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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Reckless Use of Firearms. Young Man Accidentally Shot

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 2

A young man named Thomas Doyle, residing in Surry Hills, was shot in the temple on Saturday night. Doyle had been to a picture show with a friend,…

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Train Fatality. Seattle Aug. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

Five people were killed and many [?] through a west-bound Olympian [?] the Chicago-Milwaukee railroad [?] through a bridge 60 miles east of [?]…

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Aviation Fatality. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. Mitchell, British Consul Salisbury Plain, on a Mersey monoplane, of which he was the inventor, fell from a height of 300 feet, and was killed…

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The Abermain Fatality. Inquest at Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 6

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Walter Hill, who was killed on the Aberdare railway crossing at Abermain on Friday last, was resumed at Jewell's Hotel,…

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Great Earthquake. Many Towns in Ruins. Thousands Killed and Injured. Constantinople

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a prolonged earthquake was felt in the vicinity of Concasntinople. It caused the explosion of a lamp at Chorlu, and a…

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General Cable News. Fatal Shooting Accident. London, August [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

Dr. Sloan, of New Zealand, who is [?] visit, to Great Britain, was shooting at Overton, Ayrshire, yesterday, and dentally killed a schoolboy named [?]…

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Boating Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 1

[?] Tremble, an old resident of Mac[?] (Q.), and father of eight grown-up [?], açcompanied by his son-in-law, [?] [?], of Brisbane, and his son…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 3

Paris, Tuesday.—A shocking tragedy occurred on the railway, near Boulogne, the victim being William Anderson, a youth of 18. Anderson, who was the son…

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Spanish Fishermen Drowned. Madrid. August 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

Many fishing vessels have foundered, and their crews have perished, in a storm which has swept the north coast of Spain…

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Wreck Off Flinders Island. The Captain Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 1

The ship G. W. Wolff, 1588 tons register was wreeked near Flinders Island [?] [?]sday last, while on a voyage from teas Ayres to Newcastle…

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Shot-by Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 3

London, Tuesday.—Professor Koch and. Dr. Sloan, a New Zealander who are visiting, England, were shooting birds at Overton, in Ayrshire, when they…

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Burglary Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

A burglary at Lord Meath's house, Laficaster Gate London. fell through a skylight and was injured, but escaped…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

Mr J. L. Crick, of Stroud, met with a serious accident on Wednesday night while climbing through a wire fence. By some means he…

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Serious Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 10

An unfortunate, and very serious, accident occurred on Tuesday night last at the Catholic Church corner, by which an identity of the town,…

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The Abermain Fatality. Inquest at Weston

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Walter Hill, who was killed on the Aberdare railway crossing at Abermain on Friday last, was resumed ai Jewell's Hotel…

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Railway Collision-preventer. Tests in England

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 1
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The special co?espondent of the "S.M.Herald" in London, on July 12, [?]:- [?] experiments lately made in New…

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Lepers Disappear. Believed to Be Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 11

A report has been received by the Director of Qua[?]antine (Dr. Norris) in Melbourne from Dr. Elkington, Chief Quarantine Officer of Queensland, with reference to the disappearance of two lepers…

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Dangerous Railway Crossing. Another Fatality. Abermain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 15

A youth named Walter Hill (16), was killed at Abermain Railway Crossing yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, almost at the identical spot where Stationmaster Keating…

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Tram Car Fatality. Extraordinary Street Scene. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

An extraordinary scene took place when an Italian was killed by a street car. Twelve hundred Italian workmen knelt around the decapitated body in the middle of the street…

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