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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Injured by a Runaway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 4

In attempting to prevent a horse from bolting yesterday, Mr. Asher Kimber, a groom, employed by Mr. J. F. Barry, had a very narrow escape from meeting with very serious injury. He had…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

A fatal motor accident, in which Mr. A. Z. Clark, a well-known mining engineer, was killed, occurred on the Mount Alexander-road, at Digger's Rest, Victoria. The…

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Injured by Explosion. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

A young man named George Cook, employed at the Australian Dropper Company's Works Darling Harbour, was seriously injured this afternoon by a tin…

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A Tragic Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

After facing death scores of times and tlirilling vast audiences twice daily by looping the loop In a motor-car, Mrs Mitzel Morok, a pretty woman of 19…

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A Terrible Accident. Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

A dreadful accident occurred at Toogal. Mr. J. G. Fletcher, a grazier, who recently disposed of Gobbegumbalin Estate to the Government, under the Closer Settlement Act, was engaged fitting up…

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Boy Crushed to Death. Shocking Accident at Wickham

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 6

A boy named Harold Parsons, 12 years of age, living at Wiekham, was run over on Thursday morning by a butter cart. The unfortunate boy's head was crushed…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 3

Reginald Gibbs was remanded on a charge of having slain Henry Willes, who was knocked down by a motor car on Saturday night…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

Joe Martin, foreman of the Railway Carriage Department, Junee, who was knocked down by a train yesterday, died to-day…

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Motor Fatality. Pedestrian Run Down

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

A fatal motor accident occurred on Saturday evening at the corner of College and Oxford streets, Sydney, when a man named Henry Weller, aged 37 years,…

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The College-street Fatality. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

The Attorney-General has decided not to file a bill against the motor car driver, who was convicted by the coroner for causing the death of J. Woolf, who was…

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Fatal Motoring Accident. Mining Engineer Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 4

A motor, containing. A. Z. Clarke, a mining engineer, and his driver, Archibald Hall, whilst on the load from Maccdon to Melbourne, on Friday afternoon,…

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Milk Cart Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning, while Mr R. C. Murdoch, a milk vendor, was delivering milk to a customer in Castlereagh-street, leaving a boy in the cart, the strap…

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Railway Fatality. Signalman Run Down

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

At about 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening Robert Craig, aged about 40. was run over and killed by a train near the Macdonaldtown railway station. The bridge…

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The Motor Car Fatality. Charge of Manslaughter. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

The inquest held upon the death of Henry Weller, a groom, who was killed on Saturday afternoon through being knocked down by a motor car, in…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

An accident of a very painful nature Mrs. S. Dumbrell at her residence near the Long Bridge, yesterday, she having tripped over a bag and sustained a nasty fall, in…

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Accidents at the Rink

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

Two rather serious accidents occurred at the Adelphi Skating Rink last evening, both being caused by falls. Ernest Barry, a lad of about 14. had a wrist broken, and Miss…

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Motor Car Overturned. An Exciting Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 1

A motor car, with five occupants, including several ladies in descending the famous Bald Hill, near Stanwell Park, had the brakes of the car so…

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Terrible Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 5

A terrible railway collision occurred at Antwerp. Twenty-six dead bodies were taken from the wreckage, while others were so pinned as to make it impossible to…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 12

A fatal motor accident, in which Mr. A. Z. Clark, a well-known mining engineer, was killed, occurred on the Mount Alexander-road, at Dieter's Rest, Victoria. The…

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Terrible Railway Collision (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 4

A shocking railway collision has occurred near Antwerp. Belgium. Twentysix bodies have already been extracted from the debris, and others are pinned…

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