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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Fatal Football. Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 4

A schoolboy named Oswald M'Gregor, 16 years of age. lately living with his parents at Arneliffe. died at the residence of Sir Wm. Russell. of…

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The Tree Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 7

The young man Walsh, who, as reported on Friday last was injured by a falling tree at Overton, and had a very narrow escape from serious injury, is .now making rapid…

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Accident to Rev. Geo. Campbell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 4

A painful accident befell Rev. Geo. Camp-bell, the well—known minister of the Boywood Congregational Church, . yesterday afternoon. He was travelling on his…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 4

An accident of a very serious nature occurred yesterday afternoon at Large, whereby Mrs. John Brady, an old lady about 74 years of age, met with very severe injuries. It appears that Mrs. Brady,…

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Fatality at Grasstree. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 3

A timber carter named Hall, in the employ of Gould Bros., of Singleton, was killed to-day at Grasstree, about four miles from Muswellbrook, by a log falling on him…

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The Fatal Accident at Grass Tree!

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 3

An inquest on the body of the timbercarter, Hall who was accidentally killed at Grasstree yesterday as already reported, will be hold to-day. the awful fatality was…

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Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 6

While crossing the Ohio at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a steam launch capsized, and 20 out of 30 women aboard were drowned…

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Killed at Work. Fatality at Grass Tree

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 4

News reached Singleton on Thursday morning that a young man named Rev[?] E. Hall, who for some years past had been engaged as a timber-getter,…

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Hotel Manageress Found Dead. Supposed Cycling Fatality. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 4

This morning the body of Mrs Gilchrist, a widow, aged 45, who was engaged as manageress of the Hotel Metropole, Sydney, was found at the…

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Fatal Accident at Muscle Creek. a Timeber Carter Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred in the bush a few [?]iles from Grass Tree railway platform, on Thursday morning last, by which a timber carter named…

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Earthquakes and Mining Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 3

A Reuter message from St. Petersburg says a novel proposal has been brought before the Meteorological Congress which has just been sitting in St…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 5

The body of a man named John T. Holt was found floating in the river at Port Hacking this morning. Holt was of independent means, and had lately been residing by himself on the south…

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Railway Fatality Near Tamworth

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 May 1909 · page 3

A railway fettler named Thomas Davis, living at Moonbi, was on his way home from Tamworth on Saturday evening and was riding a railway tricycle. An…

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Manly Coach Smashed. Seven People Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 May 1909 · page 3

The horses attached to a coach on the Spit to Manly road bolted on Sunday afternoon down the steep hill leading into Manly. The coach was upset and…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1909 · page 3

R McNeill an employee of Messrs. M. Campbell and Co., had his left hand badly crushed yesterday, whilst engaged moving a heavy iron safe. Tuesday morning…

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Child Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 3

The eight-year-old son of Edmund Lewse of North Broken Hill, was drowned in a dam while playing with some companions, who, terror-stricken, did not raise an alarm until some hours afterwards…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 4

A married man named Michael Murphy, a resident of WIndermere. near Lochinvar, met with a serious accident on Wednesday, but it is not exactly known how the…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 2

Mrs R. Tickle met with a nasty accident last week. She was returning home from Dungog with her daughter, and was driving a…

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Little Boy Drowned. Companions Frightened to Tell

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 3

A peculiarly sad drowning fatality occurred at Sperber's dam, North Broken Hill, on Wednesday evening, when Darky Lewis, son of Mr Edmund Lewis,…

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Ocean Tragedy. Earl of Dalhousie's Brother Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 6

The Hamburg-American liner Cloveland, which reached Plymouth recently from New York, brought the sad news that one of her passengers, the Hon. ronald Edward…

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