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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Medical Student Drowned. Capsize of a Sailing Boat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

Through the capsize of a sailing boat on the Parramatta River on Sunday afternoon, James No?rie, 27 years of age, a medical student at the…

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Coaching Accident. Driver Looses a Foot

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Friday evening to the coach plying between Bingara and Barraba. The driver, Dave Campbell, and four passengers were on…

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Rescued From Drowning. Girl Who Changed Her Mind

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 1

Shortly after midnight on Sunday. George Sidell. a groom, employed at Nolan's hotel. Wagga, situated near Hampden Bridge, wass retiring to bed…

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Fatal Collision. Zanesville (Ohio). Dec. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

A railway collision occurred near here yesterday as a result of which five passengers were killed and 20 injured…

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Blast Furnace Accident. Man Killed, Another Badly Hurt

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

On Wednesday morning, at the Lithgow blast furnace, a terrible accident happened, as a result of which a young married man named George Sassall was killed and another…

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Shocking Accident. Scaffold Collapses at Lithgow. (By Telegraph)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

A Sydney, açident Wednesday A shocking accident occurred at Lithgow to-day. George Sarsall, a bricklayer was an…

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Railway Accident. Paris

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

The breaking of the coupling chains caused seven carriages to separate from a train on the circular railways, and come into collision with another train, Forty-two were…

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Local and General. Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 2

While riding into Dungog on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Duncan McRae, of Gloucester, met with a rather nasty accident. While…

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Drowned in the Parramatta. Capsize of a Sailing Boat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 11

Through the capsize of a sailing boat on the Parramatta River on Saturday afternoon James Norrie, 27 years of age, a medical student at the Sydney University, was drowned…

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Injured and Starving. Seven Days Without Food

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 1

An old man, Cornelius H. Kellaher, who for some time past has lived a lonely life in a bush but at Dee Why, near Manly, was found in a pitiable condition by the…

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Old Man's Terrible Suffering. Injured and Without Food or Water

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 14

A story of terrible suffering is supplied by the Brookvale police Cornelius H. Kellaher is an old man, who for some time has lived a lonely life in a lonely but in the…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 2

The eldest son of Mr. Alex Weldmann, about 7½ years of age, was thrown from a horse on Sunday afternoon last, on his father's farm, and…

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Blast Furnace Accident. Man Killed, Another Badly Hurt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 4

On Wednesday morning, at the Lithgow blast furnace a terrible accident happened, as a result of which a young married man named George Sassall was killed and another…

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General Cable News. London, Dec. 7. Pillar-boxes Injured

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

Many letters were damaged in the Fleet-street Post Office through corrosive fluid being poured into the boxes. A number of pillar-boxes in the vicinity were treated…

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Accident at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 4

Harry May, 26 years of age, had an almost miraculous escape from serious injury—if not death—in the Stanford-Merthyr colliery on Friday. May, it appears, desired…

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Drowned in Quicksand

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

Brussels, Saturday.—A youth of eighteen was caught in quickeands off Sastindue. He was drowned after a struggle which lasted for seven hours,…

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River Fatality. Berlin, Dec. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 5

While seven girls were playing on the frozen river at Aschaffenburg the ice broke and six of them were drowned…

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Latest Sews by Telegraph. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon, Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 5

A rear-end collision occurred at Darling hurst this morning between two trams, and two passengers were injured as a result of the impact, both victims being ladies. Both…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

A Goulburn River correspondent writes:—Mr. Walter Kirk, of the Belmont Stores, had a narrow escape from a…

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Triple Drowning Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 2

Particulars of a triple drowning have been received from Pipriki, in the Wanganui (N.Z.) district. A youth named Thomas, son of the schoolmaster at…

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