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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Shocking Fatality. Lad's Terrible Fall. Flint (Michigan), Aug. 31

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

A [?] boy was acidentally caught in a rope trailing from a ballon and lifted to a heigh of 2000ft, in the air. The aeronaut worked frantically to pull…

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Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed at Catherine Hill Bay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 6

A fatal accident took place in the Wallarah Coal Company's pit at Catherine Hill Bay on Saturday, two miners, D'Arcy, Tressider and Albert Marks, being killed by a…

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Mining Fatality. Two Men Entombed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 1

A fatality occurred in the Wallarah [?], at Catherine Hill Bay, on [?]day morning, two men, named [?] Tressider and Albert Marks,…

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Electric Car Fatality. Berlin, Sept, 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 5

Owing to the brakes falling to act an electric car was derailed on an incline near Elberfeld, and fell down a hillside among some picnickers. As a result eight persons…

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The Otford Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 5

The adjourned inquest touching the eath of John Joseph M'Namara of Waterloo, Sydney which occurred in the Offord Tunnel on August 13 was continued before…

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Accident at the Show Sports

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 2

During the final of the pony hunting contest at the Showground on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Ray. Newton, of Maitland, was the victim of a rather…

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Two Boys Drowned. Exciting Scene

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 5

A drowning case occurred at Sunshine, Victoria, on Tuesday, when two boys lost their lives, and a third narrowly escaped a similar fate…

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Accident at the Show Sports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 2

During the final of the pony hunting contest at the Singleton Showground on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Ray Newton, of Maitland, was the…

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Another Mine Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 5

A man named M. Walsh was fatally injured in the South Extended Mine, Broken Hill, last night, by an explosion at the 960 feet level. His mate, William Sinclair,…

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Monoplane Falls. Mr. Hart Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 5

Mr. W. Hart, the aviator, who recently completed the building of a new monoplane, was flying yesterday at Richmond, and met with a serious accident…

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The Otford Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 4

The adjourned inquest touching the death of John Joseph M'Namnra. of Waterloo, Sydney, which occurred in the Offord Tunnel on August 13. was…

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Pigs Cause a Railway Collision. a Man Killed. (By Cable.) Wellington

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 2

A train collided with a herd of pigs at Taringaulu to-day, and one carriage was overturned. Herbert Lade, a passenger, was…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion. Many Dead and Injured. Paris, Sept. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 5

A fire-damp explosion occurred in the Clarence mine, Bethune. Thirty-three men were rescued, of whom 23 were seriously burned…

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Railway Disaster at Melbourne Two Persons Killed. Many Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 6

A disastrous railway collision occurred shortly after five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon between North Melbourne and Spencer-street station…

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Accidental Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 5

H. G. Montagu, an Englishman, who fought with the Turks in Tripoli, and was recently arrested on a charge of having shot a British subject named Byan in a…

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Tube Collision. the First in England. London. Sept 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

An express collided with a stationary train at the Caledonian-road station on the "Piccadilly Tube" yesterday. The rear car of the stationary train was…

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Railway Smash. Two Melbourne Trains Collide. There Persons Seriously Injured. Melbourne, Wed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A railway accident occurred shortly after 6 o'clock at Dudley-street crossing, North Melbourne, when an outgoing Coburg train through a…

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Abermain Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 4

A meeting of an interested in the Abermain fatality will be held in Mr. [?] rooms, Weston, on Monday night next. [?]bers of the Fruit and Vegetable Buyers' [?]…

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A Terrible Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 5

F. Hamilton, of the Worcestershire Regiment, was flying at a height of 1000 feet when his machine, a Deperdussin, developed a defect and collapsed. It smashed…

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Tube Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

London, Thursday.-An express train [?] the Caledonian-road station collided [?] a Piccadilly tube train. Eighteen years were injured. This is the first…

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