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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Miner Terribly Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

William Parker, miner, of Stanford Merthyr Colliery, was badly Injured on Tuesday morning by a sudden explosion. It appears that a shot missed on Monday…

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Denman Motor Car Fatality. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 5

The family of the late James Mackay, one of the victims of the Denman motor car accident, have, through the solicitors, made a formal claim on the Shire Council for…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Postman Cut to Pieces. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

A shocking fatality took place at the Strathfield railway station this morning, the victim being. Edward Saunders, a married man. aged 32, and employed as…

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Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 4

Owing to one of the motors becoming derailed an interruption was occasioned the tram service to-day. The tram which leaves the sheds at Victoria-street shortly…

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Railway Fatality. Portland (Oregon), Oct. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 5

An Astoria-Columbia passenger urain struck an automobile, and the latter was carried 100 yards on the cow-catcher of the engine. Mr. Thomas M'Gibbon, a business…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Injured Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 7

The general condition of Robert Parker, one of the men who was injured in the blasting accident at Standford-Merthyr, is satisfactory. As previously stated, the unfortunate fellow…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

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

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Another Aviation Fatality. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

M. Desparmel, when aeroplaning at Rheims, fell a distance of 300 feet and was killed…

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Aeronautics. Another Fatality. Macon (Georgia), Oct. 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

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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Collision in Sydney Harbour Ferry Steamer Damaged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

Some 300 passengers by the Sydney Ferries' steamer Kalkal were thrown into a state of wild excitement on Wednesday evening when the ferry-boat came into…

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Seven Naval Men Drowned. Berlin, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

At the launching of the cruiser Meunicheus at Kiel, an accident happened to one of the boats, and seven blue jackets were drowned…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

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

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The Maitland Coalmines (From our Representative). Driving Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

Mr. J. Willoughby, an employee at the Kurri Co-operative Society, met with a driving accident on Monday which resulted in painful injuries. He was driving a horse…

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Train Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 5

While the north—western express. was convoying passengers to the liner Lusitania, It collided at Calwich with a local train. Three passengers in the latter were injured,…

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Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 5

Members of the Miners' Accident Relief Board, Messrs. Cann (Vice-president), and J. Blanksby (secretary), with Messrs. Burrell, Thompson, Paul, and Taylor, members of the…

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Railway Collision. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 5

A sensational railway smash occurred this morning at Picton Lakes, when a mall train from Sydney and a stock train from Gonlburn collided with terrific force. Nine…

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Sensational Railway Accident. Mail Train" and Stock Trains in Collision. Nino Persons Injured. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 2

One of the most sensational railway accidents that have taken place in New South Wales for many years occurred at the Picton Lakes at midnight, when the…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 6

Mr. William Downs, residing in Macquarie-street, was admitted to the Dangar. Cottage Hospital yesterday morning, suffering from a fracture of one of the small…

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Accidents Will Happen. Out Developed into Poisoned Wound. A Wife's Excellent Advice, "Use Zam- Buk."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 1

"I am a bootmaker and one day made a small incision in my hand with a knife while cutting," says Mr Michael M'Kay, of 72 Station-street, Carlton, Melbourne…

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An Accident on the Road

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 2

A man named William Downs was admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital at an early hour yesterday morning, suffering from a fracture of one of the…

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