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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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A Driving Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 6

Messrs. Harry McFadyen of Bourke-st, and S. E. Casey had an unpleasant experience while returning from Glendon on Sunday. They were driving in a sulky, and when…

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A Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 3

A collision between a motor and a sulky in Bridge-street our main thoroughfare, caused serious damage to both vehicles, that of the former being estimated at £50…

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Late Cables. Collision in France

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 4

Paris, Monday.—A passenger train came into collision yesterday with a ballast train at Vire, North-east em France. The two drivers and one of the, stokers…

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Mysterious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 3

Mrs. Mary McLennan, aged 47, was found of the railway line under the overhead bridge at Strathfield railway station this morning, unconscious. Her left foot and toes…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday afternoon. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 3

James McFarland, aged 50, employed as pump attendant at the Colonial Sugar Resining Works, Pyrmont, was drawn into the machinery and half his right leg badly…

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Accident to Submarine. the Gallant Dead. London Jan. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 3

Out of the 30 men aboard the sunken submarine at Kiel. 27 crept through the torpedo tube when the how was raised, and were saved, but the commander and two…

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Another Runaway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

Bert Freeman, an employee of Mr H. J. Brooker, had a little adventure on theDunolly-road on Tuesday afternoon, while driving a sulky. He had set out from…

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Accident on a Battleship

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

A wireless message received at Washington (U.S.A) states that eight men were killed by the bursting of steam pipe on the battleship Delaware, which…

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Rescued From Drowning

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

Messrs. H. Mawson and G. Pilgrim, of White's Falls, and T. Curry, of Singleton, were bathing in the Hunter River at White's Falls on Tuesday afternoon. There is a…

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Dreadfol Motoring Fatality. a Fall of 40 Feet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 4

A serious motor accident occurred between 8 and 9 o'clock on Wednesday at Lyndoch (S.A.) A motor car, driven by Mr. Bert May,…

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Regent Submarine Fatality. the Real Cause. Berlin

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

It is officially intimated that the [?] hoisting of the submerged Kiel, submarine. when it was first raised upset the accumulators. so that poisonous fumes and not…

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Railway Passenger's Plight. Bolwarra Resident Injured. Singleton

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

A young man named Joseph Milligan, a resident of Bolwarra, was the victim of a railway accident last night. Milligan was travelling with a companion on the…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. A. G. King, manager of the Hustlers business establishment in High-street. had the misfortune to meet with a very painful accident this morning. Extensive alterations and…

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Sad Case of Drowning

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

'A sad case of drowning occurred at Hinton yesterday afternoon, the victim being a little girl, Alice Minslow, fourteen and a half years old. She remarked to her mother that she was going outside…

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Narrow Escape form Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 3

A young man named George Pilgrim had a very narrow escape from drowning the Hunter River on Tuesday afternoon. In company with H. Mawson…

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Motor Car Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 3

Among the visitors to the Clare, South Australia, races on Wednesday, were a party comprising Mr B. May, of Gawler, his wife, and sister-in?law, and a niece,…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 12

The railway accident at Willesden Junetion on Monday, which resulted in injurice to fifty passengers, of whom four have succumised was simple in general outline though…

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Accident on the Line

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

A serious accident happened on the railway at Braxton on Thursday night, resulting in terrible injuries to a young man named Joseph Milligan, but how the…

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Drowning Fatality at Hinton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

The Coroner (Mr. J. McKensey. P.M.) held an inquiry at Hinton on Saturday concerning the death of the little girl Alice Minslom who was crowned in an underground…

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Racecourse Accident. Jockey Badly Injured

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

The Rowena Steeplechase at Caulfield on Saturday was responsible for a serious accident. There were seven starters, and at the back of the course Paraloch, Acute…

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