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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

1,014 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 51

Insurance Tricks. Twenty-five Doctors for One Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 2

An ingenious window-cleaner discovered an original method of earning a living in Paris, which he practised with considerable success until his plan was discovered by…

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Machinery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 7

A young carpenter named George Beatty received a very severe injury to his right hand by getting it caught in planning machinery at Barratt's…

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Boating Fatality. Constantinople, Oct. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 2

A boat containing a number of Roumanian officers was sunk in a collision on the Danube, and nine were drowned…

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A Disastrous Collision. Woman Killed; Child Serio[?]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 2

A shocking motor car accident occurred near Katcomba on Tuesday afternoon, causing the death of Mrs Abour[?], and severely injuring her daughter. The…

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A Coach Smash. One Man Killed; Several Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 2

A sensational coach accident, resulting in the death of one passenger and serious injuries to two others, beside the demolition of the coach and mortal…

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Sensational Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 4

A mishap fraught with rather exciting incidents occurred on the main road near East Maitland yesterday afternoon, which might easily have resulted in very serious…

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Motor Car Collision. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

King Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy were travelling by motor car at Pisa, when then car came into collision with a tram car. The occupants of the motor car had…

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Railway Fatality. Kingston (Ontario), Oct. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

A train jumped the track, and several cars fell over an embankment. One woman was killed, and many other passengers were injured…

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Crawled Two Miles. Accident in the Bush

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

A painful accident happened to a settler named John Umback, near Bombala. He had been using an adze squaring timber, and laid it on the ground. He then went about other…

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Acetylene Lamp Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 5

Stephen Sharmen, of the Wild Australia Circus at Holt, Norfolk,h\ has died two others were seriously and two slightly injured, through an acctylene lamp filling the vas…

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Coach Horses Bolt. Driver Injured

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

A serious accident happened to Artie Reichert, the driver of the mail coach running from Stroud to Raymond Terrace, about eight miles from Stroud. A motor…

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Hospital Fees Demanded. Ax Injured Boxer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 5

At a meeting of the committee of the Wagga District Hospital a letter was received from the solicitor of Mr. Carter, against whom a claim had been made for…

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Mr. John Dillon Injured. London, Oct. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 5

Mr. john union, M.P., was. thrown, from a dogcart at Swineford to-day, and rather seriously Injured on the head. He is unconscious, and a specialist has been called…

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Collision in a Car. Italy's King and Queen. (By Gable.) Loudon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 3

While the King and Queen of Italy were motoring at Pisa, the car collided with an electric tram. Neither of the occupants of the car were injured…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

William Benjamin Thomas, a miner,, was terribly injured by a fall of stone in Stanford Merthyr colliery yesterday. Thomas' was working a bord of tops in what is…

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Aviation Fatality. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 5

M. Alig, all aviator, and his mechanic fell from a height of 200 metres at Johannistral, and both were killed…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Colliery Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 4

William B. Thomas, who was seriously injured in Stanford-Merthyr Collyery, on Friday, in circumstance already described, died in the Kurri Hospital on Saturday at about…

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Railway Accident. Mail and Goods Trains Colli[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

Another railway accident, [?] ious nature, occurred within a few yards [?] the Ipswich station. A goods train from [?] bane was shunting. Part had been taken [?]…

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Horse Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. Bert Tickle had a slice of bad luck on Friday night with his race pony Diadem. While the big storm was on, he was riding across the newly…

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Accidents at Randwick. SEVERAl Riders Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 5

The [?] yesterday was jarred by several accidents, resulting in minor injuries to the rider of a jumper and the death of the horse while another animal was…

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