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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Injured at Tennis

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 2

London, Sunday.—Norman Brookes, playing in the London tenuis championships at the Queen's Club, was hit in the eye by a ball. His face was cut,…

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Car Overturns. Five Men Injured. Accident Near Appin

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 5

Five men were injured near Appin on Tuesday night, when a motor car containing seven men overturned. Three of the injured are now in…

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Mr. J. O'neill Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 5

Mr. J. O'Neill, hon, secretary of the Muswellbrook Football Club, sustained slight concussion while playing in the match against Newtown…

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Sir Henry Kellett Killed Four Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 4

Sir Henry de Castrcs Kellets, aged 72, a councillor of Kew (Vic.), and known as the "father of the council," was fatally injured when an electric…

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Three Injured. Motor and Side Car Overturns. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 5

Three men were injured at midnight when a motor cycle and side car overturned at Hurstville. It appears that the driver…

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Football Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 4

G. Splatt, a member of the Glebe team, and Rey Ramsay, of East Newcastle were injured during the progress of football matches on the…

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Accident to Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 4

Myrtle Fennell, 13 years of age of King-street, East Maitland, met with a painful accident this morning. She slipped on the verandah and a large…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 2

Master C. Atkins, of Dungog, whilst playing football on Saturday sustained a broken collarbone. The game had only been in progress a…

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Shocking Gun Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 3

Grandon Williamson, a well-known resident of Glen Iuncs, lies in hospital in a critical condition with the lower portion of his face blown away as the…

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Runaway Skips. Accident at Stanford Merthyr. Number of Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 4

The breaking of a coupling released a set of skips in Stanford Merthyr Colliery on Tuesday afternoon, and a number of men were injured…

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Two Somersaults. Motor Accident Near Tweed Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 3

While driving from Tweed Heads to Murwillumbah, a motor car conveying Mr. J. Moffat, licensce of the Grand Hotel, Tweed Heads and Mrs. Moffatt…

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Narrow Escape. Another Accident on Mount Manning. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 5

A serious accident was narrowly averted on Mount Manning, between Cessnock and Wiseman's between Cessnock and Wiseman's Ferry, at the week-end…

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footballer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 4

John Bell a wheeler, employed. at Whitburn Colliery, was riding on a skip which came off the road and upset, throwing him on his back on the…

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Skip Rope Breaks Over 20 Men Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 11

An accident of a serious nature occurred at Stanford-Merthyr coll[?]iory on Tuesday between 2 and 3 o'clock. About miner were being…

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Thigh Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 4

Mr. Fred. Penfold, a well-Known resident of Homevillc, employed at South Greta Colliery, was jammed between a skip and a post yesterday…

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Motor Collision. Solicitor Awarded Damages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 11

The three consolidated actions arising out of a motor car collision on September 1, at Killara, was conducted before Mr. Justice Gordon and a…

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Boat Capsizes. Business Man Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 9

Mr. H. V. Duigan, manager of the Wanganui "Herald" was drowned in the river (says a Wellington (N.Z.) message…

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Runaway Skips. Accident at Stanford Merthyr. Number of Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 6

The breaking of a coupling released a set of skips in Stanford Merthyr Colliery on Tuesday afternoon, and a number of men were injured…

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Motor Smash. Baronet Killed. Four Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 9

Sir Henry do Castres Kellet (72), a councillor of Kew (Vic.), and known as the "father of the council," was fatally injured when an electric tram…

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Steamer Collision. Large Vessel Beached. Vancouver, June 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 13

Reuter's correspondent at St. Johns (Newfoundland) states that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's liner Matagama collided with the Italian…

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