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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Motor Accidents. Windsor Coroner's Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 4

"Accidents of this nature are becoming too prevalent on this road. Hardly a week-end goes by without some motor accident of a serious nature is…

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Accident at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 4

Mention was made in a recent issue of an accident at the Steel Works to Joseph Dwyer. the name was a misprint (writes a correspondent)…

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Broken Limbs. Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 16

Stan Carry, 25, employed as a tally clerk at the Broken Hill Proprietary Steelworks, sustained a compound fracture of the right jog through being…

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Leg Fractured. Accident at Aberdare Extended. Cessnock

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

Charles Hudson, clipper, met with an accident in Aberdare Extended Colliery this morning. he was bumped with a skip and sustained a…

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Skull Fractured. Accident at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 3

E. N. Anderson, aged 30 years, living at 28 Donald-street, Hamilton, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital suffering from a fracture of the…

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Boating Fatality. Young Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 2

A boating fatality occurred on the Murrumbidgee River on Sunday, says a Wagga message. A young married man, Christopher Mynott, and C. and…

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Newcastle Accidents. Injured at the Week End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 6

E, O'Brien, 44 a labourer, employed at the Steel Works, and living at Cook's Hill, had the big too of his right foot severed while at work,…

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Motor Fatality. Boy Killed at Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 6

Richard Davis, a twelve-year-old schoolboy, living with his parents at Pit-town. Wallsend, was Knocked down by a motor car near the Wallsend…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Strikes Telegraph Pole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 8

One young man died from his injuries, and three others were seriously hurt, as the result of an accident at the corner of High-street and…

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Railway Smash. Runaway Carriage. Six People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 2

Six passengers were slightly injured as the result of a collision on Saturday between a railway carriage and some trucks at Kenny's Hill,…

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Three Injured. Motor Cycle Collides with Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 6

Three men were injured when a motor cycle and side-car collided with a horse at Canterbury on Sunday morning…

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Boy Injured. Leg Caught in a Chain. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 4

Arnold Burns, thirteen years of age, was injured while swinging on a chain yesterday on the Allandale road, Cessnock…

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Man Killed. Two Others Injured. Motorist Charged with Man-slaugher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 3

A terrible tragedy occurred in the Parramatta-road near Johnston-street, Annandale, at an early hour on Sunday, when a motorist who was…

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Accident at Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 4

Charles Johnston, living at Paxton, fell down the steps at No. 1 platform, West Maitland railway station, on Saturday last, receiving a wound 3…

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Motor Accidents. Likely Action by Association. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 5

In View of the increasing number of motor accidents, It is probable that the National Roads and Motorists' Association will take steps to…

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Fatality on Murrumbidgee Young Married Man Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 2

A message from Wagga states that a boating fatality occurred on the Murrumbidgee River on Sunday. A young married man, Christopher Mynott, and…

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Bus Capsized. Nine People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 4

The passengers were seriously injured seven were slightly injured, and nine had a remarkable eseapc, whon a motor bus overturned at the corner of…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Reckless and Callous Driver

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 1

A callous motorist was the cause of a terrible tragedy on the Parramatta Road, Annandale, shortly after midnight on Saturday…

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Colliery Fatality. Crushed by Skips. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 5

An employee of Richmond Main Colliery named Shannen, died in the Kurri Kurri Hospital carly this morning from injuries received in the pit…

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Eye Injured. Poy Attacked by Peewit. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 5

A boy named Pearce, aged eleven, of Mullumbimby, was attacked by a peewit, which pecked him in the eye. The outer covering of the eyeball…

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