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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Swimmer Beaurepaire. Saves Man From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 6

Frank Beaurepaire, Victoria's great swimmer, jumped off the pier at Queenscliff (Melbourne) on Thursday, and saved the life of a picnicker from the…

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Tram Collision. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 6

A stationary tram from Botany was this morning crashed into from behind by another car, and a number of passengers were thrown from their seats. Pour…

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Stone-throwing at Trains. Penshurst Resident Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

Following the incident reported in out last issue, in which v Sydney suburban resident, travelling homeward, was injured by a piece of drainpipe hurled at a…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three Men Killed. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 5

A serious railway accident occurred at Beaufort early this morning, resulting in three men. being killed, and a fourth being so seriously injured that ho is not expected to recover. The…

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Strange Fatal Accident. Train Examiner's Mishap. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 14

Robert William Jones, a resident of Goulburn, a train examiner, met with a strange fatal accident on the second division of the Melbourne express. One car of the train had…

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Chinese Seriously Injured. House Robbed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 3

A Chinese employed at the vegetable gardens at Mittagong owned by Sam War was found on Friday night by a little girl on his employer's verandah in a semi-conscious condition…

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Seamen Drowned. Fremantle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

A seaman on watch on the steamer Tigerus, lying at Victoria Quay. Framantle, heard a splash in the water at two o'clock this morning, and tow men calling for help…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three Men Killed. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred at Beaufort early this morning, resulting in three men being killed, and a fourth being so seriously injured that…

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Serious Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

A mine at the Lightning Ridge opal field was the scene of a serious accident on Saturday. A man named Stevens went down his shaft, some 50 feet deep,…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three Men Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 1

A serious railway aceident occurred at Beaufort (Vio.) early on Saturday morning, resulting in three men being killed and a fourth being so seriously…

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Another Railway Accident. One Man Badly Hurt. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

A railway smash occurred at Sydney Railway Station this morning. It appears that while the northern train was being made up, a line of carriages which were being backed on to some standing ears,…

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Double Drowning Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 3

A duuble drowning accident occurred at Bundaberg (Q.) on Monday. William and Donald Campbell Gibson, sons of Mr Joseph H. Gibson, master painter, aged…

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Yet Another Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 3

Another railway accident, the fourteenth within a fortnight, occurred at Hor[?]bush last night. Austin Barker, aged 21, Frederick Cutfield, and Claude Holbern, all…

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Young Woman Found Drowned. "Not True Enough."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 1

At the inquest on the body of Theresa Enman, 18 whose body was found in the Derwent, at Hobart (Tas.), evidence was given that she married six months ago,…

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Curious Fatality. Burned to Death Alongside His Mates

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 3

A young man named Horace Reed was killed on Tuesday at Brisbane in an extraordinarlly sudden manner. He was engaged in Wilson's engineering…

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Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

An accident, which luckily resulted in city very slight damage being done, occurred on the East Maitland Road shortly before nine o'clock this morning. A horse attached to…

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Another Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 1

Another of a long succession of railway mishaps occurred in New South Wales on Sunday. The engine of the passenger train leaving Woollongong on…

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Accident to Mr S. Brooker

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

Mr Samuel Brooker, a well-known resident, met with a serious accident yesterday morning. He was driving a cow and calf from the vicinity of…

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Accident to the Eden. Captain to Show Cause. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

The Marine Court inquiry concerning the accident to the steamer Eden, which ran ashore on the trip from Eden to Sydney in December last, concluded…

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Another Railway Fatality. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

Another railway accident, the fourteenth within a fortnight, occurred at Homebush last night. Austin Barker, aged 21, Frederick Cutfield, and Claude Holbern, all…

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