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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Deaths by Drowning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 8

When Mr. Fred Sugden of West Maitland, reached home on Monday, after spending the holiday at Newcastle, he received a telegram informing him of the sad news…

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Bathing Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

At the back beach, Sorrento (Vie.) Eleanor Beatrice Price (22), daughter of Mr C. S. Price, the firm of Price and Price, solicitors, Melbourne, went in…

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Shocking Double Fatality at Ryde Roasted and Suffocated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 9

A shocking double fatality occurred at Ryde on Saturday morning, when Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, a widow, was roasted to death , and an old age pensioner named…

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Unfortunate Wedding Incident. Four People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 14

A sensation was caused at Linton, Victoria, by the capsize of a phaeton, containing four wedding guests, who were driving from the ceremony of the Roman Catholic…

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Surf Bather Drowned at Wyong. Rescue by Tartakover

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 12

A sad drowning accident occurred at Tuggerah Lakes entrance at about 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. Henry Lewes (19), only son of A. H. Lewes, of the Lake View private…

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Attacked by a Cow. Woman Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 6

Mrs Copeman, a resident of Mort dale, was walking through a paddock near her home this morning, when a cow charged her. The woman's…

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Terrible Burning Accident. Two Children Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

On Tuesday afternoon a terrible burning accident whereby two children lost their lives, and a third member of the family was rather seriously injured, occurred at the house of Mr. Edgar…

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Boating Fatality in Queensland. Boat Capsizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 3

Between 10 and 11 on Friday morning a 16-footer, the Zina, manned by four youths. William Quaill. Maurice Harvey, Bert Dibble, and William Peterson, capsized near Green Island…

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Shooting Affray in Adelaide. Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 3

News reached Port Wakefield, a country town in the north, on Saturday afternoon, of a sensational shooting incident at Kulpara, 13 miles distant. It is reported that a farmer had attempted…

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Terrible Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

Mr. Spencer Trask, a New York banker, was killed in a railway collision at Croton, near New York. Mr. Trask was sleeping in his private car attached to the mail Montreal…

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Railway Fatality. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

Spencer Trask, a well-known New. York banker, has been killed in a railway collision…

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A Tragic Picnic. Family Poisoned and Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

At the Druids' picnic at Pinky Bond, two miles below Mildura, on the river bank, a chapter of accidents occurred. The whole family of Mr. H. F. Jones— except the two…

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Shipping Disasters. Collision Off Irish Coast. Steamer Sinks in Three Minutes. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

During a dense fog in St. George's Channel, the Ellerman steamer Arcadian, bound from London for Glasgow and Basra, came into collision off Taskar Rock, Wexford, with the…

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Sad Shooting Accident. Children Playing with a Revolver

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

An extraordinary fatality occurred on the Casino-road, South Lismore, on Saturday afternoon, the victim be ing a three-year-old girl named Ethei…

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Pound Drowned. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

A miner named John Treherne, aged 49, married, residing at Boolaroo, was found drowned to-day is Cockle Creek…

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An Aerial Fatality. London, Tuesday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

Reuter's Agent reports that M. Delagrange, a celebrated Continental aeronautist, has been killed while aeroplaning at Bordeaux…

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Sad Shooting Accident. Children Playing with a Revolver

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 3

Au extraordinary fatality occurred on the Casino-road, South Lismore, on Saturday afternoon, the victim being a three-year-old girl named Ethei…

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Fatality at Wedding Party

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

After lingering unconscious for eight days, Mrs George Lewis, one of the victims of the vehicular accident which occurred at Linton (Vie.), after a…

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An Eventful Picnic. Family Poisoned and a Boy Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 3

At the, Druids' picnic on Monday, at Pinky Bend, two miles below Mildura (Vie), on the river bank, a chapter of accidents occurred. The whole family…

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Senator Millen Injured. His Left Leg Broken. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

Senator Millen, Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council, was driving on Tuesday morning with two friends in a sulky, at Burren Junction, on the…

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