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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Accident to Burns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 5

Tommy Burns, the world's champion boxer, while hunting at Mt. Kosciusko on Thursday, met with a nasty accident. His horse in jumping a fence came down heavily and threw its rider on a…

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Not Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 5

The injuries received by Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, who was thrown from his horse at Waltham Abbey, are not serious…

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Ex-governor Injured. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

It is feared that Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. ex-Governor of South Australia, has been internally injured by a fall from his horse…

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Collision at Fremantle. Motor Car and Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 9

A car driven by a man named Harvey, carrying Mrs. Elliot and child from a polling: booth to their home, collided with a passenger train from Fremantle at…

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Aeroplane Fatality. a Wright Machine Falls. London, Sept. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 5

During trials for Government purposes at Fort Myers, Virginia, an accident, with fatal results, occurred to a Wright aeroplane. Orville Wright was managing the…

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Shocking Fatality at Hobary. Two Men Fall Down a Shaft

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 7

A shocking accident occurred at the Corporation Reservoir, Hobart, on Wednesday night. Two men named Bain and Risley, who had been working on…

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Tommy Burns the Boxer. Meets with an Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

Tommy Burns, the world's champion boxer, while hunting at Mt. Kosciusko on Thursday, met with a nasty accident. His horse in jumping a fence came down…

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Aeroplane Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 3

The condition of Mr. Orville Wright is regarded as satisfactory. Mr. Orville Wright states that the propellor of the aeroplane struck a wire belonging to the…

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Team Accident. Damages Awarded £400. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

Mrs Carolina Mackeown sued the Railway Commissioners to-day for £1000 damages for injuries received in a tram accident at Bondi on Easter Monday…

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Peculiar Fatal Accident. Wagga Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 5

A little boy named Leehan lost his life at Junee as the result of a peculiar accident. Leehan's sister-in-law was filing a piece of wire which had been tied to the top of a bedstead when the file…

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Mining Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 3

William Mason, milling manager, and James Collins, miner, were killed at the Band and Loch mine, Ballarat (Vic.), on Tuesday. The men were working just…

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Spanish Bulis Break Loose. Seven Persons Killed and 40 Injured. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 1

A sensational affair is reported from Spain. According to Reuter's Lisbon correspondent someone opened the gates of the balls's enclosure connected with…

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Fatal Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

Two electric trams in Philadelphia collided in a dense fog. Seven passengers were killed and 72 others maimed…

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Fatal Tram Collision. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

Two electric trams in Philadelphia, United States, collided during a fog. and seven persons were killed and 72 maimed…

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Accident to Burns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 9

Tommy Burns, the world's champion boxer, while hunting at Mt. Kosciusko on Thursday, met with a nasty accident. His horse in jumping a fence came down heavily and throw its rider on…

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Aeroplane Accidents. a Wright Machine Falls. London, Sept, 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 2

During trials for Government purposes at Fort Myers, Virginia, an accident, with fatal results, occurred to a Wright aeroplane. Orville Wright was managing the…

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Electric Railway Collision. Thirty People Killed. London, Sept. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 3

'A terrible railway accident has occurred on the Berlin Elevated Electric Railway. A train, disregarding a danger signal at a junction. continued without slackening…

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Very Latest Cables. (Reuter's Messages). London, Sunday Afternoon. Fearful Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Helena, Montana, United States, states that during a dense snow storm a passenger express and a freight train on the Northern Pacific railway line came into…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 3

A labourer was working on a scaffolding at Mark Foy's new building, Castlereagh-street, to-day, when the structure collapsed, and he fell to the basement, a…

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Wounded and Helpless. Ants Attack Injured Man

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 4

Mr. Mat. Hart, a well-known old resident, met with a serious accident, about 25 miles from Pine Creek, Port Darwin, where he recently acquired land, with a…

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