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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

570 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 29

Drunken Driver Motorist's Confession Collision at Hamilton Nine Persons Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 5

A drunken man driving a Cleveland motor car along Denison street, Hamilton, last night, caused a collision with a motor…

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The Shark Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest. Chalmers' Simple Story. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 5

Mr. Jamieson, the city coroner, to-day investigated the circumstances surrounding the tragedy at Coogee on Saturday, February 4, when Milton…

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Ship Damaged Collision With Iceberg SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association has been advised by cable from London that the ship Garth force, bound from Liverpool to…

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Boating Disaster Fourteen Drowned Gale Causes Capsize CAPETOWN

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 1

A terrible disaster occurred at False Bay this afternoon. It appears that 13 men and one boy were fishing in a motor boat, which…

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Maitland District. Fatality at Bellbird

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 8

A youth named Holam, who had been out shooting yesterday afternoon, returned to his home et Bellbird, and placed his loaded gun near the house. A younger…

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Boy Shot Dead Gun Fatality Misadventure at Bellbird

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 8

Yesterday a lad nmed Lomas (17), living near the school at Bellbird returned from a shooting expedition and placed his loaded gun against the…

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Airship Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 5

It is reported from Norfolk, Virginia, that the United States army's Italian built airship Roma was destroyed yesterday, when it crashed down and…

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Collision with Strikers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 5

The police at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, fired into a crowd of textile strikers before the Joncks' Spinning Company's mills, following their refusal to disperse…

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Drowned in Jordan Britishers' Fate LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 1

A Cairo message states that nine British artillerymen were drowned in the River Jordan. They are believed to have been caught in the current…

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Bellbird Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 6

Mr. G. Brown, the coroner, held an Inquest at the Cessnook Courthouse yesterday, concerning the death of John Robert Stewart, who was shot at…

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Bullet in the Arm Street Shooting Injured Man's Silence SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

While in Copeland-street, Alexandria last night. Ernest S. McDonald, of Mitchell-street, was approached by a man who fired shots at him. One of…

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Dance to Death Picnic Tragedy Three People Drowned BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 5

A "dance to death" might aptly describe the fate of three members of a party of picnickers who were drowned in Brisbane River…

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Fatal Accident. Motor Omnibus and Tram

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

Walter Johns, part-owner of the new motor omnibus Carrington Star, recently put on the run between Carrington and Newcastle, was fatally injured while…

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Fatality at Walsh Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 5

Harry Taylor, aged 50 years, a married man living at De Vitre-street, Lambton, received fatal injuries while at work at Walsh Island yesterday. Deceased, who…

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Railway Fatality. Two Fettlers Killed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 5

The Railway Department received word this afternoon that two men, who were working on the duplication works at Locksley, had been run ever by a goods…

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Thrown From Tram Peculiar Accident Woman's Skull Fractured BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 6

A woman named Mrs. Ethel Bruce, 37, was jolted out of a tram-car when rounding the curve at Albion Park. In falling, she carried with her…

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Kurri Bandmaster Injured in Mine [?]

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 6

While working a skip at Richmond Main colliery yesterday, Mr. R. Cox. the Kurri bandmaster slipped and the skip ran over his right leg. Fortunately it…

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Drowned in Surf Thirroul Fatality Girl Carried Out SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

Nine surfers were carried out at Thirrout yesterday, one of them being drowned. There was an exceptionally strong undertow running, and…

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Toronto Collision Shunting Accident Railway Carriage Smashed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

Shortly after the arrival at Toronto of the 7.10 train from Newcastle on Saturday night, an accident occurred which necessitated the assistance, of…

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Walsh Island Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

The death of Henry Garside Taylor, an ironworker's assistant, who was fatally injured at Walsh island on February 27, was the subject of an inquest…

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