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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Terrible Accident at Eveleigh. Two Men Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 3

A shocking accident, occurred at Eveleigh workshops on Friday afternoon, resulting in the death of two men, und the serious injury of three others…

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Sliding Roof Accident. Claim for Damages

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 3

Mr Acting Justice Ferguson and a jury of four were engaged on Thursday in No. 2 Jury Court, Sydney, in detormining a claim for £500 damages…

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Railway Accident in France. Train Falls Into a River. (By Cable). Paris

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

A terrible railway accident has taken place at Samur (Seine-at Loire). A flood had weakened a bridge, which collapsed as a train went to cross it. The…

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Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

The brief report in our last issue of the drowning of Mr Jack Luce outside Port Stephens has been verified. He was struck by the…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. a Recent Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 5

When the Marine Court met to-day for the re-hearing of the inquiry respecting the Nera-Tavluni collision counsel for Captain Belghton, of the Taviuni, protested against…

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Railway Disaster. Buidge Collapses. Many People Drowned. Paris, November 23

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

The flood water weakened the buttresses of a railway bridge over the Thoust River and the structure collapsed as the train from Saumur…

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Disastrous Gas Explosion. Ten Persons Injured. London, Nov. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 5

The fusing of an electric main melted a gas main beneath a pavement of Nottingham, and an explosion resulted, which completely wrecked the Albert Hotel, one of the…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Accident at Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

John Thomas, a miner, 56 years of age, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital at about 3 p.m. on Friday last, suffering from a fracture of the right leg, which injury…

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Local and General Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

On Saturday lust Mr Crosby, the butter maker at the Williams River butter factory met with a nasty accident He was standing on a…

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The Eveleigh Accident. Three Young Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

Three of the victims of the accident in the Eveleigh workshops on Friday afternoon have died from the injuries sustained…

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Accident to a Cream Van

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident took place to a four-horse cream van beloging to the Howe's Valley and Putty Cream Company yesterday afternoon. It…

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Accident to Cream Van

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 3

Mr. J. Cafe, driver of a four-horse cream Van, belonging to the Howe's Valley and Putty Cream Co., had and unpleasant experience on Monday afternoon while…

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A Collision Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 5

Judgment in the cross-actions in connection with the collision between the Olympic and H.M.S. Hawke has been reserved…

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Accidents Will Happen. Fish Bone Penetrated Thumb—Nasty Inflamed Wound Healed by Zam-Buk

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 4

Mr R. Fitzsimons, a fish dealer, of 70 Stanton-street, Carlton, Melbourne, says: While handling fish I get some nasty wounds at times which take a serious…

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Cyclists in Collision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

Between, half-past 6 and 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening, a serious collision among cyclists took place at the corner of Bourke and Hunter streets. It…

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Fatality at Grafton. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

At Grafton, at midnight, during a drunken altercation between William Thompson, a labourer, and William Martin, a cab-driver, the latter was killed…

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Disastrous Gas Explosion. Ten Persons Injured. London, Nov. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

The Busing of an electric main melted a gas main beneath a pavement in Nottingham, and an explosion resulted, which completely wrecked the Albert Hotel, one of the…

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Miners and Accidents. Decision of Barrier Minority

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 13

A section of the underground employees on the South mine after several preliminary meetings and a ballot, decided that in the event of a fatal accident underground the…

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Railway Fatality. Padukah (Kentucky), Dec. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 5

Four persons were killed and ten injured through a passenger train falling into a dich while running at a high rate of speed on the Illinois Central Railway…

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A Train Tragedy. Double Fatality. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 5

A prisoner in charge of a sergeant of gendarmes endeavoured to escape from the Bordeaux express and climbed from the window to the footboard. The sergeant…

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