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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Man Shot in an Hotel. Was it Accidental?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 5

The Redfern police have in their pos session a revolver, loaded in four cham bers, and with an empty shell in the fifth chamber. They took it from a man…

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Tram Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 3

A man who fell off a tram in the city on Satur-day night and was fatally injured was identified to-day as a patient at the Parramatta Asylum. He was named Marr, and had been granted font…

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Serious Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 5

Miss Bailey, who was seriously injured in a collision between a taxicab and a tram last night, is in a critical condition. The driver of the cab was arrested this morning, charged with…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon. Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 5

The body of John Selby, a patient [?]ok-wood Asylum, was found floating in the larbour. He was granted a day's leave yesterday, promising to return last night. Deceased was an…

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Railway Shunter Killed. Shocking Accident at Goulburn

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred on Saturday night at the Goulburn railway station, when John Gregory Keefe was run over by a truck while shunting. Keefe was…

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Serious Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 2

As a result of last night's taxi-cab collision, in which a lady sustained a fractured skull, John Royle, 32, chauffeur, has been arrested. The victim…

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Latest Telegrams. [Country Press Association.] Sydney, Tuesday. Bound Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 2

The body of John Selby 69, widower, at one time a prominent medico, but lately an inmate of Rookwood Asylum was found floating in Woolloomooloo…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 5

In the Prince Henry motor car race at Upper Alsail, the tyre of a Franz Henry car flew off and the are dashed against a tree, with the result that two of the occupants were killed, and…

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Vehicles in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 3

A heavily-laden lorry crashed into a stationery cart in Yurong-street. One horse was killed instantly, and the driver of the vehicle was thrown to the ground with considerable force, being…

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Taxi and Tram Collide. Lady Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 1

A taxi-cab, driven by John Royle, and containing the Misses Rita Broughton and Florence Bailey, living at Strath field, collided with a tram at the…

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[?]Oriuguese Boating Excursion. Drowned at Delagoa Bay. London, Wednesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 3

[?]boating party from Elems, numer 12, mostly Portuguese, and including nine [?], capsized in a whirlpool off inyack [?] Delagoa Bay, on the east coast of Africa…

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Sensational Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 3

A tram left the rails while rounding a curve at the corner of Bayswater Road this morning, and before the diver could pull up it crosses the footpath and struck the wall…

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Fatal Boating Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 4

London, Monday.—Five St. Petersburg men and three girls while boating in the Gulf of Finland met with an accident which resulted in the girls and three of…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 5

A man named Thomas Parker was fatally injured at Eveleigh workshops to-day…

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Burning Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last, a little daughter of Mr and Mrs W. J. Redman, of Dungog, met with a serious burning accident. She…

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The Earthquake in Italy. Vast Region Affected. Hospitals Overcrowded with Injured. Rome, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 3

Official reports show that the- region affected by Monday's disastrous earth quake was very large, embracing as it does practically the Whole of Southern…

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Bicycle Accident at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 4

[?] named William Marheine met with a nasty cycling accident yesterday morning at Kurri Kurri. He was riding at a good pace along Cessnock-street, and when…

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Miners' Accident Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 4

The quinquennial actuarial investigation of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund is now in progress. The lest was held in 1905, and after the report was…

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New York Train Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

A train at Haverstraw level crossing, New York State, dashed into a funeral coach and killed five persons…

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Disaster in a Colliery. Several Miners Injured. London, June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

A violent shock occurred in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, apparently following an explosion in the shaft of No. 3 Consolidation coal mine.There were 400 men…

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