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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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New Zealand Mining Accident. (By Cable)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

Two miners were working in a hole at Bound Hill, South End, on the shores of the harbor, when they were penned down by a fall of sludge. Before they were…

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West Hampstead Collision. Major Pringle's Report. Complicated Evidence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 6

The Railway Department of the Board of Trade published to-day, 1st February, the report of Major Pringle, R.E., and his finding, with reference to the…

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Shooting Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

While shooting at Gresford on Saturday last a young man named Victor Randall met with a serious accident. While carrying a gun…

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Another Tram Smash in Sydney. Three Passengers Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 13

A serious tram collision occurred shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night in Darlington, with the result that three persons were injured, and traffic was held up for half an…

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Accident to the Tongariro. Late at Teneriffe. London. April' 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 5

Some uneasiness is being felt at Lloyds in regard to the steamer Tongariro, which has not yet reached Teneriffe, though she was due there on the 17th instant. There has…

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Aeronautics. a Dresden Accident. Dresden, April 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

During a series of aeronautic competitions here, in the presence of several thousands of people, the balloon Nordhausen broke loose. It failed to clear the neighbouring gas…

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A Fatal Fight. Injuries Accidentally Received

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 7

An inquest was held at Sydney on Wednesday concerning the death of Fredorick Tattorsall, as a result of injuries received during a fight. Two brothers,…

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Drowned in the Darling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 3

A young man named Graham was drowned in the river Darling while endeavouring to swim ashore with a rope to moor the steamer Alpha to a wharf…

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Shooting Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

Mr Victor Joseph Randall, who was injured in a gun accident near Gresford on the 15th instant, died In. the Maitland Hospital on Sunday. He was out shoots…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

Capetown, Sunday.—A terrible railway disaster occurred near Grahamstown last night. Four cariages and a guard's van toppled over the Blaaukrantz Bridge,…

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Fireman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 5

A fireman named Denham fell over [?] wharf at Dawes Point. He was rescued by companions, but all attempts at artificial respiration proved futile, and life was…

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Steamship Collision. Endangered Men Escape. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 5

The steamer Indrealemos, on route to Liverpool, came into collision with the steamer Trooper off Dungeness. While the Trooper was sinking the crew climbed up the ropes to…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Mr. E. Lloyd Jones, of New Freugh, [?] with a [?]shap in sydney on Sunday. He was proceeding to the railway station in a taxi-car, when one of the wheels of the…

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Accident to Mr E. Lloyd Jones

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

Mr E. Lioyd Jones, of New Freugh, met with a, mishap in Sydney on' Sunday. Ho was proceeding to the Central Railway Station in a taxi-cab, when one…

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A Serious Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

During the busiest part of the day there were some exciting incidents and narrow escapes. The most sensational incident was a collision between a sulky and a bus,…

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Accident at Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

Andrew Colton, 36 years of age, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from serious spinal injuries, caused through some timber falling on…

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Accident in High Street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

Gladys Street, 10 years of age, was knocked down by a horse as she was alighting from a tram in High-street last evening, and sustained a number of abrasions and shook to the system. Constable…

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Sensational Railway Accident. Driver Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

A sensational railway accident, resulting in the death of the engine-driver, Sibraa, a footballer, better known as "Snowy Ryan," occurred on the line to Goondah on…

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Ferry Boat Accident. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 5

A ferry boat conveying 15 worsmen across the River E[?] near Koniggratz, capsized, and nine of the wor men were Irowned…

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