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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Coroner's Court Inquiry Wangat Motor Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 3

On Tuesday last a Coroner's Court was held at Dungog over which F. J. Callow, J.P., coroner, presided, and an enquiry was made…

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Serious Motor Accident. Mother and Daughter Injured. Police Court Sequel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 4

As the result of a serious motor accident at Glen Innes late on Monday afternoon, Mrs. Wm. Pringle and Edith, her five-year-old…

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Another Collision. at Kearsley Crossing. Narrow Escape. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 4

Within a month two collisions with a train and vehicles have oc-curred at Kearsley level crossing, which is situated a little below…

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Local and General. Mining Accidents

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

A couple of accidents occurred at Abermain No. 2 Colliery on Monday. A fall of pillars resulted in Mr. Mat. Teasdale sustaining severe injuries…

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Motor Accident. Woman and Child Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 7

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

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Two Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 9

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

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Lagoon Tragedy. Young Man Drowned. Horse and Cart Capsize

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 16

About 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon a young man, John Allen Johnston, 16 years of age, who was employed as a [?]ter by Stewart and…

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Two Injured. Cycle and Side Car Capsize

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 14

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

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Local and General. Accident to Infant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 4

Edith Carroll, aged 21 months rel from a perambulator in Devonshire street this morning and sustained painful punctures to the lower lip…

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Newcastle Accident Crushed Between Skips

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 3

Donald M'Naughton,23, a wheeler at Redhead colliery, and living at Adamstown was crushed between a skip and some props while he was…

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Dungog Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 5

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

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Newcastle Accidents. Knocked Down by Motor Cars

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 16

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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Sydney Accidents. Fall Over Railway Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 16

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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Seriously Injured. Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 7

Alfred Gomen, aged 14 years, living in Ridge-street, Merewether, struck his head while diving into the lagoon near the old tunnel at…

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Motor Fatality. Queensland Poultry Expert Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 4

Mr. John Beard, Queensland Government Poultry Export, was knocked down and killed by a motor truck on the Ipswich road (says a Brisbane…

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Motor Smash. Driver Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning a motor car, travelling along Old South Head-road, Bondi, crashed into a telegraph post near the golf links. The driver…

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Burning Fatality Stove Polish Ignites. Girl's Death at Muswellbrook. MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 5

An inquest conducted by Mr. A. W. Swadding, District Coroner, concerning the death of Iris Jaeger, who died from burning injuries on Friday…

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Curious Boy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 5

A lad, who was looking in through one of the windows at the pink ball, last night, was struck on the head with some missle, and shatained a…

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Buring Fatality Death of Iris Jaeger

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 1

A sad burning fatality occurred at Muswellbrook on Friday afternoon last, iris Jaeger, the daughter of Mr. William Jaeger, a well-known and…

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Shocking Fatality Three Children Burned to Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 4

Three children were burned to death on Thursday night,, when the house of a settler named Walker, in the Warragul district (Vic.) was totally destroyed…

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