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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. John Lavis, of Bowthorne, met with a very serious accident at the East Greta railway junction about 9 o'clock last evening. It appears that Mr. Lavis was on a visit to…

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Tho Harbour Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. Aubin Riley, a former resident of Maitland, and son of the late Mr. L.J. Riley, writes us that he had been visiting Melbourne, and was returning to Sydney by the steamer Bunninyong, on Friday…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 6

The following from the annual report of the Central Board will be read with interest by many of our readers :- "The fund was in operation during the…

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Harbour Collision. Steamer and Barque Damaged

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

A collision between the steamer Buninyong (Howard Smith Company) and the barque Criffcl occurred near Garden Island, Sydney Harbor,…

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Colliery Fatality. Man K1lled at Hebburn. Heddon-greta, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

A young man named James Swinton, en-gaged at Hebburn Colliery, was killed at 3 o'clock this afternoon. From the particu-lars available it appears an empty skip…

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A Revolver Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

A young man named Arthur Dunn, secre-tary of the Hotel Mansion, Darlinghurst, was cleaning a revolver this morning when the weapon exploded, the bullet lodging in…

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

At an inquest on the body of James Tierney, a shipwright, who was fatally injured while working on board the steamer Inger, the evidence showed that the affair was a…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 1

A shocking discovery was made on the railway line at Dubbo on Monday morning. When the mail train was approaching the 253-mile post the…

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A Child Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 3

Nita Garing two years of age, was drowned in a creek near Albury on Monday. The child had been sent with her brother, aged six, across the…

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The Fatality at Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

Mr. A. Pryor (district coroner) conducted an inquest at the Criterion Hotel yesterday touching the death of James Henry Swinton, who was killed in the Hebburn Colliery…

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Attacked by an Elephant Mr Philip Wirth Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

Mr Philip Wirth, of Wirth Brothers' circus, had an unpleasant experience with the baby elephant on Monday. The menagerie had only…

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Harbor Collision. Steamer and Barque Damaged

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

A collision between the steamer Buninyoug (Howard Smith Company) and the Criffel occurred near Garden Island, Sydney Harbor, shortly after 7 p.m. on…

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Serious Accident at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. Craddick, proprictor of the Royal Hotel, Morpeth, while driving in that town this morning met with a serious and painful accident. It appears that the herse…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 14

The following from the annual report of the Central Board will be road with interest by many of our readers:— "The fund was in operation during the…

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Driving Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

Yesterday Mr. Walter Trafford, of Devonshire-street, in company with his wife and two children, was driving a pony and trap in the vicinity of Hinton Bridge, when a cow chained under…

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Buggy Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

Whilst Mr. B. Bouflier and his two daughters were driving from his residence at East Maitland this morning they had the misfortune to meet with tin accident. It appears'…

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Latest Hews by Wire. Sydney, Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 5

A man named Pegam,, aged 45, was picked up in an unconscious condition at Randwick late last night. He was conveyed to the Sydney Hospital, where he was found to…

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Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

Last night a man named Pega[?] aged 45, was picked up in an unconscious condition at Randwick. Upon being taken to the Sydney Hospital…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 3

Two men, Joseph Ibertson and John Barker, labourers, met with an accident at a brick yard at St. Leonards this morning, owing to a seaffolding on which they were…

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Engine-Shunting Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

While a railway employee named James Bennetts was engaged in what is known as "tail roping" an engine that was being shunted, he came into…

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