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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Sad Shooting Fatality. a Child the Victim

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

Donald Murray, eight years, son of Francis Murray, accountant of the Union Bank, Launceston (Tas.), accidentally shot himself. The father…

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The Steamer Collision The Inquest [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

The inquest upon Mr and Mrs Heming, killed at Manly owing to a steamer collision, was resumed to-day. The Coroner deferred his decision till…

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French Clerical Dis-turbances Many People Injured [By Cable.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

Further disturbances have occurred in France in connection with the taking of inventories in Catholic places of worship. Five hundred Catholic men,…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 4

The wife of Mr. W. Bottle, who resides about three miles out of Muswellbrook, on the Wybong-road, met with a somewhat serious accident on Monday afternoon. She was…

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Fatal Accident at Gundy

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

IT is our sorrowful duty to have to chronicle a fatal termination to the accident at Gandy of Thursday evening last, to the young woman, Miss…

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Fatal Accident [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

While working at the new railway station to-day William Anderson fell from the scaffolding, 24 feet, to the ground, and was killed…

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The Harbour Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 5

The inquest, with regard to the recent fatal harbour collision concluded to-day. The coroner said lie considered Captain Ward, of the steamer Manly, was guilty of…

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Floods in Queensland. Narrow Escapes From Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 4

The weather in the Central District of Queensland, says a message from Rockhampton,y yesterday, is now fine. The rivers in the west continue to rise. The river…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 1

Thomas Keefe, 25 years of age was drowned in Bombowlee Creek, 10 miles from Tumut, on Monday. Deceased, with his brother. uncle, and friends…

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Fatal Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 3

'A goods train escaped into a siding descended a slope on the Rockies. The train collided with a passenger train bound from Helena to Montana. The carriages caught…

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The Harbour Collision Careless Navigation [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 2

The inquest concerning the deaths of Mr and Mrs Heming, who were killed a few days ago as a result of a collision between the oil launch Agnes…

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The Wybong Road Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 3

Mrs. W. Buttle, who mm with a serious accident, as previously reported, was throws out of the sulky in which she was being driven, owing to the horse in the vehicle…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 3

Threeof the men entombed in a mine at [?]ackmannan, a father and two of his sons, [?] been rescued…

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Accident to a Submarine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The submarine boat Bonite, of the French navy, accidentally struck the battleship Suffren, 12,728 tons, 16 feet below the waterline, The commander of the submarine…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 4

Whilst a young man named Thomas Hill, in the employ of Mr. J. M. Campbell, of St. Heliers, was unloading hay at the local railway station on Wednesday, he slipped and…

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Drowning Fatalities

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 1

Mr J.W. Batty, sheriff's officers at Narreadera, was drowned while bathing in the Murrumbidgee River on Tuesday evening. Mr M.J…

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Wallsend 'Bus Fatality Wicks Found Guilty

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

At Newcastle Quarter Sessions Harold Robert Wicks and Douglas Henderson Broadfoot were charged with the manslaughter of Phillip…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. the Recent Harbour Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

Last night Detectives Ward and Fullerton served a notice signed by the Solicitor-General on Roger L. C. Ward, captain of the steamer Manly, calling upon him to appear…

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Newcastle. a Recent Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 3

The Court of Marine inquiry into the collision on Lake Macquarie, between the ferry steamers Rose and The Toronto, was resumed this afternoon, when Judge…

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The Harbour Fatality [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

Although the City Coroner at the inquest on the bodies of Mr and Mrs Hemmings, the victims of the ManlyAgnes collision, found the captain of…

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