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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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A Fatal Ailway Accident. a Woman Killed. Several Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 6

While a special passenger train front Wollongong was approaching Stanwell Park shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, one of the cars left, the rails, and…

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A Railway Smash. Woman Killed. Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a sensational railway accident happened at Stanwell Park, resulting in the death of a woman, and three other persons were injured…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

A drayman named Michael McMahon was very seriously injured by being run over with the wheel of a dray while he was at the goods-shed this afternoon. The unfortunate man was removed to the…

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Accident to Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

[?] is generally associated with success and failure, but sensational experiences and terrible accidents are not uncommon with those who delve the earth for the precious metal. Charles Butler,…

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Sad Fatal Accident at Muswellbrook

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

OUR Aberdeen correspondent writes :—A gloom was cast over the town on Saturday night when it became known that our respected…

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Found Drowned in the River. the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

The adjourned inquest touching the death of James Thompson, who was found drowned in the Hunter River on Saturday last, was resumed this morning at the West Maitland…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. A Trooper Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the Recreation Reserve on Saturday afternoon last, by which Trooper Robert Vaughan, of the local half squadron of…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

Concerning the serious accident which befell Mr. Michael McMahon, a carter, employed by Mr. Thomas Doherty, at the railway goodshed yesterday afternoon, it seems that he was riding on the dray…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. Miner Blown to Pieces. Another Marvellously Escapes. Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 5

An extraordinary accident, fraught with dreadful' consequences to a miner named George Wermouth, occurred at 12, Proprietary Mine, this morning, by which Wermouth was blown to pieces by…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Man Blown to Pieces. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

An accident, attended with fatal consequences, occurred at Broken Hill this morning. A miner named George Wermouth. working at Block 12, Proprietary…

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Drilled Through the Body. a Remarkable Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 1

On Saturday evening a young man named Harry Floyd, working in Baker's serious accident. While in a stooping positon a steel drill about four feet long…

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The Railway Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 2

A FEELING of gloom was caused by the fatal railway accident at Stan-well Park. Only one person was killed, but that means a painful…

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Mishap to a Mail Train. Collision at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 5

There was a sensation near the local railway station last evening in connection with the arrival of the north-west mail It appears that at about eleven o'clock shunting operations were being…

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Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 6

Brussels, 10th November.—Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other,…

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The Bowral Motor Accident. Condition of the Injured Men

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

Messers Edwards and Shearer, the victims of the recent motor-car accident at Bong Bong Bridge. were discharged from the Bowral Hospital on…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Woman Killed. Several Others Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 11

While a special passenger train Irony Wollongong was approaching Stonwell Park-shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, one of the cars left the rails, and…

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Accident to North-west Mail. Collision with a Truck. Sleeper and Two Carriages Damaged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

A sensation occurred at the local railway station in connection with the arrival of the north-west mail shortly after midnight on Thursday. Prior to…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. Miner Blown to Pieces. Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 3

An extraordinary accident, fraught with dreadful consequences to a miner named George Wermouth, occurred at Block 12, Proprietary Mine, this morning, by which Wermouth was blown to pieces by…

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Injured Spine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1908 · page 8

A man named John Goldsworthing, 34 years of age, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday afternoon in a critical condition. It appears that Goldsworthing was…

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Fatal Tram Accident. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2

Mr John Gentleman, a resident of Guildford, 65 years of age. knocked down by a tram on Saturday night, near Fairfield, died in the hospital on Sunday…

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