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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Crashed Into Wharf. Accident to Ferey Steamer. Woman Killed, Others Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 8

One woman was killed and another Porson seriously injured and several suffered minor casualties when the ferry steamer Kareela crashed into…

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Three Injured. Motor and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 13

Three children were injured, one seriously, a sulky smashed, and a horse hurt, when a motor car collided with a sulky near Sutherland…

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Homeless Settlers. Floods in Victoria. School Boy Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 6

At Kooweerup (Vie.), as a reault of the floods, the settlers are homeless and broken-hearted. Like miniature, mud-coloured seas…

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Racecourse Smash. Sister Molly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 5

The 14.1 pony Sister Molly, was injured on the track at Kensington this morning. In company with Batta Batta, the…

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Miner Injured. by Fall of Coal. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 6

Thomas Richardson, a miner employed at New Lambton Colliery had his right leg fractured this morning. he heard a cracking sound while…

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Ferry Crashes Into Wharf Two Killed, Three Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 6

A woman was killed outright and four people injured—one of them, a baby, fatally—when the ferry steamer Kareela crashed into the old P. and O…

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Sewer Explosion. Two Boys Injured. Experiments with Crackers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 6

The explosion of a quantity of fireworks inserted hi an aperture of a manhole of a sewer in Buckingham street, Surry Hills, on Friday…

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Peculiar Accident. Caused Through Motor Skidding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 13

Through a motor lorry, which was being towed by another lorry, skidding and crashing into a telegraph pole at Newtown (Sydney), George…

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Revolver Accident. Death of Youth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 14

Albert Thomas, 16, of Glebe (Sydney), died on Saturday as a result of a bullet wound in his side. According to information Riven to…

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Nearly Suffocated. Ardlgen Tunnel Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Drummond asked Mr. Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, in view of the accident at the Ardglen Tunnel, when…

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Car Accident. Little Boy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 3

When crossing Liverpool-road, near the Western Suburbs Hospital, on Sunday afternoon, Leslie Collyer, aged S. living in Croydon, failed, to notice…

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Train Fatality. a Youth Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 3

When crossing the railway, line near Erskineville Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, Derwent Crane, aged 16, noticed a train from…

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Seriously Injured. Knocked Down by Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 6

Severe injuries were sustained by Douglas M'lntyre, 22, residing at Coogee, when he was knocked down by a tram near Circular Quay…

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Three Injured. Motor Lorry and Bus Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 5

A motor lorry carrying about 30 passengers, collided with a stationary bus at Belmore, on Sunday night. The impact was severe, but only…

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Stabbing Alleged. Man Injured in the Back. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 5

Walter Wingfield, 57, was charged at the Central Court, to-day with having maliciously wounded James Wells. The police prosecutor alleged that…

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Injured With An Axe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 4

Nool Lambert, four years of age who resides with his parents at Albert-street, Horseshoe Bend, was playing with an axe this morning…

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Railway Fatality Jumping Off Trains Evidence at Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 3

The inquest touching the death of William Ross Peters, who was run over by a train on August 25 and fatally injured, was resumed at the…

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Motor Car Somersaults Driver Killed; Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 2

A shocking motor car accident occurred on Saturday night about a mile from Moree, along the Greenbah-road, as a result of which the driver of the…

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Accident to Miner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 4

Mr. James Storey, a shotfirer employed at Hebburn No. 2 Collery, who had his leg fractured and badly lacerated by a piece of coal flying…

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Fatal Collision. Young Man Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1924 · page 4

Frank Howard, aged 27, a married man, a bookmaker, carrying on bust-ness at Annandale, was killed last night. When the motor-cycle he was…

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