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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 4

James Henry Alexander Doubtfire, aged 22, died in the Broken Hill hospital on Monday morning from the effects of a gunshot wound…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 3

While two wharf labourers named Roberts and Anderson were helping tounload the steamer Corie this morning, a sling containing 12 bags of salt, gave way, falling on…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

IT is our sorrowful duty to record an accident, which resulted fatally, to a well-known and respected resident of this town, in the person…

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A Terrible Collision. Ten Lives Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 7

A message, dated Launceston, Tas., Tuesday, says:—A terrible accident happened on the River Tamar last night, involving the loss of ten lives. The news was received in…

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Fatal Capsize of a Boat. Four Persons Drowned A[?]ckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 7

A small boat capsized off Motutapu on Monday morning. The occupants went J. Pilkington and his two sons: Fred and Harry, also Lionel Skinner and W…

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Boating Fatality. Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 3

Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a severe rain squall, accompanied by thunder and lightning, swept over Sydney and its harbour, and while it lasted the occupants…

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Accident on the Dreadnought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 3

While H.M.S. Dreadnought was on her [?] voyage one of her boiler tubes [?] Three stokers were badly scalded on [?] heads and backs. They are now in…

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Boating Fatality Two Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 2

On Sunday afernoon a boating fatality, attended with the loss of two lives, occurred about three miles of Coogee during a heavy thunderstorm…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 2

A fatality is reported from Nullamann, 12 miles from lnverell. Two boys, Alexander and Duncan Brown, were spending a holiday with Herbert…

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Burning Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 1

A miner coming off shift at Broken Hill about half-past 1 on Friday morning heard somebody screaming in a hut on the Proprietary lease…

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Scalding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 8

A child named Jacob Schilling, one year and seven months old, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital from Vacy on Monday, suffering from serious injuries, the result of a scalding accident, Less than an…

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Strange Fatality Man Bleeds to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 2

At Modbury (S.A.) on Tuesday Herbert Edward Marr went to a stable to kill rats. A false tailboard, with irom spikes sticking upwards, was…

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Railway Fatality Guard Killed at Newtown

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 1

Samuel Spacey, 45 years of ago, a railway guard, was killed near the Newtown Station at about 1 o' clock on Tuesuay morning. He was…

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Accident at the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 4

During the pony jumping competitions on the show ground this afternoon a very nasty accident occurred. One of the ponies got rid of its rider and cleared out at full gallop. Mr. M. P. W. Button…

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Shocking Burning Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 2

A singular and very painful accident has happened to a farmer, named William Eichner, of Glenlee (Vi[?].). Recently he broke his leg, and was…

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Boating Fatality. Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 10

Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a severe rain squall, accompanied by thunder and lightening, swept over Sydney and its harbour, and while it lasted, the occupants…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 4

Early in the week a painful accident happened to Mrs Carter, the mother of Mis Frank Dight, of Glen Nevis, Westbrook. Mrs Carter had…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Association. Sydney. Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 3

The body of an unknown man was found floating in Woolloomooloo Bay this morning…

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A Curious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 3

A lorry, containing several tons at iron, collided with a verandah post of the Royal Stamford Hotel, Bathurst-street, and almost the entire balcony was carried away…

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A[?]peculiar Accident [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning the police found a man near Croydon covored with blood and dazed. Upon recovery the man gave his name as…

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