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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Two Persons Drowned Mother and Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 5

When returning from a fishing trip on Friday morning, Stanley and William Parrot, two brothers, found the bodies of a young woman and a male child in a bay near the St. Kilda…

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Infernal Machine Posted. Pouch Officer Injured. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

Judge Otto Rosalsky received through the post an infernal machine, but a small particle of dust clogged the works, and so prevented certain death to the person opening…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

We regret to hear that it has been deemed advisable to take Master Andrew Parkinson, son of Mr. D. D. Parkinson, to Sydney, whither he…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

A young man named Horace Brown, son of Mr. W. Brown, was riding after horses at Morton, on Thursday, when he had the misfortune to be thrown owing to his…

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Fishermen Drowned. Madrid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 5

A fishing boat foundered at Almeria, and 20 men were drowned…

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Coach Accident. Fort William (Ontario). Mar. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 5

Four couches of the Transcontinental Express rolled over an embankment on the border of Lake Superior and narrowly escaped falling into the lake, Fourteen…

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Sad Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

News came to hand from Gloucester on Saturday morning last of the terribly tragic end of one of the most prominent pastoralists of that…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

A motoring fatality occurred between Bankstown and Liverpool on Sunday morning, Mr. John Sands, of Karooa, Limited, losing his life, while his…

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A Surfing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 5

A printer named Charles 'Mothett was carried out to sea and drowned while bathing in the surf at Bondi this morning. His three companions had a narrow escape from…

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Motor Fatality. Mr J. Sands Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

A motoring fatality occurred between Bankstown and Liverpool on Sunday morning, Mr. John Sands, of Bondi, and head, of Zollner, Limited, losing his…

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A Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. R. Graham, son of Mr. R. F. Graham, of Bellevue, met will a painful accident yesterday afternoon. He was engaged threshing millet when his left hand became caught in the machine. First…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

On Monday while "pursuing his avocation on a pole cutter in the bush, Abrahams, who halls from the Wrong district, and is employed by Messrs O'Neill and Burnside,…

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Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

Fort William (Ont.), Saturday.—Four carriages on the transcontinental express became derailed, and overturned, rolling over the embankment on the border of…

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Boy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 4

Leslie Howe, a boy, 14 years of age, was admitted to the maitland Hospital last evening from Cessnock suffering from the effects of being jammed between two ships…

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Injured on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 4

Mervyn Boy Eades, 18 years of ago, gatekeeper at Abbott-street was severely injured this morning, but was fortunate in escaping as lightly as he did. The early morning…

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Vessels Wrecked in Gale. Eleven Men Drowned. All Night in Rigging. Perth (W.a.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 5

A message from Whim Crook states Unit during tho heavy-storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on as long as possible but finding it was impossible for…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

A lad named Ven. Halloran, met with a painful accident-on Saturday afternoon last. It appears that he was riding a bicycle along Brook…

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A Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 3

In our last report of the municipal council, reference was made to a dangerous intersection of thoroughfares—Rudge and Brook streets, passing through the latter…

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Peculiar Taxi Cab Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

George Hansen, proprietor of the American Midget Photograph Co., was killed in Brunswick-street, The Valley, Brisbane, on Tuesday morning. He was…

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Drowned in the Surf

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 3

A young man named Charles Morphett, who lived at Tempe, was carried out to sea and drowned while bathing in,the surf at Bondi on Tuesday…

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