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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Floods in Nicaragua. Many People Drowned. New York. Aug. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

Heay floods are reported to have occurred in Nicaragua. They are described as the worst for a generation. Fifty people have been drowned…

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Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 5

Mr. Edward Brodle Hoare, director of Lioyd's Bank, Ltd., was killed in an accident while he was motoring in Kent…

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Local and General News. Injured Back

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 2

A man named Augusts Wenderlend, a telegraph line repairer, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Saturday. While engaged hauling a pole up an embankment he…

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Sad Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 5

Six children, while playing with a ship's rocket at Belfast, dropped it on the pavement, and it exploded, with the result that three of the children were blown to fragments, and…

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Curious Fatality. Child Killed by Rooster. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 2

Thelma Nellie Lillie, aged seven months, the child of residents of Balmain, was savagely attacked by a rooster while in the arms of her sister, a child…

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General Cables. London, Aug. 16. Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. Davis, the erection agent for Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, through whom Mr. Masterman lost his seat in the House of Commons for West Ham (N.), has been…

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Drowned in a Well. Desperate Struggle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 8

A sad case of drowning occurred at Klora (Vic.), the victim being Thomas Culvert, aged 31. Deceased's two brothers, who were ploughing about a mile from Thomas' farm…

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Collision in a Fog. Great Loss of Life. Gibraltar, Augusts 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

During a fog the British steamer Silverton collided with the French steamer Emir near Tarifa on the extreme south coast of Spain. The Emir foundered. Twenty-four…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydn13v, Suturdny afternoon. More Immigrants. Over 700 immigrants arrived in Sydney to-day by the steamer Rangativa. Terrible Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5

John Williamson, an electrician, and a patient in the Prince Alfred Hospital at Camperdown, was killed at that institution to-day by falling 40 feet on to some stone…

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Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 4

An accident took place at the corner of Elizabeth and John, streets about 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, by which Mrs Isaac Budden, wife of the licensee…

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Riverstone Railway Accident, (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 4

The Railway Department held an Inquiry to-day into the cause of the railway accident at Riverstone on Saturday last…

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Collision on the St. Lawrence. Quebec

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 5

The steamer "Hero" and tug-boat "Chieftain" came into collision on the St. Lawrence River. The tug sank and four aboard were drowned…

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Drowned in a Well. Desperate Struggle for Life

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 1

Two brothers named Calvert, who were ploughing on Thursday at Kiora, Victoria, were surprised to see no signs of a team at work on the farm of…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 4

The body of Mrs. Macintyre, who had been missing from North Sydney for a west was found in Sydney Harbour. It had [?]dently been in the water for several days…

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General Cables. Motor Accidents. London, Aug 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 5

While Alr. Asquith's motor car was travelling slowly at Newbury it collided with a lady cyclist, who was injured. Mr. Asquith paid a visit lasting half an hour to the…

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The Accident to Sir George Reid. How It Occurred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

A good many inaccurate accounts have appeared of the accident to Sir George Reid, near Ramsgate, last Sunday. The following are, as far as is known, the exact particulars…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 3

Mrs. Issac Budden, wife of the licensee of the Percy Hotel, sustained rather serious injuries in an accident at the corner of Elizabeth and John streets. Mrs. Budden,…

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Buggy Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

On Saturday Mr Weiss, teacher of the Glendon Brook Public School, had an unpleasant experience when on his way. to Singleton in a buggy. He was…

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Aeroplane Accident, (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

While Lieutenant Reynolds was aeroplaining at Thetford, at a height of 1300 feet, his machine turned a somersault and fell to the earth. The…

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Fatal Accident Near Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

The Weston police sent a message to Senior-Sergeant Snushall this morning to the effect that a man, believed to be named Peter McIntyre, had been picked up dead under a railway…

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