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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 96

Six Injured. Lorry and Tram Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 3

Six women were injured, though not seriously, when a two-horse lorry col[?] witha tram in Flinders-street, Melbourne, on Tuesday afternoon…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 16

An Inquest conducted by Mr. A. W. Swaddling, District Coroner, concerning the death of Iris Jaeger, who died from burning Injuries on Friday…

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Wedding's Tragic End One Killed, Six Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 3

A tragedy followed a wedding at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington (N.Z.), on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Lilian Scatchard was killed, and…

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Man Injured. Disturbance in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

William Cox, 26, a seaman, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night with an incised wound on his temple, and probable fracture of the…

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Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 4

Mr. Walton, of Greta, met with a serious accident whilst out shooting at Cranlev Colnel a few days ago. Accompanied by his two sons, they were…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

When riding a motor cycle with a side car attached, along King-street, Newtown, on Saturday night, Reginaid Weekes, aged 21, of St. Peters,…

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Ketch Founders. Seaman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 3

The ketch Eliza Davies foundered off Wilson's Promontory while on a voyage from Tasmania to Melbourne, William Davis, A.B., of Hobart, was…

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Newcastle Casualties. Accidents on Football Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

C. Connelly, 20, living at Wallsend, has his right leg fractured whilst playing football on Saturday. He was admitted to the Wallsend Hospital…

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Accident on Newcastle Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 4

Mr. George Maher, of Lochend, his son and a boy employed by him, were driving along the Newcastle road yesterday afternoon, but when near the…

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Scouts Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 2

A cable from London appearing in the Newcastle "Sun" on Thursday last stated that a scoutmaster and four boy scouts who were…

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Dungog Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 4

The inquiry into the death of the young man, James Swinnev, who was killed, in a motor accident at Bendolba on 3rd July, was held…

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Thrown From Horse Millfield Resident Seriously Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

Aubrey King, a young man was thrown from a horse at Millfield where he resides and rendered unconscious. His skill was fractured…

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Local and General. Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 4

Mr. James P. O'Hearn, Miller's Forest met with an accident which might have terminated in a more serious manner only for his presence of mind…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 2

Mr George Taylor, aged 56, of Goulburn-street, Singleton, met with a painful accident on as a result of which, he is now an inmate of the…

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Amazing Accident Truck Driver's Marvellous Escape

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 2

William Paren, who is employed by the Vacuum Oil Company at Brisbane, had a sensational experience on Friday. He was in charge of a…

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Sulky Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 6

About 6.30 last night a horse attached to a sulky played up in front of Pryer's new store. South Cessnock, with the result that the man who was…

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Collision Narrowly Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 4

A serious accident was narrowly averted at the corner of High and Bulwer streets yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. J. Robson, of Lorn, was…

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Motor Fatality. Child Killed at Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 4

A child named Pervical Kenneth st. Moir was fatality injured on Tuesday at Moree. The boy's father was driving a…

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Five Injured. Motor Smash Near Windsor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 4

Five persons were injured in a motor smash which occurred at Magrath's Hill, near Windsor, late on Wednesday afternoon. The car crashed into a sulky…

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Miner Killed. Verdict of Accidental Death. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 5

The inquest regarding the death of John Bryce, late chairman of the Richmond Miners' Lodge, was concluded at the Kurri Kurri…

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