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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Motor-Car Accident at Quirindi. the Mayor Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

A MOTOR-CAR smash occurred early yesterday morning. Mr. W. W. Higgens, residing in Hawker-street, was driving his car to catch the 12.20 mail train,…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

Two broken collar bones were the accidents of the first day of the week. One victim was Mr J, Abrahams, who is employed as a timber…

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Ocean Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

The succession of disasters at sea should rivet extra attention on the e-port of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…

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Shooting Accident At Murrurundi. Boy's Terrible Ordeal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 8

WHILE out in the bush about two miles from his home at Ardglen. near Murrurandi. a chocking shooting accident occurred to Cyril…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Young Man Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 12

From time to time narrow escapes have been recorded of persons crossing the railway line at High-street Station, and it has long been regarded as a death-trap. That it is…

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Aviation Fatality. St. Louis (Missouri)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 2

Ray Wheeler, an amateur aviator, was killed outright, and his companion, Mr. Glasser, received injuries which proved fatal through a mishap to their aeroplane, which…

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Shocking Fatality. Woman Burned to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 12

Mrs. Julia Elliott, aged 47 years. was the victim of a shocking fatal burning accident at Benalle, Victoria, on Saturday night. Husband and wife were in separate sleeping apartments within a…

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Man Drowned Off Cronulla. Boat Capsized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 5

A boating accident involving the death of mark Cults, 25, an employee of the Australian gaslight Company, residing at Tenuvson-street, mortlake, occurred near…

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Railway Collision. Damage Done at Quirindi. Quirindi, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 13

A terrible railway smash occurred in Quirindi railway yard shortly after midnight this morning. The crash of colliding rains was heard a long distance away, and…

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Motor Smash at Quirindl Several People Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 6

A serious motoring accident occurred at Quirindi on Thursday, resulting in several persons being injured. M. W. W. Higgins was driving his car to the…

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Shooting Accident Boy's Terrible Ordeal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 1

White out in the bush, about two miles from his home at Ardglen, near Murrurundi, a shocking shooting accident occurred to Cyril Harkin, 13…

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Ocean Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 5

The succession of disasters at sea should rivet extra attention on the eport of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…

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Miners' Accident Benefits. Increase Asked for

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 7

Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, was naked by a deputation representing the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Federation to increase the payment under the Miners' Accident Relief Act…

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Remarkable Accident. Sulphuric Acid's Fierce Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 6

Late yesterday afternoon four men employed by Mr. t. Corrigan as carters were loading drums containing sulphuric acid on to a lorry, at the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship…

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Runaway Trucks. Shocking Accident at Torbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 16

A shocking accident occurred at the mouth f the Torbane tunnel, facing the settlement, at Lithgow, as the result of which a mun. John O'Sullivan (26), lost his life, and…

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Shocking Accident. Scaffolding Collapses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 12

A shocking accident occurred at Balmain on Saturday, when a scaffolding collapsed at a new building in course of construction at the corner of Darling and Rountree streets. Eight…

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Terrible Railway Collision. 11 KILLED. 39 Injured. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 5

The mistake of a signalman resulted in a railway collision on Maccadat Bridge. Three coaches of a Pontoise train were wrecked, and 11 people were killed. The limbs of the dead…

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Injured Man Grainge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 4

John Grainger, a resident of the Horse-shoe Bend, West Maitland, who with others was seriously injured by being burned by an escape of sulphuric acid on the wharf at…

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Train Derailed. Four Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 4

A serious railway accident occurred on the Kurrawang wood line, about 83 miles out from Kurrawang, West Australia. A train of 40 trucks was being taken to…

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