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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Fatality at East Greta. Boy Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 6

AS Shocking fatality occurred at worth shop of the East Greta colliery about o'clock on Tuesday evening a boy name Walter Besley being killed…

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A Tram Breaks Away. Collision with Vehicles

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 5

A celision between an electric traincar and a couple of vehicles In King-street, near Kent-street,. Sydney, occurred. on Thursday afternoon, owing to a tram…

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Damage by a Runaway. Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 3

Three persons were injured, a tramear wan knocked, off the rails, a horse was killed, and a buggy wrecked as the result of a runaway in Melbourne on Thurs…

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North Sea Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The Groat Central Railway Company's steamer Blackburn collided-with the steamship Rook, in the North Sea, on Wednesday night. The…

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Willesden Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 5

The fifth death has occurred through the Willesden railway collision…

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A Serious Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 4

On Friday night a taxi-cab driven by William Smith collided with a van in Rocky. Point-road Kogarah, near the Cook's River Bridge, with the result that…

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Big Storm in Russia. Hundreds Drowned. Astrakhan

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 2

Terrible details are to hand concerning the recent storm off Astrakhan. Many barges with their tugs were driven by the force of the storm down…

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Bicycle Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 2

A young man named John Killalca, eldest son of Mr James T. Killalea, of John-street, met with a nasty accident while-cycling on the Maitland-road on…

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Peculiar Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 5

A death by drowning occurred under most peculiar circumstances at Zeehan late on Monday night, Elizabeth Grace Clabburn losing her life in the Florence mine dam in…

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Accident to Tommy Burns. Permanently Incapacitated. Vancouver, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 5

Tommy Burns, formerly heavy-weight boxing champion, has been seriously injured in a collision between suburban railway trains near Seattle, and is now permanently incapacitated…

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Accidentally Poisoned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 5

At an inquest on the body of james Howard, who was found dead in a cottage at Port Hacking, the coroner found that deceased was poisoned by morphine…

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Peculiar Drowning Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

A death by drowning occurred under most peculiar circumstances at Zeehan late on Monday night, Elizabeth Grace Clabburn losing her life in the Florence mine dam in…

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Battleships in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 5

The battleships Elsass, 12,997 tons ans Sehwa[?], 11,613 tons, came into collision at Kiel, in a fog. Two guns of the Elsass, and part of her plating, were damaged, and the…

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The East Greta Fatality. Finding of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 9

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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Paterson Resident Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

A few days ago. Mr. Andrew Koppie blacksmith of Paterson had the misfortune to break his leg which was also considerable bruised. It seems he was lifting a…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 3

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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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

Information was received by the police this morning that James Johnson was accidentally killed at Fane Cove. near the Tea Gardens, yesterday…

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Accident to Tommy Burns. Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

Tommy Burns,the former heavy weight champion pigilist of the world, has been severely injured in a collision between trams at a of Seattle. He is now…

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Collision in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a horse attached to Watson's cordial waggon took fright at a passing tram, and backed into a sulky, which was standing in the gutter, and in…

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