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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Compensation for Loss. Result of Building Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 4

Elizabeth Habeas was granted compensation in the District Court to-day under the Workmen's Compensation Act amounting to £337 for the loss of her…

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A Mulish Lot. "Cause Serious Accident, (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 4

A mob of mules being driven across the line at Mexico City refused to leave the track, and a train dashed into them and was derailed. As a result of the…

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Drowned in the Yarra. an Extraordinary Occurrence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

George Seymour, aged 19, was drowned in the Yarra, at Punt-road Bridge, Melbourne, on Saturday morning. Seymour and his father went to have river…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer Badly Damaged. London, Sept. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 5

The Star New Zealand collided with the Railway steamer Slievebloom near Holyhead. The Slieveboom as badly damaged, her [?] holds and the stokehold of the…

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A Bolt in the Pass. Accident at Bulli

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. Mitchell, his wife, and two children had a most sensational experience whilst driving down the Bulli Pass-road on Sunday afternoon, and a narrow escape from being…

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Accident to the Beta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 5

The army airship Beta broke the end of her bearings, and had to descend for repairs. When the Voyage was resumed a leak in the petrol tank was discovered, and this caused…

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Mining Fatality. Three Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

A disaster occurred at the Mt Lyell mine Gormanston (Tas.), at 5.30 on Saturday night, as the result of which three men were killed and five others were…

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Two Little Children Drowned a Mother's Precarious State

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

A shocking tragedy occurred at a Waterloo settlement some distance off the Gladstone (Queensland) line, on Saturday afternoon, and as a result two…

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Two Children Drowned. Mother Commits Suicide. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 3

THE wife of George Bugden, aged 21, is alleged to have drowned her two children, 2 and 3 years old respectively, on Saturday afternoon at Waterlo,in a…

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Railway Disaster. Many Killed and Injured. Paris, Sept. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

Two excursion trains collide between Caen and Cabourg yesterday, and as a result eight persons were killed and 20 injured…

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Shocking Railway Fatality Unknown Man Cut to Pieces. Within a Milk of Scone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

Word reached us about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon that a shocking railway fatality had taken place about an hour previously on…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Shocking Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 6

When the up train which reaches Meswellbrook at 2.23 p.m., had left Scone [?]Monday afternoon, and gone about [?] miles, having reached a place called [?]…

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Shots Fired. Two Navvies Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 4

At the Wagga police court, Edmund John Smith and his son, Richard Smith, farmers, on the new line of railway between Wagga and Tumberumba, were charged with…

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Disastrous Waterspout. Town Devastated and People Drowned. Rome, Sept. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 5

A waterspout burst over Castellamare, Siclly, and devastated the town. Within a few minutes twenty houses had collapsed, and a number of women and…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Old Man Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred on the railway line between Scone and Toga siding on Monday afternoon. It appears that when the Narrabri mail…

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Fatality Near Scone. Swagman Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 1

A shocking railway fatality occurred mile south of Scone on Monday aftersòn. An unknown man was run down by the north-western mail and cut to…

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The Deadly Aeroplane. Another Fatality. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 2

A French army lieutenant was killed while aeroplaning at Bart le Dietel, France…

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Motor Accidents. Signor Marconi Injured. Rome, Sept. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 5

Singer Marconi's motor car collided with another at Borghetto, and as a result of the accident Singor Marconi was injured, and had to be admitted to a hospital, though his…

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The Late Railway Fatality. Deceased Identified

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

The inquest touching the death of the man killed on Monday afternoon last by the 2 o'clock passenger train making south, and already referred…

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Accident to Stonemason

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 5

A man named James Monahan, employed [?] stonemason in the construction of the new Church of England building, met with a serious accident about noon. He was turning…

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