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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Miner Killed. Aberdare Fatality. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

Robert Oliver (40), a miner, was killed this afternoon, in Aberdare Colliery. He was working in the tops when…

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Motor Fatality. at Heddon Greta. the Inquest. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, resumed the adjourned inquiry at Kurri this morning, on the deaths of Arthur Douglas Rawling, aged 21, and…

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Accident at Richmond-Main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Con Mahein, a deputy, received a blow in the eye from a fall of coal at the bottom of the shaft at Richmond-Main Colliery…

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Accident at Krambach

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

A serious accident happened at Krambach on Thursday evening to Mr. Bede Noone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Noone, of that township…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

Percy Edwin, the 17 months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Blackall, who reside three miles from town, was drowned on Sunday afternoon. It…

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Recent Motor Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

The District Coroner, Mr. Geo. Brown, opened at inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Court House yesterday red at the Heddon Greta overhead…

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The Aberdare Fatality. Inquest Adjourned. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

The circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Oliver, miner, who was killed yesterday at Aberdare colliery, were reported to the District…

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Heddon Fatality. Ideas of Speed. Evidence in Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 6

Mr. W. Lindsay, Cessnock Shire engineer, stated at the inquiry by Mr. George Brown (coroner), at Kurri yesterday into the deaths of…

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Mining Fatality. in Aberdare Colliery Death of Mr. Robert Oliver

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

A fall of coal occurred in the Aberdare Colliery about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of Robert Oliver, a well-known…

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Drowning Fatality Two Children Lose Lives

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 15

St. Paul's River, at Royal Gerge, 12 miles from Avoca (Tas.), was the scene of a tragedy on Wednesday night, when a boy and a girl lost their lives by…

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Tram and Motor Collision at Broadmeadow. Six Severely Injured. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

A collision occurred between the motor 'bus "Wattle," and an incoming Wallsend tram at Broadmeadow about 8.30 a.m. Wednesday. The tram…

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Martin's Creek Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry. Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 16

An enquiry into the death of John Lesue Parker and Joan Dickman, who were the victims of a boiler explosion accident at the State metal quarries at…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 16

While coming out of the Polaw-Main nine after knocking off work, Joseph Arundale, a miner fell and broke his arm…

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Miner Killed. Aberdare Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

Robert Oliver (40), a miner, was killed on Thursday in Aberdare Colliery. He was working in the tops when…

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Boat Swamped. Man Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

After a boat had been swamped and overturned at Hawkesbury River on Sunday, one of the occupants, Roy Donnelly, aged 38…

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Street Collision. Tram and Steam Roller

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 7

Skidding on the slippery rails, a tramcar crashed into a steam roller in Botany Road, Waterloo, late yesterday afternoon. Four people were injured—…

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Motor 'Bus and Tram Collision at Broadmeadow

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 3

Six persons were injured as the recult of a collision between a motor bus and a tram at Broadmeadow, Newcastle, on Wednesday. The injured,…

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Three Injured. Lorry and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 14

Three people were taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by the Newtown-Marrickville Ambulance as the result of a collision between a sulky and a…

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Fearfully Injured Child Cut by Mowing Machine. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 9

The two-years-old son of Mr. C. E. Inkelmann, a farmer of Laidley North, wandered into a crop of panicum and lay down, hidden from…

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Boy Killed. Accidentally Shot by Brother

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 11

James McBride, a fencing contractor, was working with his two sons, who went out kangaroo hunting and shooting on horseback…

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