Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

1,014 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 51

Mr. Roosevelt Shot Not Fatat?y Injured. His Assailant Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 3

Milwaukee, Tuesday.—A man who is described as a Socialist fired a revolver at Mr Roosovelt outside the latter's hotel, and wounded him. The man then…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Workers Accidents. Food-Poisoning from a Scratch. [?]-Buk is an Invaluable Healer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 1

"My hasband scratched the back of [?] which gave rise to blood[?] on account of him having im[?] them in impure water," says…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Cheshunt on Monday to Master Victor Chilcott, a son of Mr. and Mr. Chas. Chilcott. He was helping to rope a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Another Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 3

A terrible fatality occurred at the Tasmania Mine, near Launceston, on Thursday when Thomas Floyd, 56, married, with a large family, and Murdoch Fraser Stewart,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Accident at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 5

A youth named Lawrence Hill, son of Mr. T. Hill, was driving a horse attached to a butcher's cart yesterday, when the vehicle came into collision with a stump…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Another Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 6

A terrible fatality occurred a is Tasmania Mine, near La[?] Thursday morning, when Thomas [?] 56, married, with a large family, and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 12

The adjourned inquest upon the death [?] William B. Thompson, who died from [?] effects of injuries received in Stanford[?] thyr Colliery on October 4 was concluded [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Fatality at Oxley. Young Farmer Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 10

A sad fatality occurred at Oxley on Monday, when Mr. George G. Bolus, one of the new Peel River settlers, lost his life. Deceased was the owner of block 65, and…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

First Aid to the Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

The Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps is continually working with a view of affording opportunities, for each and every man on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Submarine Disaster. Two Men Drowned. San Francisco, Oct. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

Submarine F1 parted at her moorings in the harbour and was caught by a heavy sea. Two men were swept off the decks and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Chesnut on Monday to Master Victor Chilcott, a son of Mr and Mrs Chas. Chilcott. He was helping to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Tramway Accident. Car Runs Away

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 13

Owing to the failure of the electric current a tram accident, luckily unattended by very serious results, occurred in Young-street, near Circular Quay, Sydney, at…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Aeroplane Fatality. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 5

Lieutenant Biesbarth, and a passenger, while aeroplaning at Giengen, Wurtemberg, fell, and both were killed instantly…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Aeroplane Turns Turtle. "Wizard" Stone Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 5

An aeroplane flight at the City Oval, Ballarat, on Saturday, afternoon, by "Wizard" Stone, had a sensational termination, the machine being wrecked and the airman…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Deadly Pea Rifle. Little Boy Seiuously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 5

A bright little boy, named Edward Morris, five years of age, son of Mr. Harry Morris, of James-street, Horseshoe Bend, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Aeroplane Fatality. Paris, Oct. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 5

M. Lacour, while flying at Mushidan, was thrown out of his machine and killed…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 4

David Evans, 31 years of age, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital at about 10 o'clock last night suffering from the effects of a fractured knee-cap, the result of a fall in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 4

Upon inquiry at the hospital this afternoon, regarding the condition of the little boy, Edward Morris, who was accidentally shot with a pea rifle on Sunday, it was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Peculiar Accident. Petaluma (California). Oct. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 5

Twenty-five persons were injured while watching a burning automobile, the petrol tank blowing up. Two sustained injuries which will probably prove fatal…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Accident at Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 4

A painful and serious accident befell a son of Mr. A. Mepham's of Kaludah, on Tuesday last, at his parent's residence. The boy, who is about 4½ years old, was riding…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →