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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Peculiar Burning Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

A Hay blacksmith, named Jack M'Lennan, was the victim of a singular burning accident the other morning. He was suffering from…

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Local and General. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

Our Mount Vincent correspondent reports that a painful accident happened to Mr. F. Osland, of Brunkerville, on Wednesday. It appears that while engaged in drawing a log…

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Sisters Drowned. in Sight of Home

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

A sad boating disaster involving the death of two sisters occurred at Portslade, near Brighton, on Saturday evening, 3rd February…

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Local and General. The Accident to Mr. Osland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

The man F. Osland, who was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Wednesday, is still unconscious…

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Accidents

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

While engaged timber cutting, Mr. William Maher, of Cessnock, gashed his left foot, through a slip of the axe. The sufferer was conveyed to his home…

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The Injured Man Osland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 6

The condition of Mr. F.Osland, who was admitted to the hospital in a serious condition last week, showed a slight improvement this afternoon, but he is only conscious accasionally…

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Horrible Fatality. Man Torn to Pieces. Narrabri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 7

A shocking fatality occurred on Sunday afternoon at the rabbit freezing works at Tibbereaaab Siding, two miles from town, Miss Stork, sister-in-law of a young man…

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Shocking Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

An accident occurred at the Portland cement works on Saturday morning, by which a young a man named George Campbell had both legs crushed. He…

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Fatal Accident.'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 May 1906 · page 2

A shocking fatal accident occurred at the Old Steam Laundry premises, in the western end of the town, shortly after two o'clock this afternoon, by which a lad named Thomas Walter…

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Shocking Accident. Child Loses Both Legs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1906 · page 3

A child named Thomas Moade had both his legs so crushed, at Sydenham railway station on Monday afternoon that it was found necessary…

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Supposed Drowning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

A young man named George Whitely is supposed to have been drowned at Glen Oak Wharf, near Seaham, yesterday afternoon. His horse and cart were found unattended…

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Local and General News. Fate Accident at Narrabi

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

Mr. Carl George Blum, 27, engineer, who was employed at the Tibbereena, Freezing Works at West Narrabri, was found dead on the floor of the…

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Broken Hill. Frightful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred here this morning. An old man named John Henry Pengelly, who was in charge of the slop curt,, containing a 200-gallon tank full of slop…

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Singular Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

A serious accident happened to Dr. James Kearney, of Parramatta, last night. On returning home with his motor car he got under the machine docked…

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A Boy's Fatal Accident. the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

An inquest was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, before the Deputy-Coronor (Mr. H. Crothers, J.P.), touching the death of the boy Thomas Walter…

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Mining Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

The foreman of the workshop at South mine, Broken Hill, was killed on Thursday. The victim (Samuel Jackson) was engaged in the boiler…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

The body of George Whittley, who was missed at Glen Oak wharf, wan recovered in the river near the wharf on Thursday night…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Miner's Death. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 5

Patrick Lynch, a widower, said to be about 46 years of age, was found dead on the railway line between Weston and Abermain about 4 o'clock this morning. The…

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Accident to No. 9

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

Through a subsidence in the permanent way (loop), at Weston, No. 9 engine (one of the heaviest and most powerful of the East Greta Coal Co.)…

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The Weston Fatality. the Inquest. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. A. Pryor, District Coroner, opened an inquest at Garrat's Hotel on Saturday evening touching the death of Patrick Lynch, who was killed on the A.A. Company's railway on…

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