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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Simple Accident Ends Fatally

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Gcodlet, of the Caves-road, Wellington, died as the result of a simple accident. The child, who was 16 months old, ran to…

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Railway Accident in Victoria. (By Telegraph). Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

Another railway mishap has occurred in Victoria. Four ballast trucks were derailed at Jolimont and disorganised the suburban traffic to-day. A large number…

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An Aeroplane Accident. Two Aviators Killed. (By Cable). Rome

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

An aeroplane carrying, Lieutenant Commarota and a private, fell from a height of 80 feet at the military grounds Certacelle, and both were killed' instantly…

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Extraordinary Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

An extraordinary fatal accident, occurred at Darlington last night. Mrs. Lydia Stubbs, wife of the licensee of the White Swan Hotel, went to the back yard to…

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Colliery Cage Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

The cage in the shaft of Pemberton Pit, Shropshire, broke away, and seven miners who were in it were killed…

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Fatality at East Greta. Boy Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

'A' shocking fatality occurred at the workshop of the East Greta colliery about 11 o'clock last evening, a boy named Walter Besley being killed…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Accident at Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 2

Robert Frost, 57 years of age, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital at about 5.30 p.m. yesterday, suffering from serious injury to the back and abrasions of the…

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Late Cables. Railway Collision. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 4

A fast train crashed into the fear end of a slow, train from "Watford, at Wlllesden Junction, London, to-day. One person was killed and thirty seriously In…

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An Alleged Collision. Flat Perjury Somewhere

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 4

In No. 2 Jury Court, Sydney, Lizzio Annuabella Gulick, executrix of the will of the late Arthur Bansome Gullick, sued Dr. Daniel Kelly, of North Sydney,…

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Lost Seven of Kin in Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 7

Another is likely to be added to the remarkable list of fatalities in the family of Miss Adelaide Cumming, No. 173 West Forty-fifth-street, New York. She was summoned…

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Terrible Colliery Accident Legs and Arms Reduced to a Pulp. (By Telegraph). Maitland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 2

At West Maitland Walter Bisley, a young mall of 20 years of age, employed in the engine shed of the East Greta gallery, by some means got caught in…

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Willesden Railway Accident (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 2

Another death, the third, has resulted from the railway accident at Willesden,…

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General Cables. Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

The only son of Sir Archibald Geikie, the celebrated scientist and President of the Royal Society, fell from the platform at Bayswater station, and was killed by a train…

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Australian Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

Gordon Walker, a member of the Australian team in the six-day cycle contest at NewYork was knocked by Mitton, of Iowa, in the face just after he had relieved Pye, his…

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Collision in the North Sea. Steamer Suddenly Sunk. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

The Great Central Railway's steamer Blackburn came into collision with the steamer Roo kin the North Sea on Wednesday night, and the Blackburn sunk in a few seconds…

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Fatal Ice Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

In an accident at Elbing, Prussia, due to the collapse of ice, 13 people perished…

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Disastrous Collision. One Man Killed and Four Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night taxi-cab No. 18, driven by William Smith, collided with a van in Rocky Point-road, Kogarah, near the Cook's River Bridge, with the result that a…

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The East Greta Fatality. Finding of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 2

The adjourned inquest touching the death of the young man, Walter Percy Besley, who met his death in circumstances of a very sad nature at East Greta, on…

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The Willesden Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 5

The fourth death has occurred in connection with the Willesden railway collision…

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A Missing Woman. Supposed Drowning. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 10

Mrs. Alice Crawford, a young married woman, left her home at Rockdale on Wednesday morning, and has not since been seen. Her peggy bag containing £16 was found last…

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