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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Terrible Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 4

Information has been received of a shocking accident near Gunning, which resulted in a railway ganger named O'Neille being fatally injured. O'Neill, it would appear, was…

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Accident to a Mail Contractor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 4

Mr. Howard Brooker, Contractor for the conveyance of mails from Merannie to Singleton, met with an accident yesterday but fortunately the injuries received were…

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Corowa. Accident to a Clergyman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 4

When returning to South Corowa last evening the Rev. Ward Thomas, Church of England clergyman, met with a serious accident. He was coming down an incline at…

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Railway Accident at Gunnedah

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 13

A railway accident which might easily have been attended with disastrous results, occurred to the Moree train, near Breeza, early on Saturday morning. The train was approaching Breeza…

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Terrible Tramway Fatality. Explosion of a Boiler Engine-diver and Conductor Killed. Several Others Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 3

A terrible explosion, resulting in the death of a tramway engine-driver, and the injury of several other persons, occurred at Concord this afternoon. A steam [?] from…

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Serious Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 3

A horse attached to a sulky, bolted at Waterloo, this morning. The driver, Charles Haigh, and a man named William Bobbard, were both thrown out. The former was badly injured about…

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Nasty Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 2

Mr.William Gilbert, of tho Horse Shoe Bend was the victim of a nasty mishap on Saturday afternoon. He was facing a piece of timber with an adze, which slipped, Mr. Gilbert's left foot receiving…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 3

Lord Chesham, Master of the Royal Buck[?]ounds, was thrown off his horse and killed, while hunting with the pytchley [?]ounds. The deceased lord was aged 57…

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Terrible Tramway Fatality. Explosion of a Boiler. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 3

A terrible explosion, resulting in the death of a tramway engine-driver, and the injury of several other persons, occurred at Concord this…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Monday afternoon. Trains in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 5

The Great Northern train collided with a stationary train at Finsbury. Thirty of the passengers were injured, but not seriously…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Serious Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 3

On Sunday last a juvenile son of a farmer who lives near Denman, named Oxford, was handling a loaded gun in his home, when the weapon exploded, inflicting serious injuries upon the holder…

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Local and General. Fatal Accident at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 4

A minor named William Martin (30), living at New Lambton, fell down the hold of the ship Camp Hill, at Stockton, yesterday, and was killed…

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Terrible Tramway Fatality. Explosion of a Boiler. Engine driver and Conductor Killed. Several Others Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 3

A TERRIBLE explosion, resulting in the death of a tramway engine driver, and the injury of several other persons, occurred at Concord on Monday…

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Terrible Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

A building in course of erection in Hunter-street, at the rear of premises of the Union Bunk, was the scene of a terrible accident this morning, a middle-aged labourer, named Martin…

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Narrow Escape Prom Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

Mrs Frost, a resident of Pyrmont, Sydney, at present on a visit to Newcastle, had a narrow escape from drowning on Wednesday night. It appears…

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Fatality at Narromine

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

Yesterday morning, Mr James Barrett, residing in George-street, Singleton, received a. telegram informing him that his brother had been accidentally…

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Railway Collision. Defective Signalling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

A serious accident, caused through a collision of trains due to a mistake in signalling, occurred at Laverton, Victoria, last evening. A number of passengers were injured. The down train at…

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Terrible Tramway Fatality. Explosion of a Boiler. Two Engine Drivers Killed Several, Others Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 11

A terrible explosion, resulting in the death of a tramway, engine driver, and the injury of several other Persons, occurred at' Concord this afternoon. A steam. fram…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Woman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

The body of Mrs. Janet Ann Ivory, aged 50, who lived with her husband at the Glebe, was found floating in Blackwattle Bay (Glebe Point) last evening. Mrs. Ivory, who…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 November 1907 · page 2

News of a sad shooting fatality was received by the police this morning. A young man named William George Blackwell, about 20 years of age, residing with his parents at…

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