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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

Master E. Burke, son of Mr Patrick Burke, auctioneer, was thrown off his horse on the Redbournberry road on Wednesday. He was apparently badly…

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Motor Car Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

The Hon. Archibald Ian Gordon, son of the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was travelling in a motor car near Winchester, when the car came into collision with another…

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Murrurundi Railway Fatality. Heroism of Railway Men. Murruruandi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last. C. Jones (driver), and John Percy Smith (fireman), who were taking a goods train from Murrurundi to Werris Creek, were severely scalded by an escape of…

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Late News by Wire Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Fatal Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

Sydney Arthur Tucker, one of the [?] knocked off the footboard of a tram last night, died this morning. He sustained a frac[?] skull…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

A railway accident resulting in the death of William Moor (54), a fettler, residing in Carlton, occurred on Satur day morning, near Kogarah railway…

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Fatal Tunnel Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 2

A dreadful accident occurred in the railway tunnel between Murrurundi and Ardglen, on Saturday last, when driver C. Jones and fireman J. Smith…

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Serious Motor Accident. Man's Skull Fractured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 2

A serious motor car smash occurred on Saturday at the corner of Illawarra-road and Railway-purade. Sutherland, result ing In Mr Frederick Peters, residing In…

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Rescued from Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

A very plucky rescue from drowning was effected by a youth named Richard Bible, a nephew of Mr. Phli. Bible, the well-known tobacconist of West Maitland, yesterday afternoon. A young man fell…

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A Peculiar Fatality. Smothered in Dough

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 6

Our issue of Saturday last reported the death of a young man by being caught in dough-making machine. According to Friday's Brisbane "Telegraph," deceased was…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

A man, named Arthur Osley, was found on the railway line, near Stanmore, in a terribly injured condition. It is supposed he fell from a train, and was dragged some distance…

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Injured at Play

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

A boy named George Austin, about eight years of age, a son of Mr. George Austin, of Broke, met with a painful ac cident at his parents residence on…

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Murrurundi Railway Fatality. Heroism of Railway Men. Murrurundi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon last, C. Jones (driver), and John Percy Smith (fireman), who were taking a goods train from Murrurundi to Werris Creek were severely scalded by an escape of…

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Motor Accident at Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

Mr. E.M.Fisher. draftsman in the Crown Lands Office Armidale, who died on Thursday, at the Armidale Hospital, as the result of ijuries received in a motor cycle…

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Accident in a Train. Verdict Against the Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 8

An accident to a nine weeks old baby named Mollie Irene Baillie, in a railway carriage on May 15 Last was the subject of an action before Judge Murray and a…

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Fatal Accident at Bishop's Bridge Killed While Felling a Tree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 4

A shocking fatal accident occurred at Bishop's Bridge on Saturday, the victim being Mr. Francis Whitman, a well-known resident, who followed the calling of a timber getter…

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Injured by a Mowing Machine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4

Leslie Wallace a had 16 years of age, who had only arrived from New York a fortnight previously, was seriously injured on Mr. J. A. Niland's farm at Tarro…

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Local and General News. Accident at Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4

A young man named Frank Teasey met with a painful accident a at Greta on Friday evening (says our Greta correspondent). He was running away from another boy, when he tripped and…

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[?]Iar Ardglen Railway Fatality the Inquest. Murkurundi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 7

The adjourned inquest touching the death of [?] Perey Smith, died in the hospital here [?] November 28 from injuries by scalding from [?] engine while going through the tunnel near…

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Loss of Ellen Vannim. Collision Suspected. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4

Divers have discovered that the small steamer Ellen Vannim which foundered on the Morsoy bar, was completely broken in two. A hole fifteen feet wide amidships is…

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Arcadia Hotel Fatality. Accused Found Not Guilty

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, before Mr Acting Justice Docker and a jury, Stanislaus Dyktor, a young foreigner, was charged with the…

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