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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 5

An old man named Frederick Tressel was killed on the railway line near Rookwood…

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Latest News by Wire. 'A' Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 5

Two trams—one from Circular Quay to the Railway Station, and the other from the Station to the Quay—caine into collision near the new Railway Station at 5.40 this…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Manly Drowning Fatality

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

An inquest was held to-day on the body of August Henry Worland, who was swept off the rocks at Manly while fishing. Evidence was given to the effect that deceased was…

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Sensational Mine Accident. a Plucky Comrade

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

A sensational accident, which resulted in the death of Patrick John Kearman, and in which Henry Dedman, Jens Nelson, Joel Noble, and William Edwards received minor…

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Serious Tram Accident SYDNEY,Monday

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

A Serious collision occurred between two- trams in Pitt-street, near the railway station, this morning. persons wore injured, one rather sen…

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Became Queen "Victoria" by Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

"When the Queen ascended the throne, she was proclaimed as Queen Alexandrina and no two historians agree ns to the origin of the change to 'Victoria.' What…

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Sensational Mine Accident. a Plucky Comrade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 11

A sensational accident, which resulted in the death of Patrick John Kearnan, and in which Henry Dedman, Jens Nelson, Joel Noble, and William Edwards received minor…

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Tahiti Devastated. Ten Thousand Drowned. London, March 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 3

The steamer Mariposa on her return to San Francisco from a cruise among the islands reported that a terrific hurricane on the night of February 7 devastated Tahiti…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

On Sunday last, a young man named Andrew Ball, son of Mr Thomas Ball of this town, while cycling collided with a post at South Singleton, and was thrown…

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Miner's Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

Thos. Considine, a minor, employed at the Central Mine, Broken Hill, had his back broken on Friday. Consi[?]re was working in the rise at the 4[?]…

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Terrible Fatality

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

While dancing was going on in a ballroom over a stable at Fucechio, a fire occurred, and the floor of the room collapsed. Eighteen of the dancers were incinerated, while…

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Local and General News. Riding Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

Master Michael O'Brien, son of Mr. P.O'Brien, of Haydouton, met with a nasty accident on Monday last. It appears that he was riding in Boyd Street, near the…

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Tahiti Devastated. Ten Thousand Drowned. London, March [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

The steamer Mariposa on her return to San Francisco from a cruise among the islands reported that a terrific hurricane on the night of February 7 devastated [?]…

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The Kiel Disaster. German Torpedo-boat Sinks. Thirty-three Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 5

On 19th November the Kiel correspondent of the London "Daily News" wrote:— Far out near the Buelk lighthouse at…

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Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

A man named Harry Hanley, who was knocked down by a tram on Saturday night, died in the hospital to-day…

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Washed Away Remarkable Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

At Auburn (Vic.) en Sunday, Albert Carroll, aged 15 years, was playing frith two little, boys in a stormwater channel about 2ft. wide by 6ft…

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Rescues From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon while a palling boat containing four men wag making for one of the Fort Macquarie wharfs, Herbert E[?]wards, one of the crew,…

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Railway Collision

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

A collision between two trains occurred at Godsend, Ohio, yesterday. The carriages caught fire. Ten persons were killed, and 15 others were injured, some fatally…

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I Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

A man named P. Hassett met with a misadventure yesterday. He' was driving a milk van from Reedy Creek to Singleton, and on the journey the…

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Boating Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 5

[?] the capsizing of a boat in Bantry of the crew of the battleship Dun[?] drowned…

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