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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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A Woman Injured. Remarkable Experience. MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 6

Mrs Kate Bourke, 28 years of age a resident of Launching Place, near Healesville, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital to-day, suffering from…

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Accident to a Boy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 6

On Wednesday afternoon last, while G. D. Nattrass and Tickle were driving along the main North Road between Greta and Branxton, a boy…

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Railway Fatality. a Man and Horse Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

As a result of a collision Between a passenger train and a delivery van, a man named Murray Aitkin Maclure, the driver of the van, was fatally…

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Accident at Branxton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

Last Saturday a little boy, the son of Mr F. Tanner, met with a serious accident at Branxton; It appears that the little fellow was playing in the yard…

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Mistchenko's Raid. A Graphic Narrative. Nine Hundred and Eighty one Men Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 4

MESSRS. BUSH BROTHERS,—of Newchwang, have seat us the following detailed account of Mistchenko's famous raid:—…

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Unrest in Russia Women and Children Injured a Great Strike. Restrictions Removed. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 2

Since the massacre at Warsaw on May Day many women and children, suffering from broken heads and limbs, have died in the hospital…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Two Men Drowned. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 5

A boat containing four young men, who were fishing near the powder magazine, capsized this morning in the north harbour, and two of the occupants, of the boat,…

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Dreadful Fatality. a Death Drop

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 4

At Specimen-hill, near Bendigo (Vie ) on Thursday afternoon. two boys. Benjamin P. Bawden and August To[?]min, were playing about the mouth of…

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A Boy's Death. Injured While Playing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 3

At a magisterial inquiry held at Wangaratta (Vie),regarding the death of Leslie James, 12 years and 8 months old, who had died from peritonitis,…

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A Runaway Tram. One Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 3

On Saturday morning the 8 o'clock tram [?] Rose Bay got out of control. On [?] Darling Point, a regular stopping [?] the driver attempted to pull up, but…

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Fishing Fatality. Two Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

A boating fatality, resulting in the loss of two lives, took place near the Powder Magazine, Newcastle, on Saturday afternoon. Three men…

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Shocking Boating Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

NEWS reached Newcastle on Saturday afternoon of one of those sensational boating accidents in which, as is too often the case, the parties involved set…

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Burning Fatality. Man Roasted to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

A fire resulting in the total destruction of a large boarding house at Port Macquarie, occupied by Mrs Wall and the death of a young man named…

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Automobile Fatality. Driver Committed for Trial. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

A Spaniard of the name of Hilderbrand, who is a chauffeur in the employ of Sir Alfred Harmsworth, the principal " proprietor of the London "Daily…

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Terrible Accident. The Victim a Farmer Resident of Singleton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

Dennis Scanlon, who was employed at a saw mill in the Inverell district. met with a terrible accident. which resulted fatally on Monday, at the In…

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A Runaway Tram. One Man Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 16

On Saturday morning the 8 o'clock tram from Rose Bay got out of control. On reaching Darling Point, a regular, stopping place, the driver attempted to pull up, but…

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Fatal Steeplechase Accident. Death of a Leading Cross-Country Rider

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

The career of the popular and successful cross[?]country rider, Michael Mooney came to a tragic termination on Saturday last. His last ride was on Colenso, in the…

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Broken Hill. a Fearful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 5

Two miners were blown to pieces at the south mine, Broken Hill, this morning, through boring into an old hole in which some explosives had been left…

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Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 4

A man named George Boyle, employed at the mines Rix's Creek met with a rather serious accident in Singleton on Thursday night. He was proceeding…

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Our London Letter. (From Our Special Correspondent). Thorns in the Unionist Side. —Pretty Fanny.—the Verb "To Wankle." — Eight Pounds for Nothing.—the Burden of the Rates.— Russia's Attitude Towards England.—the Australian Mails.—the Kaiser Under the Limelight.—king Edward's Journey.—journalistic Prosperity in England.—the Toll of Motor Accidents.—the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.—a New Hamlet. London, April 6th, 1905. The Balfour Ministry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 6

Impartial observers agree that the Balfour Ministry appears to be nearing its fall. The Unionists lost scat after seat at the bye-elections, but were…

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