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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Mysterious Railway Accident. the Adjourned Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 4

The inquiry into the dentil of Ganger Ed. Blunt (who was dreadfully and fatally injured near the Muswellbrook railway station on the night of the 15th instant) begun by the district…

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Balloon Fatality. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 5

A balloon from Paris has been lost in the North Sea, and two persons were drowned…

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A Ferry Boat Founders. Eight Persons Drowned. (By Cable). Brussels

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

As a ferry boat, containing 40 women and children, was erossin the river at Mechlin, near Brussels (Belgium), the craft suddenly sank and a desperate…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

Miss Denman, a sister of the teacher at the Dusodie Public School, met with a nasty accident on Thursday last. She was riding…

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A Train Accident. (By Telegraph). Adelaide

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

At Yougala, OR the northern line, an [?]re train with two engines and 32 trucks was going down an incline when the trucks parted. The latter came together…

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The Railway Fatality. Adjourned Inquiry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

The inquiry into the cause of the death of Ganger Edward Blunt (who was fatally injured near the Muswell brook Railway Station on the night of…

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Balloonists Drowned. Berlin, June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

A balloon while on a voyage was lost in the North Sea, and two occupants were drowned…

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Fearful Accident. [?]Reorea (Illinois), June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

A spark exploded the magazine of the Western Power Company yesterday. Two men were killed, their bodies being blown 150 feet. The buildings adjucent to the magazine were…

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Injured by a Traction Engine. Redpath and Wife v. WILLCOCKS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

This case was commenced in the supreme Court, Sydney, on Tuesday. Mr. Garland, K.C., and Mr. Pitt, instructed by Messrs. Elliott and…

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A Midnight Marriage. a Fascinating Romance. Chapter Xxxvii the Accident in the Ravine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 3

I Like wildfire the news. which leaked our no one know, spread' through the pavilion that the beautiful miss Huntley. who was there in the capacity of companion to…

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Mysterious Railway Accident. the Adjourned Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 13

The inquiry into the death of Ganger Ed. Blunt (who was dreadfully and fatally injured near the Muswellbrook railway station on the night of the 15th instant) begun by the district…

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Motor Car Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

William Inglis, a chauffeur, 28 year, of age, was driving in a motor car near Winchelsea (Vie.) on Friday night, when his ear skidded, turned over twice, and…

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The Battleship Fatality. Diseased Potatoes. London. Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 5

There were 150 sacks of potatoes, some diseased, in the holds of the battleship Superb upon which one seaman was recently suffocated while endeavouring to resume two of his…

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Shooting at Coogee. Girl Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

A serious shooting case occurred at Little Coogee, Sydney, on Friday night, the victim being a young woman named Lily Davis, who lived with her…

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Serious Practical Joke. Man Terribly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 5

A practical joke, played in the printing house of De[?]mold and Co., Melbourne on Tuesday, had a distressingly had ending. Thomas Webster (29), an employee was…

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Skating Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 3

Two serious accidents occurred at one of the local skating rinks on Saturday hist. Miss Vivienne Sparkes, daughter of Alderman Sparkes, fell while skating and sustained a…

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A Driving Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bower and family, of Goorangoola, were driving to church on Sunday, with a pair of horses in a double seated buggy, when something on the…

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Injured Footballer Recovers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 4

The Sydney footballer, R. Moroney, who was injured during the mulch Metropolitan v Hunter, on the Albion Ground, on Coronation day, and was subsequently…

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Motoring Fatality. Army Tutor Sentenced. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 5

Mr. Frederick Maclure, an army tutor at Eastbourne, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for manslaughter in connection with the death of Mr.Squire…

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Farmer Found Drowned. at Miller's Forest. Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 5

Considerable excitement was created here this morning when the news spread that Mr. Christopher O'Brien, a well-known resident, was found drowned in a…

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