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Accidents, 1910

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South Wales Colliery Accident. a Falling Cage. London. Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 5

A cage at Ferndale Colliery, South Wales, fell a distance of 30 feet, resulting in one man being killed and [?] others being seriously injured…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 2

Mrs Bert. Page was driving Mr Walker's buggy and pair Chic hester on Wednesday morning last, and when going down a hill at…

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Peculiar Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 6

At the inquest on Mrs Goode. wife of Thos. Goode, of Gordon River South Australia, who was killed Inst week by a shot from a pea-rifle, the evidence showed…

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Accident to a Railway Porter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 4

James Connors, a porter, residing in Regent street, West Maitland, was injured while engaged shunting at the Cessnock railway station yesterday afternoon. It appears Connors was riding on…

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AEROPLANlNG Accident. Both Legs Broken. London, Saturday morning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 5

Mons, [?] aeroplaned from Brigen, and crassed the Simplon Pass to Domo d' Ossola, Italy, in 50 minutes. He was completing his fight, unsuspicious of violent wind that was…

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Nebraska Railway Accident. Heavy Death Roll. Vancouver Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 5

Twenty-one persons have been killed through the wrecking of the Rock Island train near, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A…

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Another Aeroplane Fatality. London, Sunday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1910 · page 3

White M. Poillot, an aviator, was aeroplaning at Charters, France, his machine turned a somersault, and Poillot was killed; a passenger escaping with a slight injury…

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Russian Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1910 · page 3

A railway collision on the Validivavkaj railway, North Caucasia, has resulted in many deaths and injuries…

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American Happenings. Accidents and Achievements. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1910 · page 3

A metro car returning from New Orleans, [?] driven at racing speed, shot from the [?] into a canal, an four persons were [?]…

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Serious Driving Accident. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

An accident occurred at Mittagong to a local party whilst out driving, including Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson, the former an assistant teacher at the stockton Public School, near…

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Late Cables. Fatality at Bull Fight. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 4

At a bull fight at Daragas, near Madrid the stand collapsed. One person was killed, and many others injured…

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Accidents at Ebbw-main Colliery. Ebbw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

This morning a miner named Allan Stevenson met with a nasty accident. He was working in his bord, when a quantity of shale slipped away from the roof and fell…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

Richard Evans, a wheeler, about 23 years of age, met an awful death in the Stanford-Mer-thyr Colliery at about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. appears that Evans, with his mate,…

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Tunnel Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 2

Walter Smith, who was run over by a trolly and shockingly injured at the Wallarobba tunnel works on Wednesday, underwent an…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 5

Frank Crawford. employed as a shearer at Keribee Station, 50 miles from GBourke, accidentally shot himself y7esterday with a pea refle while geting through a fence. Death was…

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Railway Fatality at Hurstville. Dragged to Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 5

George walmot, assistant guard on the illawarra line, was shunting a number of empty carriage at Hurstville this morning, when he was struck by a passing goods train bound for…

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Fatal Accident at Hebburn. Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 5

Another fatal colliery accident occurred to a man named William pollock, about 33 years of age, at Hebburn Colliery at one o'clock today. It is supposed that deceased was working…

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Shocking Fatality at Gloucester Line Repairer's Death, Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

Patrick Morgan, a telegraph line repairer. met with a shocking fatal accident at the avon, on the Gloucester road, yesterday, from the results of which he died a few…

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A Bolt Down Hill. Four Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 2

An accident occurred at Mittagoug on Sunday evening at dusk to a local party whilst out driving, including Mr and Mrs J. Watson, the former an assistant…

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Strikers' Riot at Berlin. Police and Mob—Seious Collision. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 2

A strike riot occurred in Berlin on Tuesday morning. Non-unionists were imported to take the place of men who had struck at engineering works in the city…

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