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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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New Zealand. Terrible Coach Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 3

A coach capsized while crossing the Wairu River, near Blenheim. Wescott, the driver, also a man named Bolton, and Mrs. Bonnington, and child, were drowned…

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Ships in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 3

The Ka[?]ser Wilhelm der Grosse, when leav[?] Cherbourg, collided with the Royal Mail [?] Orinoco. Four of the former's steer[?] passengers were [?]lled, five were injured…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 2

Mrs. Nicholls wife of Mr. Thomas Nicholls, J.P., a well-known resident of Bishop's Bridge was unfortunate in meeting with a serious burning accident last night. Shortly after ten o'clock she was about…

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A Curious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 2

A horse attached to a cart ran into tram on the Parramatta Road this morning and one of the shaft points of the [?] penetrated the thigh of a lady passenger…

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A Fatal Collision London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 4

The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm do Grosse and the steamer Orinoco collided in Cherbourg harbor, and four steerage passengers were killed on…

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Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 4

An accident happened on Tuesday last to Mr A. Peterson, a shunter on the Singleton railway. It appears that Peterson, while engaged in…

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Coach Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 4

W[?] one of Mr.[?].A. Fry's coaches was being driven down High-street this morning one of the swingle-bars broke and frightened the horses, which commenced to kick and…

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Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 1

Thos. Brown, a fisherman, and Leslie Wynne, an assistant, were drowned from their boat when fishing at Two sisters Islands, off Wilson's…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 2

Shortly after 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon two men, Arthur Green and James Fu[?]ick, were crossing the railwa0y bridge which spans Cockle Creek,…

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[?] Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 3

train came into collision with goods train, at Ulleskel[?], York-[?] a log. A driver and a fire-[?]…

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Dock Fatality at Auckland. Two Lives Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 5

A serious accident, attended with the loss of two lives, occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Galliope Graving Dock, Auckland. Two men, W. May and R. Clark, are…

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Shocking Mining Fatality Trolly Falls Down a Shaft. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 5

A shocking occurrence took place early on Monday morning in a shaft which is being sunk for the Borehole Collieries Company on their property at Cockle Creole. The shaft,…

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Criminal by Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 3

Apropos of a recent remark (saya Mr. Labou. chere in "Truth"), a friend tells me the following story as an illustration of the physical origin of criminal instincts. He gives it on the authority…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 4

Whilst sitting on a chair at her residence, Bourke-street, this morning, Mrs. Michael Normoyle, an old and respected resident of Maitland, who is only just recovering from serious indisposition, was…

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Peculiar Fatality. Two Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

A serious accident, attended with the loss of two lives, occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Calliope Graving Dock, Auckland (N.Z.). Two…

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Train and Buggy Collide Two Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Burren Junction, near Wee Wan on Tuesday. The .mail train, when about a mile the other side of Burren June…

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Buggy Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

An accident which could have ended more seriously happened in High-street, near the Long Bridge, during the storm yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock. There was a van coming out…

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Peculiar Fatality. Two Lives Lost

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident, attended with the loss of two lives, occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Calliope Graving Dock, Auckland (N.Z.). Two men,…

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Latest News by Wire. Press 'Association, Sydney. a Curious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 3

An apprentice named Thompson, aged 20, was Working at an ornery wheel at the Sydney Hy-draulic Engineering Company's works, Darling Harbour, this morning when the wheel burst and…

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Shocking Mining Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 10

A shocking occurrence took place early on Monday morning in a shaft which is being sunk for the Borehole Collieries Company on their property at Cockle Creek. The shaft,…

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