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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Mine Flooded at Wyalong. a Man Drowned, Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

The Golden Fleece mine at Wyalong was flooded last night. George Burton, a married man, and two other men named Sullivan and Turvey, were working at the…

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The Motor Car Fatality. Another Body Recovered. Muswellbrook, Friday night

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

The body of Mr. T. Falvey, of Muswellbrook, who was drowned to the terrible motor fatality on Wednesday night, has been recovered The remains of Mrs…

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Motor Disaster Near Denman. Car Topples Over River Bank. Three People Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

A terrible triple fatality occurred on Wednesday night near Denman. While travelling about 15 miles an hour, a motor car containing four persons, including the…

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Painful Accident

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

Rev. G. W. Payne, Methodist minister, met with a painful accident at his residence at Lorn during the week, by which he will be incapacitated for some little time. He…

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A Navy's Fatal Fall. Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 8

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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Our Muswell Brook Letter. the Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

The body of Mr. T. Falvey, one of the victims of the dreadful motor accident. was brought into [?] from Denman on Friday night, placed in the hospital…

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Railway Disasters. Thirty Passengers Injured. London. July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 3

The Birmingham-Liandudno express ran into an empty train at. Crewe. travelling at 20 miles an hour, with the result that 30 passengers were injured, chielfy by falling…

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The Denman Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. T. A. Falvey one of the victims of the motor accident on the Hunter River last week, took place yesterday at the Waverley Cemetery the…

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The Denman Motor Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 3

ALL the bodies of the victims of the victims of the Denman motor-car fatality on Wednesday night last, have now been recovered, the last…

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Painful Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

Rev. G. W. Payne, Methodist minister, met with a painful accident at his residence at Lorn during the week, by which he will be…

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A Recent Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 5

At an inquest on the bodies of John Fraser, ganger, and John Castle, fettler, who month, evidence was given that the train which…

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The Motor Gar Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 2

The Denman and local police, as sisted by many civilians, have been unremitting in their search for the body of Mr. James Mackay, who was…

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The Motor Car Fatality. Inquest at Denman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 6

On Thursday last the District Coroner (Mr. Thos. Border) opened an inquiry at Denman re the cause of the dentil of Mrs. Eliza Barrington, and the particulars of…

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Accident to a Veteran

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 5

James Smith, aged 96, an en-Soldier, and old-age pensioner, was knocked down by a cart at Redforn, and the wheels passed over him. He was admitted to the hospital…

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Aeronautics. Fatality At Brooklands. London, August 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

[?] pier, after making a flight in a biplane with a passenger at Brooklands, was descending when the machine was dashedto the ground by a gust of wind. The…

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Collision of Cyclists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 4

At about ten o'clock this morning a collision occurred between a bicycle and a motor cycle on the main road between Kurri and Weston, as a result of which two…

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Burning Fatality. Old Man's Dreadful Ordeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 5

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Newman's Gully, near Tambaroora. The Coroner at Hill End. Mr.W.F. Hodge, received word that the body of an old-age pensioner…

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The Motor Car Fatality. Evidence of the Driver and Constable Bridge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

AN inquest in connection with the recent terrible motor car fatality near Denman, was opened yesterday week, and adjourned to Muswellbrook, where, on…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 3

Yesterday morning an accident took place in John-street in front of the shop of Mr. J.W.B. Waterhouse, in which the Shire traction engine, a dray, and a bicycle were…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 4

A shocking burning fatality is reported from Newman's Gully, in the Bathurst district. The body of an oldage pensioner and fossicker, named…

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