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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Newcastle's Troubles. Disastrous Fire Damage Estimated at £200,000 Four Men Injured. (By Telegraph). Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

A disastrous fire eccurred about 3 o'clock this morning, when Messrs David Cohen and Co.'s big warehouse, in Scott and Keightlcy streets, together…

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Trains in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 5

A train from Milan to Rome, carrying ten senators, came into collision with a stationary train at Acquabella Bridge yesterday. A third train from Bergamo crashed into the wreckage…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 5

Details in regard to a motor car accident at Bowral show that the car dashed down a bank and overturned. Mr. Edwards and Sergeant Nowlan were precipitated through…

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A Double Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

A lamentable fatality occurred at Black Range (Vic.) on Monday night. Mrs Brown, an aged woman, had a child, Charles Ridding, 2 years of age,…

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Trains in Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

A train from Milan to Rome, carrying ten senators, came into collision with a stationary train at Acquabella Bridge yesterday. A third train from…

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Motor-car Accident. Occupant Badly Hurt. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

Details in connection with a motor car accident at the Bowral Show state that the car dashed down a bank ard overturned. Sergeant Nowlan and Mr…

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The Steamer Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

It transpires that in connection with the collisions between the steamers Amsterdam and Axminster off the coast of Holland, that the missing boat of the Amsterdam…

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A Lady Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

Lord Kitchener's sister-in-law, widow of Mr. Arthur Kitchener, while suffering from insomnia, climbed through the port hole of the steamer Magdalena, at Colon, and was…

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Collision in North Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

[?] a thick fog the Great Eastern Railway [?]pany's steamer Amsterdam, 1777 tons, [?] into collision off the Hook of Holland, [?] the British steamer Axminster, 1905 tons…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

An express train at Wimbledon dashed into a local train in a fog, and 32 persons were injured…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

A gruesome discovery was made this morning by Mr. Woodall, who observed the body of a man floating in the Hunter River under the willows on the Lorn side. Ho at once supplied information to the police, and…

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Escape From Drowning. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

As a young lady was trying to fill a can from a pool of water at MinreHa-Ha Falls, Katoomba, yesterday, she lost her balance, and fell in the…

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Famous Racehorse Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The racehorse Persimmon owned by King Edward, is suffering from a fractured pelvis. Hopes are entertained that the horse can be saved…

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Dungog. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

While Mrs. Donnelly and Frank Callingnan were driving from Maitland on Thursday night the horse became unmanagable coming down Wallarobba Hill and bolted. Both…

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The Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 3

further particulars are available concerning the motor car accident on Tuesday evening at the Bong Bong Bridge, between Bowral and Moss Vale,…

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A Fatal Accident. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

This morning, miner named Thomes Brew, 40 years of age was killed at the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill He was working at the 800 feet level,…

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Serious Mining Accident. a Man's Eyes Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

By a permature explosion in the Associated mine at Kalgoorlic on Tuesday night a contractor named John Watson was dangerously injured,…

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Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 3

An express train coming into Wimbledon daslred into a local train during a fog, and 12 persons were injured…

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Fatality at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 3

While Robert Vaughan, 40 years of age. trooper in the Australian Light Horse Brigade was riding aat drill at Muswellbrook on Saturday evening, his…

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Rescued From Drowning. a Young Girl's Bravery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

At Little River, near Wellington, Millie Schmidt, 14 years of age, was successful in saving the life of Miss L. Richards, who is 22, and nearly twice,…

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