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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Train Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri

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

Mr. G. Brown, coroner, held an inquiry at Kurri Kurri Court-house into the death of William Ross Peters, a clipper, aged 20, who was fatally…

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Spencer Suspended Canterbury Park Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1924 · page 5

The stipendiary stewards to-day completed the inquiry into the falling of Tekoko in the Park Stakes at Canterbury races last Saturday…

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Accident at Avrfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 4

James H. Pratt, an employee of Avrfield Colliery, fell a distance of ninety feet down the inclined tunnel at that colliery yesterday. He was…

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Accident to Mr Joe Holz

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 2

Mr Joe Holz, who is well kriown in Singleton district, particularly in cycling circles, met with a painful accident at Branxton yesterday…

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Motor Fatality. Broadmeadow Boy Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 3

William Ernest Reid, aged 6 years, who lived with his parents at Broadmeadow, was running across Broadmeadow-road in the direction of his…

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Knocked Off Train Man Killed Instantly. Fatality Near Woy Woy. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 5

Three men who set out from Melbourne a few weeks ago to walk to Brisbane had a frightful experience at Woy Woy this morning, one of them…

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Newcastle Accidents. Motor and Motor Cycle Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 7

John Arthur Parsons, 40, living at Hamilton, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital on Tuesday, suffering, it is stated, from the effects of…

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Newcastle Accidents. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 16

George Brown. 31, a labourer, employed at the State timber-yard, and living at Wickham, was struck by some falling timber while he was at…

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Car Accident. Little Boy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 14

When crossing Liverpool-road, near the Western Suburbs Hospital, on Sunday afternoon, Leslie Collyer, aged 8, living in Croydon, failed to notice…

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Fatal Accident. Collision on Bellbird Road. Bellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 5

James Durie a resident of Aberdare was fatally injured on the Bellbird road to-day in a collision between a horse and dray and a motor bicycle,…

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Motor Fatality. Committed for Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 16

The motor car fatality in which Mrs. Annie Parker was killed in a Perth street on the night of August 21 had its sequel on Monday when the…

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Train Fatality. a Youth Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 13

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

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Fatal Collision. Young Man Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 8

Frank Howard, aged 27, a married man, a bootmaker, carrying on business at Annandale, was killed Tuesday when the motor-cycle he was…

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Train Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 8

Mr. G. Brown coroner, held an inquiry at Kurri Kurri Court-house into the death of William Ross Peters, a clipper, aged 20, who was fatally…

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Football Fatality. Coroner on Doctor's Duty

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 16

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Sydney Coroner at the inquiry into the death of Thomas Little, aged 17, who died at the…

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Fireman Injured. Blaze at Manly

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

A six-roomed building in Darley Road. Manly, occupied by Geo. Philips a greengrocer. was damaged by fire at 1.30 a.m. on 30th ult…

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Indian Railways. Disastrous Collision. Simla, Aug. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 13

Reuter's Multan correspondent reports that a serious collision occurred between two passenger trains on the North-West Railway near…

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Seriously Injured. Knocked Down by Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 14

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 16

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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Sewer Explosion. Two Boys Injured. Experiments with Crackers

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

The explosion of a quantity of fire works inserted in an aperture of man-hole of a sewer in Buckingham street, Surry Hills, resulted…

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