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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 96

Under a Tram. Old Man Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 5

William randall, aged 80, was knocked down by a tram on the parramatta Road this morning, and dragged severa yards before the…

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Fatally Crushed. Accident on Rock Drill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 3

Eric Bolton Carpenter was fatally injured while at work on the rock drill Miner at Newcastle on Thursday. Carpenter, with several other…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 3

A tragic motor, accident occurred to Mr. E. Mason, teacher of the Eagleton public school, on Saturday last, at St Albans, about 12 miles from Wiseman's…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 2

What might have proved a very serious accident happened at Main Creek on Monday last. A girl named Marion Mitchell was riding along…

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Collision at Lawson. Three Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 16

Two motor cars collided on the Main Western-road, near Lawson, on Monday, and three men were injured. Those injured wore:—…

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Head On. Two Cars in Collision. Seven Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 13

Two cars crashed head on in Parramatta Road, near Wattle Street, Haberfield, on Sunday afternoon. Seven people were injured, and one…

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Weston Fatality. Coronial Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death. Weston

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

At the Criterion Hotel this morning, Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, held, an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Motor Fatality. Committed for Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of George Oswald Uglow, who was killed on September 21 when a motor car containing a party of men…

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Old Man Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 6

William Randall, aged SO, was knocked down by a tram on the Parramatta-road this morning, and dragged several yards before the driver…

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Motor Accidents. Four Persons Injured. Two Cars and Tram Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 16

A remarkable triangular accident, involving two motor cars and a tram car, occurred at the corner of the Parramatta and Balmain roads…

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Motor Lorry Smash. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 14

A motor lorry, owned by Hawkins, Limited, Newcastle, and driven by Arthur Pitts, was about a mile from Toralba, on Saturday, when…

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School Boy Injured. Run Over by Coal Skip

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 9

A peculiar accident happened on 2nd inst. to a school boy, son of Mr. Jack Wallace, of Bellbird. With two school mates he had been…

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Pettier Injured. Knocked Down by Engine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 7

Harry Martin, a railway fetter, was knocked down by an engine near Redfern railway station, early to-day. He was conveyed to hospital suffering…

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Shocking Fatality Run Over by Train. Body Horribly Mangled. WESTON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 7

A shocking fatality occurred at Weston this morning. An elderly man, Michael O'Bryan, was run over by a trainload of dirt…

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Lake Disaster. Two Drowned at Ballarat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 4

Oswald Cornish (21) and his brother, Athol (18), of Sebastopol lost their lives in Lake Wendouree, Ballarat…

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Jockey Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 6

A young man, named John Eastern, Who was only recently married men with a serious accident at Charleville (Q.): Eastern, who was a visitor…

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Thrown From Bicycle. Two Cessnock Boys Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 4

Keith Saroff 9 years, and Thomas Broadley, 10 years, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon, while double-banking a hicycle…

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Accident at Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 4

Max Stocker, a Scoolboy, aged 11 years, living with his parents at Brunswich-street, East Maitland, was injury at the Methodist Sunday…

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Injured by Falling Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. P. O'Neill was severely injured last week through a tree frilling on him, and he is now in hospital with a badly fractured leg and many…

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Crashed Into Fence Two Cessnock Boys Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 4

Two lads, Keith Sarroff, aged 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sarroff, and Phil Broadley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Broadley, of Caledonia…

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