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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Miners Imperilled Serious Accident San Francisco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

Word has been received of the safety of 62 miners who have been entombed at Bunker Hill mine through an air tube remaining intaet…

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Drowning Fatality at Weston. the Body Recovered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 14

The body of Walter Long, who had been missing from his home at Weston since Sunday afternoon last, was found floating in the Hebburn colliery dam between 7…

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Shocking Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 8

A shocking accident occurred at the railway station, Christchurch (N.Z.), on Wednesday. A train ran into a motorcar, and carried it a distance of 40…

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Sad Case of Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 4

This morning Mr. J. W. Harradine received by wire the sad news that his son Stanley had been accidentally drowned last evening at Greenwell Point, about 100 miles…

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Terrible Fatality. St. Petersburg. Feb. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 5

Two aviation [?] tell white Rying at Sevastopel and on their machines reaching the ground the petrol tank expleded. with the…

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The Lane Cove Fatality. Distinguished Bravery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 11

Mr. Hawkins. the deputy coroner, held an inquest on Thursday on the remains of the unfortunate man, James Edward Murrumbidgee Morgan, who was killed by…

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Chmney Falls. Mother and Baby Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 4

About 2 o'clock on Thursday morning rain, foil at Lithgow with monsoonal violence for a time. D[?] the progress of the thunderstorms there were occasional bursts of eve[?] wind. and…

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Drowning Fatality at Gresford. Body Recovered Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 5

A young man named Henry Herbert was drowned on Saturday night. Deceased who was the third son of Mr. John Herbert, of Gresford, was 24 years of age. He left the…

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Drowning of Father Kelly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

A groat shock was experienced by the Catholic community yesterday afternoon, when the sad news reached town that the Rev. Father James Kelly, a popular young priest,…

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Priest Drowned at Glennie's Creek on Way to Celebrate Mass. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 5

A fatality occurred at Glennies' Creek yesterday morning, when the Rev. Father James Kelly. assistant priest to Monsignor Meagher of Singleton, was drowned…

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A Dynamite Disaster. Many Killed and Injured. Fort Francis (Ontario), Feb. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 5

A terrific explosion caused by the premature discharge of a quantity of dynamite wrecked some railway construction works near Rainy Lake…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

A young man named Alfred Cavanagh. an employee of Mr. H. Ralston, met with a serious gun accident at Hinton on Saturday evening. Cavanagh was endeavouring to…

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Accidentally Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

News came to hand on Sunday morning last of a fatal drowning accident near Singleton, in which Father James Kelly met his death,…

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Collision, at Sea. London. Feb. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 5

The steamer Wychwood (British) and Torbay (Norweglan) came into collision off Caistor, near Yarmouth, during a rog. The Torbay was badly damaged, and foundered…

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Priest Drowned Near Singleton. on Way to Celebrate Mass

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

A fatality occurred at Glennies' Creek on Sunday morning, when the Rev. Father James Kelly, assistant priest to Monsignor Meagher, of…

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Death of Rev. Father James Kelly Drowned in Glennie's Creek

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 3

A feeling of profound sorrow prevaded the community on sunday, when it became known that Father James Kelly, assistant to Mensigner Meagher, V. G.,…

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Tram Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

Scarcely a day passes without a tram accident in the metropolis On Saturday two cases were reported, and one of the victims was terribly injured…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Vicar and Sister. Wellington, N.Z.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

A double drowning fatality occurred at Wellington, New Zealand, last night. The Rev. Mr. Locke, vicar of Ross, and his sister, were driving in a trap, when they attempted to…

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Wychwood-torbay Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

In regard to the collision between the steamer Wychwood and the Norwegian steamer Torbay, off Caister, it is stated that three of the Torbay's crew lost…

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Drowned in Glennik's Creek

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 2

Father James Kelly, assistant to Monsignor Meagher, V.G, of Singleton, met his death on Sundry last by drowning in Glennies' Craek. It appears that Father Kelly…

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