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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

An inquest was conducted at the Courthouse, West Maitland, this morning, by the Coroner (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson), concerning the death of a young man named Leslie Lintott, 22 years of age, who…

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A Murrurundi Fatality. a Man Shot Dead. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

A retired railway station-master named William James Duffy was accidentally shot dead yesterday on the common. It appeared that deceased was getting…

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The Brighton Accident. Captain's Seamanship Criticised

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

A Court of Marine Inquiry, presided over by Judge Backhouse, sat on Tuesday in the District Court. Sydney, to inquire into the circumstances of an…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

The wife of Mr. Thomas Judge, the well-known livery stable proprietor, met with a very painful accident this week, and experienced a very narrow escape of losing her life. It appears that an…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

Mrs. Wilder, on elderly and well-known resident, had the misfortune to have her clothes catch fire when engaged in household duties on Wednesday morning last…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

William Waller, a fitter, employed at the East Great Company's repairing sheds, met with a painful accident late yesterday afternoon. In company with another employee he was repairing one of the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

Leslie Lintott. 22 years of age lost his life at Bishop's Bridge. West Maitland OR Wednesday at the inquest on Thursday went to show that deceesed whose…

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Harbour Collision at Newcastle. Schooner Damaged. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 14

A rather serious collision occurred in the harbour this morning, between the big steamer Darius (Captain Wilson) and the woollen American schooner Jane L. Stanford…

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Fatal Accident at Murrurundi. MR. W. J. Duffy Shot Dead. Murrurundi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

Mr. William James Duffy, a retired railway station master, was accidentally shot dead yesterday on the common. Deceased was getting through a wire fence, when the trigger caught…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Annual Report of the Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 16

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Wood, has received the annual report of the New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board, which deals with the operations of the board for 1907…

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A Remarkable Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 1

A most remarkable accident happened at Princes' Bridge Station, Melbourne, cm Wednesday, to a workman named Andrew Everson, aged 45, who was at work…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday, a boy named Hinton, residing at Belford. fell from a. structure and broke a bone of his right leg. just above the ankle. The sufferer was…

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Drowning Case at Kiama

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Mr Charles Blackball, guard on the train running between Kiama and Rounaderry, Was washed off the rocks at Kiama on Sunday morning and drowned…

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Drowning Case. a Mall's Callousness

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Henry C. Bolen. 10 years of age. was drowned in a dam at Talbot (Vie.) on Saturday while endeavouring to rescue a companion. At the inquest a lad…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

A railway porter named Hash was killed at Young this morning through being crushed between the burrers and some waggons…

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Collision in a Doorway. Unfortunate Run of Luck

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 3

Mr Quayle Hudson met with a peculiar accident at his mother's residence, at Little Billabomg near Germanton, on Thursday night. Whilst proceeding…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

Whilst St. John's School Cadets were being put through some exercises in the Town Hall, Master Harry Ryan, son of Mr. D. J. Ryan, met with a rather painful accident, having been struck on the…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

On Friday last Mr William Hayes, of Bulga, was driving a horse attached to a van. in. which he was seated, across the railway line at the Singleton railway…

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Collision in Auckland Harbour. Scow Sunk. an Able Seaman Drowned. Luckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

While leaving for Newcastle at 11 o'clock last night the Union Company's steamer Wairuna collided with the scow Moonah which was inward bound with a cargo of…

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List of Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 5

An urgent wire received at the WestMaitland Railway Station this morning stated that two carriages and a refrigerating car were derailed at Wingen. The list of these injured…

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