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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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The Railway Accident. Latest Particulars. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

The wreckage which resulted from the railway accident at Weston yesterday was cleared by about 5.45 p.m. The permanent way was not damaged to any great extent,…

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The Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

Enquiries made to-day at the residence of Mr. J. C. Marshall, elicited the cheering information that that gentleman, who was seriously injured in the railway accident at Weston yesterday, was on the…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

Pauline Burke, a three-year-old child, died at the North Shore Hospital from the effects of burns received at its parents' residence, Turramurra, on Monday last. The child was left…

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Fatal Accident at Stanfordmerthyr. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

William Montgomery, 52 years of age, married, and residing in Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, was killed by a fall of coal in Stanford-Merthyr Colliery a little after 7 o'clock…

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Etraordinary Accident. Shaft Through Boy's Body

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

Alexander Bryen, 15 years of age, of Avondale, met with a peculiar and painful accident at Dapto on Tuesday. He was riding a horse up the…

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Railway Accident Carriages Derailed. Passengers Badly Hurt

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

A seriuos accident happened to-day to the 12.35 p.m. Cessnock to Maitland passenger train, near Weston. It appears that at about 12.55 p.m…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 2

A youth named J. Jack, in the employ of Mr. J. Sternbe[?]k, local ironworker und who[?]wright, met with a serious accident yesterday, while directing the movements of a circular…

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Accidental Inventions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 6

A man walked from Philadelphia to Washington, writes Frederic J. Haskin in the "Toledo Blade," to patent the gimlet-pointed screw, and the simple idea eventually earned…

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Colliery Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 5

William Montgomery, 52 years of age, married, and residing in Rawsonstreet, Kurri Kurri, was killed by a fall of coal in Standford-Merthyr…

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Railway Accident at Weston. Carriages Derailed. Passengers Seriously Injured. Weston

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 3

A serious accident happened to the 12.35 p.m. Cessnock to Maitland passenger train near Weston this afternoon. At about 12.55 o'clock the train was running on time, and…

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Staging Collapses. School Pupils Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

Several pupils of Melbourne Univarsity High School and a thrilling experience on Thursday while making an inspection of the Fiteroy…

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Another Railway Accident. Train Leaves the Rails

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 2

Information has been received from Kurri Kurri of a serious accident to the 12 35 p m. passenger train from Cessnock to West Maitland on…

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Fearful Fatal Accident. TAREE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 16

A young man named Allred Olsen, aged 18, was killed on Wednesday at Koppin Yarratt, near Comboyne, It appears that he, in company with another man, named Chas. Curry…

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Fatal Accident at Pelaw-Main. PELAW-MAIN

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 5

Frederick Turner, a young man, engaged as an assistant machine-man, was killed by a fall of coal in the Pelaw-Main Colliery on Wednesday morning. From what can be…

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Fatal Accident at Stanford-Merthyr. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 7

William Montgomery, 52 years of age, married, and residing in Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, was killed by a fall of coal in Stanford-Merthyr Colliery a little after 7 o'clock…

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Aberdare Railway Accident. Further Particulars

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 6

Traffic was resumed on the Aberdare railway line on Wednesday night, but men are still engaged along the line clearing away debris…

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Balloonists Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 5

Two balloonists from Dunkirk full into the English Channel and were drowned…

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The Recent Tram Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

Before Judge Murray, at the Darlinghurst Sessions, this morning, Francis Lloyd, tram driver, pleaded not guilty to having at Sydney on May 14 caused the death of John…

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Queanbeyan. Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

Charles McKeahnie, son of Mr. Archibald McKeanic, of Well's station, who was returning home last evening, met his death by what is supposed to be an accident. He was found…

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Muswellbrook. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

A well-known resident of the town, Mr Edward Oakes, horse-breaker, was thrown out of a bulky to-day owing to the horse taking fright at a passing traction engine. It is feared he is very seriously…

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