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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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A Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 4

Mr. James Gallagher, of Kelso, was [?] victim of a peculiar and, at the same [?] painful accident a few days ago. A horse [?] to a fence by Mr. Gallagher's son [?]…

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A Strange Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 4

A strange fatality is reported from Bundaberg (Q.). A schoolboy named Corney woke his father on Thursday night by screaming. The father found the jaw set…

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The Pyrmont Bridge Fatality. Coroner's Remarks. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of the young man, Henry Evens, who jumped over the Pyrmont Bridge for a bet and lost his life, the coroner, in returning a verdict…

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Mining Fatality. a Shiftman Killed at Sea Pit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon a miner, named Harry Whiting, employed in the Sea Pit, Newcastle, met with a fatal accident. Whiting, who was a married man, and…

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Extraordinary Accident. Cigarette and Explosive

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 1

An extraordinary accident occurred at the rack a rock explosives factory in Parramatta road, Camperdown, on Saturday, resulting in serious injury…

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Serious Shooting Accident Junk Manager's Son. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 5

Collin Simpson, 13 years of age, son of Mr. E. H. Simpson, manager of the Australian Bank of Commerce met with a serious shooting accident during the week-end while on a…

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Aviation Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday. Lieut. Chandler, while flying at Chalons, was b[?]at to death through his bl-plane catching fire…

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Girl Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 5

Eleanor Stone, aged 17, was missed from her home at Jerrawa Creek, near Dalton, yesterday, and some hours later a search party found her coat and gloves on the bank…

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Railway Fatality at Wallsend. Killed on a Coal Line. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 5

A man named Albert Henry Hughes, aged 27, a bachelor, living at Wellsend, was killed instantly this morning on the Wallsend coal line. He was returning along the line…

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Accident to Frank Wootton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 5

[?] Wootton was thrown from a motor at Epsom Downs yesterday, and sus[?] a slight fracture of the collar-bone…

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Gunpowder Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 2

On Saturday Constable Roser, of the Paddington police station who was spending his holiday leave with his parents at Bulga was admitted to the…

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Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 2

Master Colin Simpson, son of Mr and Mrs E. H. Simpson, was the victim of a rather serious shooting accident on Friday last. It appears that the boy, who…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 5

An engine came into collision with a stationary train at Vluxshall. One person was killed and thirty injured. Many were pinned beneath the wreckage for two hours,…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Fatality Feared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 5

A message from Jervis Bay states that the warships Drake, Cambrian, and Psyche, are returning to Sydney, with flags flying half-mast. This circumstance seems to point to…

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A Railway Collision. Pittsburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

Four persons were killed and seven injured though a passenger train coming into collision with a wrecking train employed in repairing the track after a derailment…

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Mining Fatality. a Shiftman Killed at Sea [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon a miner, [?] Harry Whiting, employed in the [?] Newcastle, met with a fatal accide[?] Whiting, who was a married [?]…

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English Railway Collision. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 4

A railway accident of a serious nature occurred at "Vanxhall Station, London. An engine came into collision with a…

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Collision with Iceberg. Corsican in Port. London, Aug. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 3

The steamer Corsican, which recently collided with in iceberg in the Atlantic, has arrived at Liverpool. Interviews with those on board show that…

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Extraordinary Accident. Boy Seriously Brunt. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 4

An extraordinary accident accident occurred at the Rack-a-rock explosives factory, Camperdown, this afternoon. Harry Gleeson, a lad of 16, was working in the factory, and…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 5

Owing to the brake falling to act, a moor car fell over asprecfpice. A young girl and a lady were killed, and another lady is n a critical condition. Mr. Garbett, an…

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