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Accidents, 1910

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Serious Aviation Accidents. Four Rate One Meeting. London, May 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 5

At the Berlin aviation meeting M. Thievens on a biplane, fell 30ft. Mr Thorups, on a Bleriot mono place, crashed into some trees, The Farman machine driven by M…

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The Boxing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 5

Clarence Robinson who was charged last week in connection with the death Edward Clebourne, who expired after an amateur boxing contest, was brought before the court to-day…

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Letter to the Editor. Tuesday's Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 5

Sir.— I have read your report upon the motor accident near Capper's. You say that my car slipped round the tram engine. Now, as a matter of fact, both the tram…

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A Fearful Explosion. Eighteen Killed—Twenty injured. At Canton, Ohio. (By Cable.) Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1910 · page 3

A ghastly disaster has occurred at Canton, Ohio, where an explosion in the American Sheet Tin Plate Works has resulted in eighteen deaths, and twenty…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. Shiftman Killed at East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 5

A middle-aged man named John Snell, a resident of East Greta, employed as a shiftman at the East Greta colliery, was killed on Thursday night. Deceased was a…

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New Zealander Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 5

Allan Woodman, a New Zealander, training for a motor-cycle race in the Isle of Man, collided with another motor-cycle, and fractured one of his legs…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 5

Alfred Garside, a railway fitter, was riding a tricycle at Junee last night, when he was run over by a stock train. He had several rib broken, besides sustaining severe internal…

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Serious Aviation Accidents. Four at One Meeting. London, May 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 3

At the Berlin aviation meeting M. Thielens, on a biplane, fell 30ft. Mr. Thorups, on a Bleriot monoplane, crashed into some trees. The Farman machine, driven by M…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. Shiftman Killed at East Greta

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 5

A middle-aged man named John Snell, a resident of East Greta, employed as a shiftman at the East Greta colliery, was killed on Thursday night. Deceased was a…

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sDROWNING DISASTER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1910 · page 3

sA cloud burst over Styria,. in Austria, and in the remarkable, downpour, nineteen persons were drowned…

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Belgium School Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 5

The scholars of a mixed school at Teraine, Luxcmburg, Belgium, were out on a walking excursion, when they were overtake by a violent thunderstorm. Four of the pupils were killed,…

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Fatality on the Seine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 5

Mr. Alfred Nutt, a London publisher, was driving on the banks of the River Seine, in France, with a deaf and dumb son, when the horses bolted, and the son was thrown into the…

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Cruiser Sunk by Gunboat. 100 Men Drowned. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

A report from Greytown, Madrid, states that he cruiser Venue, sent lest Tuesday to quell the disturbance at Bluefields, has been sunk by the gunboat…

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Accident at Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 5

Sir. W.. Turner, of John-street, while playing football on Saturday: afternoon, fell, with several players on top of him. He emerged from, the pack with a fractured…

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Sensational Accident. Three Narrow Escapes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred in Ballarat: on Sunday. C. Bell, a lamp lighter, was' taking a. little boy and girl the children of a neighbour named…

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Accident on Football Ground

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

One of the local players in the football match, Singleton Juniors v. East End (Maitland), played on Victoria Square on Saturday afternoon, met with a nasty…

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General Cable News. London, Tuesday afternoon. Collision on Lake Michigan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 5

The steamer "Flank Goodyear" sank in Thunder Bay, Lake Michigan, U.S.A., after a cellision, and 19 persons were drowned…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 5

Arthur Waters (20), a labourer at Wirth's circus was on top of a loaded waggon in Sussex-street helping to remove some circus gear when he slipped and fell on to the…

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Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—While Mr Alfred Nutt, a member of the London publish ing firm of David Nutt, was driving with a deaf and dumb son on the banks of…

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Russian Boating Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 3

A sailing bout of the Russian cruiser Gremoboi capsized at Kronstadt. Six men were drowned…

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