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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 96

Attacked by Bullock Stock Agent Injured. Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 5

Mr. W. H. Liewellyn, a stock agent, was attacked by an infuriated bullock at the Goulburn stock saleyards. He was badly knocked about before…

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Late Iris Jaeger Verdict of Accidental Death. Coroner's Comments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 1

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Iris Alberteen Jaeger, on the 25th July last was concluded yesterday, before…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 2

James Sullivan, a Clarence Town youth, sustained a broken leg on Saturday last. A limb of a tree resting on another, which he was…

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Accident at Millfield

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 6

A young man, Aubrey King, a resident of Millfield, was thrown from a horse on Tuesday, sustaining a fracture of the skull. He was…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 14

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

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Blacksmith Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 4

While working at Ayrfield No. Colliery yesterday, J. King, a blacksmith, was struck by a piece of iron on the top of the head, and received…

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Child injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 4

Cyril Stallard , aged 4 years, rell from the verandah of his home Lawes-street, East Maitland, this afternoon, receiving an incised wound…

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Ketch Sunders. Seaman Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 13

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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Six Injured. Motor Car Accident. Sequel to Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 3

Two persons were seriously injured in a motoring accident which occured at the corner of Riversdale-road and Power-street, Hawthorne, (Vic,), early…

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Motor Fatality. Child Killed at Moree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 6

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

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Accident to British None Injured. Vancouver (B.c.) Aug. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 13

The United States cutter Algonquin, near At[?] Island, reports that the aeroplane flown by the British airmen on a world flight met with an accident…

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Five Injured. Motor Smash Near Windsor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 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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Accident at Brickworks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 4

F. Hills, living in Raymond Terrace-road, East Maitland, and employed as a moulder's apprentice a East Maitland brickworks, sustained…

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Two Deaths. Tasmanian Gun Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 11

Donald McRae, 23 years, who was shot at Hartfield (Tas.) on Monday, expired at Stowell Hospital, Hobart, on Friday…

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Miner Killed. Verdict of Accidental Death. Kurri, Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 8

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

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Newcastle Casualties. Accidents on Football Field

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 13

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

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S.O.S. Collision at Sea. London, Aug. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 5

A message from Gibraltar states that the Swedish steamer Tlenaren from Gothenburg to Brisbane and Sydney suffered a collision of Cape…

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Newcastle Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 3

G. Kibbie, 13, living at Hamilton, had both bones of his right forearm fractured on Saturday afternoon, through falling off a fence…

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Muswellbrook Burning Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 2

The following letter to the Editor by A. R. Penfold appeared in yesterday's issue of "S. M. Herald":—Sir,—In to-day's issue of the…

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Car Smash Seven People Injured; One Fatally

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 3

Two motor cars travelling at a fast rate collided in Liverpoolroad, Enfield, about 11 o'clock on Friday night, and were smashed. Seven occupants were…

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