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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Boy with Caterpult Woman Injured in Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 6

Investigations have been made by the police concerning the report made by Mrs. Mary Booth, a resident of Newtown, Sydney, that she was…

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Accident to Horseman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 4

Cecil Drice, living at Fishery Creek, met with a palful accident while riding from Paterson yesterday. His mount fell, pinning him beneath it,…

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Boxing. Collins Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 11

Harry Collins, who was to have boxed Tommy Uren next Saturday for the middleweight championship of Australia, seriously injured his right…

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Comets. Danger of Collision with Earth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 5

From time immemorial comets have been regarded by large numbers of the inhabitants on the earth as portents at evil. For centuries…

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A Motoring Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 11

A gray motor car, driven by Mr. McFadden, representative of the perdrian Rubber Company, was badly smashed on the Broke-road on Sunday…

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A Death Trap. Heddon Overhead Bridge. Scene of Fatal Accidents. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 4

There have been, accidents at Heddon Greta, overhead bridge resulting in fatalities, and others where there have been casualities which have not, by…

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Driving Fatality Mail Coach Overturns

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 10

One of the best-known mail coaches contractors in the Riverina, Mr. Charles Hurst, was killed on Tuesday. He left Wagga in the morning…

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School Boy Injured. Run Over by Coal Skip. Cessnock

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

A peculiar accident happened yesterday to a school boy, the son of Mr. Jack Wallace, of Bellbird. With two school males he had been bird…

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The Home of Her Fathers. (Published by Special Arrangement). (Copyright). Chapter Xviii. No Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 3

Before Truman could find or strike a match, Carew had snatched his electric torch from his pocket and switched a [?]. Its light fell on Hilda's face. She…

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Six Injured. Taxi Cab and Car. Collision at Blakehurst

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 13

Six people were injured on 26th ult. in a collision between a taxi cub and a Ford car in Woniora Road, Blakehurst. They all sustained minor cuts…

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Bus Smash. Collision with Sandcart. Six Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 9

From the debris of shattered wood and glass, when the side of a motor bus was torn off in a collision with a sandcart at Globe on 27th ult., six…

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Two Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 16

A motor car driven by Thomas Bailey, of Sydney-street, New Farm (Q.), who was accompanied by Thomas Bassett, overturned in…

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A Mystery. Young Woman Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 13

Mystery surrounds the misadventure to Miss Jessie Wilson, who was found unconscious near a plantation in Dandenong Road, Malvern (Vic.)…

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Train Mystery. Sydney Passenger Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 16

Inquiries are being made by the Newcastle police into a report made by Mrs. Mary Booth, a resident of Hordern-street, Newtown, Sydney…

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Steamer Collision. Suits in Admiralty. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 16

The Acting Chief Justice delivered his reserved judgment in the Admiralty Court to-day in the matter of the collision of the steamships Kooyong…

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Entitled to Pay. Traffic Constable Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 11

Mr. Justice Ferguson, in Sydney, ruled that a policeman who is injured in the course of his duty is entitled to full pay during the period he is…

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Boy with Caterpult Woman Injured in Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 3

Investigations have been made by the police concerning the report made by Mrs. Mary Booth, a resident of Newtown, Sydney, that she was…

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Colliery Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 4

Mr. [?] employed at Abermain No. 1 Colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital, suffering from injuries…

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Accident on Morpeth Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 4

A motor car was badly damaged by a train at Morpeth yesterday. The car was run into at a dangerous crossing near the Bowthorne Butter…

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Motor Accident. Mr. Arthur Schute Killed. Sydney Wool Expert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 9

While crossing New South Headroad at Rose Bay, on 26th ult, Mr. Arthur Schute, managing director of the well-known Sydney wool selling…

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