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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 4

To-day two person engaged a horse and sulky at Mr. T. Bellangy's livery stables for the purpose of inspecting some property at East Maitland. This afternoon about…

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Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 2

An accident of a sensational and seri ous nature occurred on Thursday after noon at M.'Dougall's Hill. Two miners from the Rosedale Colliery, named Harry…

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Local and General. Exciting Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1910 · page 2

An exciting tram accident occurred on the East Maitland road yesterday afternoon, just beyond the Victoria Bridge, when Mrs…

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Pelaw Main Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 5

The adjourned inquest touching the death of William Lucas, who was killed in the Pelaw-Main Colliery on Tuesday last, was resumed at the Kurri Courthouse this…

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Another Aviation Fatality. Biplane Strikes Flagpost. London, Tuesday morning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 5

Madame Frunck was biplaning over Bolton racecourse, near Sunderland, in the presence of thousands of spectators, when her biplane struck a flagpole, and fell to…

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The Algerian Railway Accident. Extent of Losses. London. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 5

The railway collison, recently reported, which occurred at Oran, Algeria, resulted in twenty persons being killed and forty others injured…

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Serious Burning Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 2

On Sunday last a child of between five and six years of ago named Ivy Thread gate, daughter of Mr. John Threadgate a dairyman in the employ of Messrs. E…

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Railway Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 2

Thirty persons were killed and forty injured through a railway collision at Oran, Algeria…

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Another Flying Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 2

Mrs. Francke, flying an aeroplane near Sunderland, England, touched the top of a flagstaff. The machine then turned turtle, hurling the woman thirty…

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Austrian Dancers Drowned. a Ferryboat Swamped. London. Aug. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 5

A terrible drowning accident is reported from Salzburg, Austria. Eighteen boys and girls, who were returning from a peasant dance, were crossing a river in a…

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The Burning Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 August 1910 · page 2

The child lvy Threadgate, between 5 and 6 years of age daughter of Mr. John Threadgate, of Ravensworth, who was admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital…

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The Glencairn Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 5

Mr. D. McDougall, J.P., the newly-appointed coroner, held a magisterial inquiry yesterday afternoon at the courthouse concerning the death of Walter John Smith, aged 31, who was…

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Injured by Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 5

A fire occurred this morning at the residence of Mr. H. Hoodley, Parramatta, owing to a lighted candle coming into contact with mosquito curtains. Mrs. Hoodley and her two…

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Strange Accident. Three Men Severely Injured. Gulgong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 5

A serious accident happened on the Mudgee-Dunedoo railway extension works. It appears a weighbridge was being conveyed by train to Dunedoo, when the jolting loosened the fastenings,…

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Local and General. Football Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 2

Playing in the recent Stroud-Dungog football match, on the local park, Andrew Steele, one of the most prominent exponents of the game in this locality had the…

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The Glencairn Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 7

At the Courthouse on Thursday after noon, Mr D. M'Dougall, the newly ap pointed Coroner, held an adjourned in quiry concerning the death of Walter…

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Shocking Fatality. Struck by Falling Tree. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 11

Walter John Smith, 31 years of age, eldest son of Mr. Samuel Smith, of Camberwell, met his death yesterday in a shocking manner. Deceased and his father, who were engaged drawing logs…

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Sleepwalker Injured. Walked Out of Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 2

A peculiar accident happened near Castlemaine, Victoria, on Wednesday to Norman Teal, 21, residing at Bendigo. Jeal was a member of a footbal team from Bendigo, playing at…

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Fire in a Bedroom Three Persons Injured. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 4

A fire was caused in a bedroom at Par ramatta this morning. A woman named Mrs Hoadley, while attempting to light a candle, dropped a match, and the bed…

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The Burning Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 4

The condition of the child, Ivy Thread gate, who is in the Danger Cottage Hos pital, as the result of a burning accident at Ravensworth last Sunday, remains…

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