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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 4

An accident of a very painful nature happened to Miss Edna Ryan, daughter of Mr. D. J. Ryan, at the Dominican Convent School this morning. The door of the…

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A Railway Fatality. Capetown, July 21

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

The managing director of the Kowie railway, who was charged with culpable homicide in connection with the railway disaster at Blanwkrantz Bridge on April 28, in which…

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Sir George Reid Injured. Serious Motor Accident. London, Sunday night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 3

Sir George Reid was motoring at Broad-stairs, when the car in which he was riding was struck broadside on by another car, and smashed against a tramway…

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Fatality at Paterson. Paterson

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

A navvy named Owen M'Mahon was found dead at one o'clock this morning, under the approach to the Paterson railway bridge. It is surmised that at some time…

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Fatality on a Destroyer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 3

London, Saturday.—During the steam trials of the torpedo flotilla at Beachy Head a steam pipe on the destroyer Kangaroo exploded. Two were killed and…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

Yesterday a man named Jack O'Neil, met with severe injuries at the Stroud Hill tunnel. A fall of rock took place, which inflicted a…

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Two Sulky Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

There were two sulky accidents this week near the Barrington Post Office. On Wednesday last, Mr. Queenan, employee of Messrs. Bird…

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Accident in Russia. St. Petersburg

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

M. Shisharenko, competing in the St. Petersburg-Moscow race, and carrying a passenger, fell at Tsarkoye selo. The passenger was killed and the aviator's legs were broken…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Car Falls Into the River. Three Persons Drowned. Denman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 5

Mr. Tindale, who has a commission agency at Muswellbrook, engaged a chauffeur (O. Suess), who resides at Marrickville, to drive his car with Mr. Falvey (clerk to Mr…

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Welsh Strikers at Rhondda. Military Called Out. Police and Strikers Injured. London, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 5

There were several pit head riots in the Rhondda Valley, Wales, following on a mass meeting of strikers at Ton-y-Pandy yesterday…

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A Navvy's Fatal Fall. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 5

An Inquiry was held at the Paterson Courthouse on Tuesday, the 25th Instant, before the Coroner (Mr. W. Tucker), into the death of Owen M'Mahon, whose body…

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Shocking Motor Car Fatality. Near Denman. Car Rushes Into River. Three Persons Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, word reached here that a shocking motor-car fatality had occurred near Denman, and that three persons had…

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A Shocking Motor Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

A shocking motor fatality occurred at Denman, twelve miles from Muswellbrook last night. A car occupied by Mrs. Barrington, organiser of the…

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A Triple Collision. Tramcar, Mourning Coach, and Cyclist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

A collision between an electric tram, a mourning coach and a cyclist, occurred in George-street West, Sydney, on Thursday afternoon, with the result that the driver of…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 4

Whilst following his employment as a miner at East Greta this morning, Mr. Andrew Sciffer met with a painful accident through a fall of coal. Fortunately, no bones were broken, but he received…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 4

A young man named John Roarty, a resident of East Maitland, t met with a painful accident yesterday morning. He was driving a brick team along the Raymond Terrace road, when…

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Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

Eight persons were killed and 60 were injured in a collision between a negro excursion train and a freight train near Charlotte, North Carolina…

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Motor Fatality in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 3

A fatal motor accident occurred in Melbourne on Friday night. At about half-past seven o'clock John Fisier, jun. galvanised from manufacturer, of a…

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Terrible Motor Fatality. Three Persons Drowned. Motor Car Plunges over Bank into Hunter River. Chaffeur's Miraculous Escape

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

A dreadful fatality occurred on Wednesday night, at about twenty minutes past ten o'clock, about three miles on Muswellbrook side of Denman, by…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Car Fails Into the River. Three Persons Drowned. Denman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

Mr. Tindale who has a commission [?] at Muswellbrook engaged a chaufi[?] Suess), who resides at Marrickville, to-day his car with Mr. Falvey (clerk to…

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