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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Motor Accident. Queensland Cabinet Minister Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 4

Mr. Jones, the Minister for Mines is exected to arrive back from England early next week. While motoring recently in the…

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Rough Football Two Players Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

While playing football on Saturday at the Canterbury Sports Ground Jack Hands, of Newtown, was kicked on the heal and…

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Accident to Mr.t. M. Campbell

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 1

Mr. j. M. Campbell, of "Gelston," a few days ago had the misfortunes to fall, sustaining three broken ribs…

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Olympic Tourists. Accident in Dublin. London. Aug. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 5

A car carrying R. Jones (V.). S. E. Ramsden (V.). A. W. Winter (N.S.W.) and Purdie (N.Z.) to the Dublin station this morning crashed into a…

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Mining Accidents Americian Statistics

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

Statistics made available by the Mining Bureau of the United States of America show that between 1910 and 1923 there were 18,243 deaths…

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Newcastle Accidents. Explosion of Gunpowder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 3

Frank Griffithson, 13 a schoolboy, living a Maryville, fell while jumping, and sustained a probable fracture of his right arm…

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Injured Limbs. Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 2

Bert Adams, 30 a farmer at AshIsland, sustained a laccrated wound on the left forearm, the result of a fall from a cart on to a piece of iron,…

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Rabbiter Shot. Dog Causes Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 2

At an inquest held at Yass. the evidence showed that Ernest John Kearney was digging out rabbits on Mr. Walker's Legorton station and…

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Tram Smash Two Persons Killed. Twenty-seven Injured. Runaway Cars Telescoped. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 5

A sensational team smash occurred near McMahon's Point, Sydney, early this morning, when two runaway cars c ashed into a…

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A Strange Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 4

Mr. Ernest Ford, 36, a resident of Ann-street, East Maitland, and employed as a fettler on the South Maitland Railways, had an…

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Accident at Brickvard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 4

While working at Baker's brickyards, East Maitland, yesterday, Edward Smith, living at Government-road, Tenambit, was struck on the…

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Olympic Tourists Accident in Dublin

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 3

London, Monday.—A car carrying R. Jones (V.), S. E. Ramsden (V.), A. W. Winter (N.S.W.), and Purdie (N.Z.) to tht Dublin station this morning…

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Car Overturns. Tourists Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 4

A party of eight Melbourne tourists with a Sydney driver, whilst motoring to Jonelan Caves from Sidney had a narrow escape from serious inqury…

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Tragic Tram Smash Two Killed. Thirty Injured. Sydney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 2

A sensational tram smash occurred near MtMahon's Point this morning, when two coupled cars with about 90 passengers on board…

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Accident at Heddon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 4

In trying to avoid a collision with a Maitland to Kurri bus last night, on Heddon Greta overhead bridge, a Chevrolet car, driven by…

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Motor Accident. Queensland Cabinet Minister Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1924 · page 16

Mr. Jones, the Minister for Mines, is exected to arrive back from England early next week. While motoring recently in the…

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Rabbiter Shot. Dog Causes Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1924 · page 5

At an inquest held at Yass, the evidence showed that Ernest John Kearney was digging out rabbits on Mr. Walker's Legerton station and…

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Fatal Collision. Windsor Motor Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1924 · page 15

Roy Pennington aged 18, of Napier-street. Long Bay, who was badly injured as the result of a collision between a motor car and motor…

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Two Injured. Sulky and Motor Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1924 · page 14

While Sylvester Jones, James Jones. and Katheen Jones (aged 14) were driving home in a sulky on Saturday night, near Liverpool the vehicle came…

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Tram Smash Two Persons Killed. Twenty-seven Injured. Runaway Cars Telescoped. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1924 · page 5

A sensational tram smash occurred near McMahon's Point, Sydney, early this morning, when two runaway cars cashed into a…

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