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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

On Wednesday last Miss Marie Simpson, daughter of Mr and Mrs E. H. Simpson, of the local A. J. S. Bank, was out riding on her pony, and had…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Association. Sydney. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

An enginre-driver named Daniel McFlynn, an employee at Eveleigh railway workshops, had his hand badly crushed while at work this morning…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

A daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip Holz. of Mitchell's Flat, about 8 years of age, fell off a gate at her home on Sunday, sustaining slight, concussion of…

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A Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of William Thornton Corbett, aged 16, a railway cleaner. William Doxlev an outline driver, said that…

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Swept Overboard. Four Sailors Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 5

During the voyage of the barque Serena, from Australia to London, four of the crew were swept overboard and drowned. The seamen who lost their lives were a Norwegian…

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Startling Accident at Branxton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 4

A shooking fatality was narrowly averted at Branxton, on Wednes day night last. Mr J. Mawson, railway station master, being severely…

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Runaway and Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 2

Some excitement was created late yesterday afternoon by a horse attached to a sulky, the property of Mr. J. Kennedy, the well-known rabbit-oh, bolting from the vicinity of the Elgin-street railway…

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Late Railway Fatality. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 2

At the inquest held to-day upon the death of William T. Corbett, a, railway cleaner, aged 16, William Doxley, an enginedriver, gave…

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Smoking in Bed. Terrible Burning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 2

Mr William Morriman, a very old resident of Miller's Point, Sydney, met with a terrible death on Tuesday. Shortly after 11 a.m…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 3

James Shepherd (50), a railway fettler, was knocked down by a train between Harris Park and Parramatta, while at work this morning. He had got out of the way of a train proceeding…

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Allynbrook Items. Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 2

Unlike the last occasion on which I wrote, there is this week an accident to chronicle; would that I now could say, as. then, that…

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A Strange Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

A shocking accident is reported from Blinman, in the far north of South Australia. Mr. Bice, metallurgist, son of Mr J. G. Bice,…

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Serious Buggy Accident. Several Children Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 1

A report from Capertee, near Lithgow, states that a buggy load of children were returning from attending the funeral of Mr Cowie's…

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Swept Overboard. Four Sailors Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 5

During the voyage of the barque Serena, from Australia to London four of the crew were swept overboard and drowned. The seamen who lost their lives were a Norwegian,…

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Knocked Down by a Train. Fettler Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

James Shepherd, 50 years of age, a railway fettler, residing at Granville, was knocked down by a train between Harris Park and…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

A young man named A. V. Hosie, employed at the Excelsior Steam Saw Mills, met with a painful accident on Thursday afternoon while at joinery…

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Peculiar Revolver Accident. a Forgotten Cartridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 1

Mr Hector M'lntosh, of Malcolm Vale, met with a peculiar shooting accident a few days ago. He had discharged six chambers of a small…

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Fearful Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 5

A train containing 800 excursionists on the Pere Parquette railway, near Salem, Michigan, dashed into a freight train coming in an opposite direction. Six out of eleven cars were…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 4

A man named Nicholas Bush, a resident of Kurri Kurri, was struck by a train and had his right arm fractured. He was admitted to the Maitland Hospital this afternoon for…

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Man Drowned. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 2

An elderly man, whose name is unknown, was washed off the rocks at Bondi this morning while fishing, and was drowned…

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