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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Fatality in Germany. Berlin

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

Lneutenant Stager, While pi-planning at Munich, fell from a height of 300 feet, and was killed…

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Two Boys Drowned. Exciting Scene

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 6

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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Railway Collision Fatalities. Mexico City

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

A rear-end collision at Caloria, on Mexican Central Railway resulted in the death of 12 passengers and the injury of four others. The [?]ars were broken up into matchwood. Several…

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Two Miners Blown Up. Fatality on the Barrier

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

An accident attended with fatal resalts occurred at South Extended mine, Broken Hill, on. Wednesday, shortly after the men commenced work on the…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

A small boy was acidentally caught in a rope trailing from a balloon and lifted to a height of 2000ft. in the air. The aeronaut worked frantically to pull…

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Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed at Cathe[?] Hill Bay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 12

A fatal accident took place in [?]rah Coal Company's pit at Catheri[?] Bay on Saturday, two minersl D[?]sier and Albert Marks, being kill[?]…

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Monoplane Falls. Mr. Hart Injured. Sydney

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

Mr. W. Hart, the aviator, who recently [?]pleted the building of a new monoplane, [?] flying yesterday at Richmond, and met [?] a serious accident…

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Railway Disaster Near Melbourne. Two Persons Killed. Many Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 6

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

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Railway Disaster at Melbourne. Two Persons Killed. Many Others Injured

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

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

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. T. Clendinning had ii very unpleasant experience on Sunday morning last. It appears they were on the Way to Muscle Creek, driving a pony in a sulky,…

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Accident to Aviator Hart. a Fail of 200 Feet

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

Mr W. E. Hart, the Australian aviator, was seriously injured while flying at Bichmond on Wednesday afternoon. He recently completed the building of…

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Aviator Hart's Accident. "Getting on Famously." (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 4

The doctors report that Mr Hart, the Australian aviator (whose serious accident is reported in another part of this issue). has regained conciousness, and…

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The Stonehenge Fatality. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 5

At the inquest on the death through an aviation accident, of Captain Hamilton and Lieutenant Wymess Stewart, Major Popham, commanding aeroplane corps, testfield that…

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Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Mexico City, Saturday.—A railway accident occurred at Caloria, on the Mexican Central Railway, yesterday. Two trains collided end on, twelve…

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Total Number of Injured,[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 4

The number of passengers who have [?] ported themselves as having sustains injuries in the collision was increased by [?] yesterday, and the total now stands at [?]…

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The Victorian Collision Evidence About the Signals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 4

The adjourned inquest into the [?] collision at Dudley-street was continued [?] Melbourne on Monday. Eric Mervyn Treat, district secretary[?]…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. Harry Lean, well known on the football field as captain of the Tunnel team, met with an unfortunate mishap. He…

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Local and General Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

While riding his now motor cycle from Maitland to Dungog on Thursday afternoon last Mr. Tom Fitzgerald, of this town, met with a…

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Picnic Pasty Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon 15 children from the Jubilee Bagged School Surryhills were being driven back from a bush picnic to Artarmon railway…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Man Killed Instantly

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Henry Murray, 54 years of age, a railway fitter, while attempting to alight from a moving train at Ryde, fell under a carriage and was killed instantly…

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