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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Serious Street Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

Mr W. J. Chapman, of Elizabeth-street, while out driving on Thursday afternoon, with Mr L. Ellis, met with a serious accident. It appears that Mr Chapman…

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Steamer Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1911 · page 5

While returning from a reception to President Ta[?]al Oakland, a cutter containing the band of the cruiser California, of the pacific Floot, collided with a steam launch,…

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Another Flying Fatality. Berne, Oct., 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1911 · page 5

M. Schmedt a Swiss airman, while monoplaning at Berne fell from a height of 150 foot and was incinerated through the machine catching fire…

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Mining Fatality. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 2

Thomas Devitt, a miner, who had been employed at the South Broken Hill mine for the last 15 years, was killed to-day by a fall of earth at the 970ft, level…

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[?] Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 4

A had named James McCarthy 10 years of age was admitted to the Maitland Hospital from South Grata suffering from the effects of a [?]diny [?]dent. It is believed a vale[?] in the boiler burst…

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Accident to Lieut.-colonel Holmes. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 2

Lieutenant-Colonel Holmes, D.S.O., Secretary of the Water and Sewerage Board, was attempting to jump a fence at Randwick last evening, when his horse…

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Accident on a Destroyer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 5

While the destroyer Nympho was engaged in gun-practice at Weymouth a six-pounder burst about a foot from the muzzle, and flying splinters wounded three of the…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 2

Two serious mishaps have occurred at the local waterworks during the past few days. The first one resulted in a young man named…

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Fatality at East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

An accident with fatal results occurred at East Greta this morning, a son of Mr. Alfred Hill, a resident of the town, while bird-nesting with another boy in the…

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Boat Capsizes. Man and Wife Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a man named James Munro and his wife were crossing the river in a boat at Lowood (Q.). Owing to recent rains, the river was…

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Aeronautics. Another Fatality. Macon (Georgia) Oct 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 5

Mr. Ely, the airman, fell while flying at the State Fair, and sustained injuries from which he died. The deceased, who had only recently been married, was the airman who…

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Taviuni-nera Collision. "Herald" Charged with Contempt (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

In the Banco Court to-day, an application, was made for a rule nisi to commit the "Sydney Morning Herald" for contempt in commenting on the…

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A Mining Mishap. Twelve Persons Drowned. New Jersey, U.S.A.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 5

Blasting operations destroyed the [?] between two shafts in the iron mines of the Wharton Steel Co., Hibernia, and water flooded the workings…

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Fatal Driving Accident. a Fall of Fifty Feet

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

At Ophir, near Orange on Wednesdayday, Mrs Lambert and her sister Miss Maggic M'connell, were driving with the mailman, Edward Dunn, in a sulky,…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 5

There have been two terrible boating accidents In New zealand. The first occurred at Foxton Heads, where a party of seven women and children got into a dinghy for…

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Drowned Like Rats

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 4

Hibernin, New Jersey, Saturday.—An explosion of dynamite in the iron mines belonging to the Wharton Steel Company destroyed the. partition between…

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Serious Blasting Accident. Two Men Badly Injured. Kurri, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 5

Robert Parker, aged 27, was seriously injured through a blasting accident at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery about noon to-day. He was admitted to Kurri Hospital suffering from terrible…

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Sulky Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

Two Indles and a child had an unpleasant experience on Saturday afternoon while out for a drive in a sulky. They were Mrs W. Brown, [?], her…

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The Maitland Coalmines the Stanford-merthyr Blasting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 4

The unfortunate man Robert Parker, who met with a serious, blasting accident at Stanford-Merthyr colliery yesterday, underwent an operation at the Kurri Hospital last…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 6

A serious motor accident occurred at Manly on Wednesday afternoon, when a car overturned after skidding. One man, Trevor Troughton, was killed, while a woman…

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