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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 3

The railway authorities received advice this morning to the effect that a hotelkeeper named McHugh, of Uralla, was knocked down by a goods train at that place at 2 o'clock…

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Broken Hill. Some Serious Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 3

A couple of mine employees were admitted to the hospital last night. They were Henry Wittman, miner, from South Broken Hill mine, who was overcome by dynamite…

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Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 2

A young minor named Henry Scroope was badly injured while working in a winze at the Great Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie, on Tuesday. A…

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Realistic Entertainment. Railway Collision by Arrangement. Great Spectacle Near New York

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 6

Realism in entertainments has been brought to great perfection—probably nowhere so much as in the United States. On the afternoon of…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 6

Mr John M'Hugh, an hotelkeeper at Uralla, was killed at the Armidale Railway Station on Thursday morning. He missed the mail train on…

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Allynbrook. Fatal Driving Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

An old resident of Lostock, named Agnes Soper, was Killed at 11 o'clock to-day by the capsizing of a sulky at Colstoun…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

During the week three wheelers, employed at Rosedale Colliery, have sustained injuries while working with the skips. On Tuesday James Young…

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Fatal Accident at Lostock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 4

Our Lostock correspondent reports that miss Agnes Soper was accidentally killed on Saturday morning about 11 o'clock. It appears that Miss Soper drove Mrs. Rooney down to Gresford to the doctor's…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 6

The motor bus panic is spreading. Motor car accidents are on the increase. One of the Harmsworth Brothers is lying at the point of death, near Hatfield, through…

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The Fatality at a Club Why No Inquest was Held

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

On the motion for the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly on Friday afternoon, Mr O'Neill asked the Attorney-General whether he had yet…

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Affairs in Russia. Destructive Bombs. People Killed and Injured. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

A bomb was throws at a patrol of police at Bendzin, Poland, when two policemen were blown to pieces, and 10 ot[?]rs injured. The soldiers after…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 3

[?]ke of Oporto was nearly killed in a accident near Cascaes…

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Railway Accident. Boy's Ann Crushed to a Pulp

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

Charles Ralph, 12 years of age, employed as a paper-runner, was touching the [?]andles of the doors of a train as the carriages passed him,…

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This Australian Club Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of Claude Osborne was resumed to-day. Additional, evidence showed that deceased was quito sober at the time of the fatality. The…

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Accident to Earl Grey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 3

The bursting of an electric light, bulb nearly destroyed the right eye of Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada. Splinters of glass were extracted from the eyeball…

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Accidental Death [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 3

At the inquest upon the body of Claude H. Osborne, who was killed by falling from a balcony at the Australian Club a verdict of accidental…

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Sensational Racecourse Accidents. Two Big Smashes. Nine Horses Down Together

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 5

At the Boulder Race Club meeting on Saturday there was a remarkable number of accidents, all of which took place during the running of the first two races,…

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Balloon Fatality Fall of 1100 Feet LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

A sensational balloon accident has occurred at Hamm, Westphalia. A balloon had ascended to an altituds of 1100ft. when it burst. The…

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'Bus Tickets Fatality. Little Girl's Shocking Death. Newspapers Censured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 3

At the Lewisham Coroner's Court on 31st May Dr. Oswald held an inquest on the body of Edith Jane Pavier, aged seven, who lived with her widowed…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 16

The motor bus panic is spreading. Motor car accidents are on the increase. One of i the Harmsworth Brothers is lying at the point of death, near Maitland, through…

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