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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Under a Train. Liverpool Resident Seriously' Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 14

Mr. Edgar Lang, a well-known resident of the' Liverpool district, was boarding a train at Liverpool in Monday, when he slipped and…

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Motor Fatality. Alleged Feloniously Slaying Commercial Traveller Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

Reginald Bethel Cornell, 32, a traveller, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having feloniously slain Jane Bentley. He was…

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Accident in High-street

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

Master Ken Guy, aged 12, residing with his parents in Robin-street Horseshoe Bend, was riding a bicycle in High-street this afternoon, when…

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Newcastle Accidents. Fractured Limbs

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

George Fletcher (22) living at Mayfield, was taken to the Newcastle Hospital suffering from a compound fracture of the left hand, which was…

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Two Somersaults. Motor Accident Near Tweed Heads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

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

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Shocking Accident. Glen Innes Man's Misfortune

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 14

Mr. Grandon Williamson, a well-known resident of Glen Innes, lies in hospital in a critical condition, with the lower portio of his face blow away…

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Brookes' Accident. London, June 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 12

To-day Brookes' eye was much better, and he definitely decided to play in the singles and doubles championships at Wimbledon…

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Narrow Escape. Another Accident on Mount Manning. Cesssnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

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

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Seven Injured. Motor Over Embankment. Result of Skid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 6

A motor car containing nine persons overturned and fell over an embankment at Rockdale shortly after midnight on Saturday. Seven were…

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Boxer Injured. Unconscious for Two Days. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 4

"Snowy" Rudge, a young man, 18 years of age, who fought in the preliminary contest at the Cessnock Stadium on Friday evening, was knocked…

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Fatal Collision. Man Killed: Woman Injured Smash Near Prospect

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

Ernest F. G. Prosser of Mosman, was Killed, and Lvy [?], of Darlinghurst, received a bad cut on the head and suffered severely from…

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Motor Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

The Main Western road, between Pendle Hill and Wentworthville, was the scene of a fatal motor smash shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday…

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Motor Cycle Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 5

Two motor cyclists collided at the corner of McGrane and Leonard Streets on Sunday evening. One, Baden Howard, sustained a broken…

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Motor Accident Six People Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

A motor car containing nine persons ovorturned and fell over an embankment at Rockdale shortly after midight on Saturday…

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American Tornado 500 Dead, 2000 Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

Cleveland, Saturday Night.—Ohio has been swept by a tornado. The killed are placed in various reports at from 300 to 500, and in addition 2000…

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Racehorses Collide Jockey and Horse Injured (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

Adam's Peak and Eumalt, both of whom belong to the pony trainer R Skelton, collided at Kensington race course this morning while doing strong…

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Accidents at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 5

About dusk on Sunday evening two men on motor cycles collided at the intersection o McGrane and Leonard Streets. The latter has a very steep…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

The youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hampton, Dungog, had a narrow escape from serious injury on Saturday morning, when she was…

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Rothbury Fatality. Child Shockingly Burned. Nightdress in Flames. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1924 · page 5

A shocking burning fatality occurred on Monday morning at home of Arthur John Bell dairy farmer, who has a farm on the Allandale Road,…

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A Nomad's Suicide Drowning Tried First. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 2

While four men were out mustering near the Alice River yesterday they found the body of a man lying in a pool of blood. He had evidently…

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