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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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The Fatal Shooting Accident at Broke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1901 · page 5

The District Coroner (Mr. Harry Pinchin) conducted an inquiry yesterday (Tuesday) into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Yates, who, as telegraphed in…

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Auckland. Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 3

At an early hour this morning iv boat from the H.M.S. Archer, while going ashore to take off last night's liberty men to the ship, capsized. When help arrived twenty minutes after the accident two of the…

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Shocking Fatality Man Shot Dead by His Companion

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 2

A SHOCKING fatality occurred near Broke on Monday evening, when a young man named John Albert Yates was shot by his companion John…

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A Terrible Accident. a Man Dismembered and Killed. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 3

A shocking accident, attended with fatal results, occurred this morning at a bedding factory in. Collins-street, Surry Hills…

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A Terrible Accident. a Man Dismembered and Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 August 1901 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident, attended with fatal results, occured on Wednesday morning at a bedding factory in Collins-strett, Surry Hills. The victim…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Shot Dead by His Companion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

A SHOCKING fatality occurred near Broke on Monday evening, when a young man named John Albert Yates was shot by his companion John…

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A Terrible Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

A shocking accident, attended with fatal results, occurred on Wednesday at a bedding factory in Collins street, Surry Hills, Sydney…

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Lucky Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 4

A lady, who, with her children, had intended journeying to the Channel Islands by the ill-fated Stella, slipped as she was entering the cab that was to…

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The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1901 · page 3

A freight train at Montana, in the United States, broke the valves of the engine on a steep gradient, and eighteen trucks ran a distance of sixteen miles to Nyack, where they crashed into a passenger tram…

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Awful Collision. a Train Runs Away. Crashes into a Passenger Train Thirty-Six Killed Instantly. Twenty-Eight Bodies Cremated. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 3

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident occurred on Saturday, in the State of Montana (U.S.A.). While a heavy train was proceeding…

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Shocking Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 3

A boy, six years of age, named John W. Bourke, was the victim of a shocking tram accident to-day. The little fellow, whose parents reside in Botany-road, Redfern, was running across the thoroughfare…

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Frightful Accident. Two Girls Blown Up. A Shocking Spectacle. MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 3

Two women named Flora Morrison and Alma Steel were terribly injured by the explosion of a lamp at East Melbourne yesterday…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

A SHOCKING railway accident occurred on Sunday in the Slate of Montana (U.S.). While proceeding up a steep gradient,…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

A YOUTH named William Jordon, in the employ of Mr. Jas. Lonergan, Kayuga, went out on horseback in a paddock at 5 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Is Genius an Accident?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 3

Are first sons more likely to be great than second or third sons? It is the question of heredity over again, but it has been dealt with lately in an interesting way by an expert…

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A Terrible Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 3

The Randwick police have just received information of a terrible accident in the locality of the cliffs beyond Marouba Bay. It is stated that a man and his wife were out driving, the former fuffering from…

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Frightful Burning Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 7

A frightful burning accident occured at a house, 167 Simpson-street, East Melbourne, occupied by two young women, named Flora Morrison and Alma Steel, on Saturday evening. Alma Steel was…

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Shocking Tram Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1901 · page 3

Amy Chatham, aged ten years, was crossing George-street, Camperdown, this morning behind a tram when another coming in an opposite direction knocked her down, killing her instantaneously. The…

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Another Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1901 · page 3

An old-age pensioner named Robert Bennett was knoeked down by a tram this morning, sustaining concussion of the bruin and some severe abrasions. He was convoyed to the hospital in a very critical…

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