belmont omnibus, which…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed Near Steel Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 9

William John Jones, 53, married and a resident of George-street, Tighes Hill, was run over at Newcastle by some trucks which were shunned in the…

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Kicked by Horse. Schoolboy Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 3

While cleaning up the yard at his home, 71 Bstell-street, Maryville (Newcastle), Francis Richards, aged 15 years, a schoolboy, was kicked in…

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Result of Motor Collision. Commercial Traveller on Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 16

Frank Herbert Clarke, a commercial traveller, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, the alleged manslaughter of a…

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Cowboys on the Thames. Nearly Drowned. Thrilling Rescues. London, June 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 2

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed by thousands of spectators at Kew Bridge when two cowboys (members of the party who are in London for the…

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Three Girls Killed. Shocking Fatality at Dungog. Disastrous Motor Drive. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 5

A shocking motoring fatality occurred early yesterday afternoon at Dungog, when one girl was killed almost instantaneously, and two others received fatal injuries. The driver of the car and the other occupants, all girls…

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Motor Accident. Travelling Showman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1924 · page 6

As the result of a motor accident at Murwillumbah Charles Beale, well-known travelling picture show proprietor, received injuries to his…

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Newcastle Casualties. Accident on Football Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1924 · page 2

Howard Preston 22 an engineer employed at Walsh Island and living in Shortland Place Newcastle, sustained internal injuries while playing…

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