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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Death From Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 3

Benjamin Arthur, who fell from the roof of a building at Alexandria yesterday died in hospital this morning…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 3

A coal lumper named Julius Norberberg fell down the held of the mail steamer Rome, a distance of twenty feet, this morning, sustaining serious internal injuries. His condition is precarious…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. an Injured Cyclist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 3

The cyclist Hoary Gordon, who met with such dreadful injuries at last night's carnival, is still unconscious in the hospital, and his recovery is…

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Melbourne. Remarkable Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 3

A sensational railway accident occurred at Broadford early this morning. A goods train was travelling down an incline when the gear of one of the trucks got out of order and nearly the whole…

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Tumut. Another Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 3

A shooting accident occurred yesterday a few miles out of town. Several young men wore game hunting, and all running through the bush together, when one of them, Harry Bray, feil over a leg, causing…

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Fatal Accident. Return of a Riderless Horse

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 2

A FATAL accident, surrounded with very saddening circumstances, was reported at Muswellbrock on Tuesday A man named Thomas Wood,…

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The Injured Cyclist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

The cyclist Honry Gordon, injured a few evenings since in a race was some what better this morning, and the doctors are consequently more hopeful of his recovery…

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Rescued From Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 3

A young lady nearly lost her life while surf bathing at Manly this morning. Fortunately a male bather named Wright went to her assistance and brought hern ashore with considerable difficulty…

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Fatal Accident near Muswellbrook

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

A fatal accident, surrounded by very saddening circumstances, was reported at [?] on Tuesday. It appears that a man named Thomas Wood, employed by…

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Serious Shcofing Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

NEWS was received at Marble Bar, Western Australia, on Wednesday evening, of a serious shooting accident, which occurred on the New…

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Serious Mining Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

CHARTERS TOWERS, Friday.—A serious accident occurred at the Brilliant Central mine at midnight, when the shifts were changing…

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A Moss Vale Fatality. The Heverner's Coachman Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 2

A SALE Crowning case comes from Mess Vale. A party from the Vice-[?] residence were visiting the Fit[?] Falls on Tuesday afternoon, and…

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Auckland (N.z.). a Stewardess Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 3

Mrs. Annie Coulter, forceabin stewardess of the steamer Victoria, Fell over the Dunedin wharf and was drowned when returning to the vessel last night…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Injured Cyclists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 3

Ernest Loseberg, a Moree cyclist, who sustained a fall at the cycling sports this week, was admitted to the hospital to-day, suffering from concussion of the brain…

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Shocking Fatality. a Men Out in Halves by a Saw. PURTH

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 4

A HORRIBLE accident, by which a man named August Magussen lost his life. [?] at a timber mill at Worsley. M[]gussen was crossing a connecting…

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Collision at the Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 3

A collision occurred at the Heads yesterday between the schooner Silver Cloud and a punt in tow of the Government steamer Dayspring. The schooner was struck amidships and had several of…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 3

Another railway collision occurred at Tucson, in Arizona, in which eight persons were killed and 17 injured, and a third at Lafox, in [?]inois, where three were killed and twelve injured. The killed and…

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Collision in the Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 5

A collision occurred in the harbour this morning between the ferry steamer Wallaroo and the private launch Northumbria. The Latter was considerably damaged…

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Injured While Diving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 3

The condition of the young man Leslie Cunyngham, who was badly injured while diving at Bondi Maths yesterday, is very serious, and only small hopes are entertained of his recovery…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Young Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 3

Reginald Coleman, aged 20, was swimming in the Macleay River yesterday and had got half way across when he turned back, calling loudly for help. He sank almost immediately in fifteen feet of water…

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