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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Fatally Injured. Thrown From Sulky

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 14

William Lincoln, 46, who lived in Marrickville, died in hospital on Sunday as the result of injuries received when he was thrown from a sulky on…

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Two Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 7

A motor car in which Theodore O'Hare and Henry Dawson, were travelling, capsized at Minahan's Corner, two miles from Bomhaia…

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Children Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 14

Marjorie Moloney, 12, and Ettic Parsons, 8, both living in Blakehurst, were knocked down by a motor car in Prince's Highway, Blakehurst on Sun…

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Mr. Moss' Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 4

Mr. Frank Moss, chief telephone mechanic at West Maitland, who sustained a bad fracture of the leg on the Show Ground on Empire Day,…

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'Bus Overturns. Accident at Camperdown

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 16

Nine persons received minor injuries when a motor 'bus en route from Sydney to Bexley, hit a stone on the roadway in University-street…

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Accident to Competitors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 12

Porritt (New Zealand) had a narrow escape last night. Accompanied by five other undergraduates he was going about in a taxi, when another…

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Arm Broken. Accident at Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 14

Mrs. Watson, and Mrs. Jackson were driving in from Congewai to Cessnock on Monday in a buggy and when partly through Bellbird…

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Fractured Limbs. Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 14

While playing football at the Newcastle Sports Ground on Sturday. George Clark, 25, a storeman, residing at Islington, had a forearm fractured…

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Two Injured. Cycle and Side Car Capsize

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 2

As the result of a motor cycle and side car capsizing at Concord, on Saturday night, two people were insured. The tyre of the side-car blew…

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Motor Accident. Woman and Child Injured. Driver Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

As a result of a motor accident at Glen Innes, Mrs. Edith Pringle and her five-year-old daughter are in hospital…

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Accidents at Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

Two men were injured at Abermain No. 1 Colliery yesterday. Mr. Mat Treasdale was severely hurt by a fall in pillars, and received first [?] and…

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Sydney Accidents. Fall Over Railway Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 3

James Gourley, 40, labourer, living in North Sydney, fell over a railway bridge at North Sydney about midnight on Saturday, a distance of…

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Newcastle Accidents. Knocked Down by Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 3

Victor Onnerburgh, 40, residing at Islington, was knocked down by a motor cycle and sustained a punctured wound on his forehead, and…

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Accident to Goods Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

Through the breaking of a drawhood on a goods train proceeding from West Maitland to Dungog yesterday, traffic on the line was slightly…

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Clothes Caught in Shaft Man Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 2

Thomas Bridge, aged 38, a grenser, was attending some machinery at the Colonial Sugar Co.' works, Pyrmont, this morning, when his clothes caught…

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Dungog Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 4

At the Dungog Coroner's Court the inquiry was continued on Wednesday afternoon concerning the death of Phoebe Seudds, Margaret Forte, and…

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Motor Accident at Glen Innes Thr[?] Men Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 4

Mrs William Pringle and Edith, her five-year-old daughter, are inmates of Glen I[?][?]es District Hospital, as the result of a serious motor accident late on…

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Recent Motoring Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 7

The coroner has concluded an inquiry, at Dungog, Into the death of Helen Scotter, Margaret Forte, and Phoebe Scudds, who died as a result of…

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Porter Killed. Fatality at Hornsby

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

Henry Jesse Lloyd 38 a railway porter, of Hunter-street, Hornsby, was killed when he slipped between a moving train and the platform at…

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Another Collision at Kearsley Crossing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 7

The Kearsley railway crossing, where a collision attended with serious results, recently occurred between an engine and a motor bus, was…

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