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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Accident to the Inspector-General of Police

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Garvin, Inspector-General of Police, whilst alighting from a tram on Tuesday morning on his way to his office fell heavily on to the roadway fracturing…

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Local and General News. Fatal Burning Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

A burning accident, which unfortunately had a fatal termination, occurred in townon Friday last. It appears that two little children, a boy and girl named…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

A dreadful fatality occurred at the Manilla railway station on Wednesday night, when Harry Lewis, a carrier from Barrata, was run over by a 20…

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Railway Fatality at Hobart. a Sailor's Death. Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

A railway accident occurred just before midnight to an able seaman on H.M.S. Pioneer, named Dawes, who while running away from some comrades across the Domain…

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Shocking Fatality at Heddon. Killed by a Locomotive. Heddon-greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

Robert Fenwick (33), a wheeler employed at Heddon-Greta Colliery, was killed by being run over by a locomotives near the Heddon Colliery screens at about 12 o'clock…

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Shocking Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Beaufront Castle, Hexham, the residence of Captain J. H. Cuthbert, D.S.O. While a party was shooting over the grounds of the…

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A Peculiar Accident Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

Mr Colin Pitt, of the firm of Pitt, Son, and Badgery, was going into the London Bank of Australia, at Martin Place this afternoon, when the gates…

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Latest News by Wire. Press 'Association. Sydney. a Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 5

A tramway labourer, named Patrick Lehy, met with, a peculiar accident at Waterloo this morning. He attempted to scale a fence, and in doing so got caught in the palings and…

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Young Man Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 1

On Tuesday morning Mr M'lntyire, overseer of Shannon Vale Station, near Clen Innes found the body of E. Judge in the Innes River, about 40 yards…

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Terrible Explosion on a Liner. Twelve Men Killed and Forty Injured

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 3

Twelve men have been killed (three are missing) and forty injured in a terrible explosion which occurred on board the liner Haverford in the…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. Colin Pitt of the firm of Pitt Son and Badgery met with a peculiar accident on Monday afternoon. It appears that he was leaving the premises of the London…

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Accident to King Leopold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

King Leopold's carriage collied with a tram in Brussels. The King received a severe shock. He was thrown upon the floor of the carriage…

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Shocking Fatality at Heddon. Killed by a Locomotive. Heddon-greta

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

Robert Fenwick (33), a wheeler employed at Heddon-Greta Colliery, was killed by being run over by a locomoti[?] near the Heddon Colliery screens at about 12 o'clock…

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Kurri. Accident at Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

George Burrell, under-manager of PelawMain Colliery, was injured at two o'clock this afternoon by being crushed between some skips. It is staled Burrell, was attending a…

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A Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

The Parramatta Coroner this morning held an inquiry into the death of James Doyle, who was fatally injured, through falling out of a furniture waggon at Baulkham Hills a…

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Drowned at Bondi

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

The body of a youth named Reginald Bourne, who was drowned yesterday while bathing at Bondi was recovered to-day…

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Fatal Riding Accident. a Wife's Prophecy

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 1

Mr Thomas Vaughan, grazier, of the Gordons district (Vic.), met with a fatal accident lately. It is now stated that, on the day of the fatality, he…

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Injured Eye

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 4

William Collins, 23 years of age, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital yesterday suffering from an injury to one of his eyes. It appears that Collins, who is a wheeler employed at the East Grata…

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Accident at a Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 5

An extraordinary accident occurred at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, during the progress of the sensational drama, "The Favourite." During a riding scene in which about a dozen…

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Disastrous Collision. Great Loss of Life. Survivors' Fearful Sufferings. London, Feb. 13

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

A disastrous collison has occurred off the [?] coast of the United States. The steamer Larchmont, 1606 tons, bound from [?] for New york, came into…

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