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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Mysterious Fatality. Prisoner with Fractured Skull

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 4

The death of John M'Lean, a middle-aged man, who was found unconscious in the exercise yard of the Central Police Station on Thursday morning, was reported to the City…

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Mersey Disaster. Liner in Collision. Twelve Lives Lost

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 4

The Beta, a hopper belonging to the Liverpool Corporation, was returning to port after dumping her load of refuse at sea, when she came into…

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Armed Burglars and Police. Constable Dangerously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 3

A dastardly outrage was perpetrated in Storey-street, a thoroughfare in Parkville (Melbourne), in the early hours of Thursday morning…

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Serious Accident at Taree. Run Over by a Tram. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

A very painful accident happened at the Harrington Breakwater works yesterday, when Peter Blake, who was directing operations in tipping trucks of stone from…

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Aviation Accidents. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

While Captain Vinson and another naval [?] were monoplaning at Sheerness, the [?] crashed to the ground. Captain [?] was seriously injured, and the…

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Railway Collision. Brussels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

A workman's train at Louzco came into collision with the Basil-Ostend express, and twelve persons were seriously Injured…

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Washed Overboard. Seaman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

The body of John Johnson, an able seaman on board the steamer, Cooloon, which came into Byron Bay on Saturday morning, was brought ashore on Sunday…

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Surf Fatality. Exciting Rescue Efforts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

Storm Bay Beach Kiama, was yesterday afternoon the scene of a bathing fatality. Shortly after 1 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. John Pollock, and daughter, aged about 13, went…

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Tram Fatality at Wallsend. a Man's Death. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

A man named John Roy was driving with a companion on the Wallsend to Cockle Creek-road yesterday afternoon, when the horse jibbed and backed the vehicle into a…

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Railway Accident. Mother and Daughter Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Beatrice Ashford, 27, a visitor from the country, who has bèn residing in Redfern, went with her mother, Mrs. Mary J.Davis, 63 to visit some…

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Railway Fatality. Montreal, April, 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 5

[?] on the Grand Trunk [?] has been wrecked, seven persons being [?] and 13 injured…

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Sad Fatality at Bunnan. Young Man Dashed Against Tree at Horse Sports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

Between two aud three o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, word was 'phoned to town that a serious accident had broken the harmony of the day's equine…

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Peculiar Surf Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 1

An extraordinary accident happened in the surf on Newcastle Bench on Sat urday morning. Welehman Quintal, aged 21, a railway potter, was surfing,…

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Fatal Accident at Newcastle. Cart and Train Collide. (By Telegraph.) Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

A man named John Roy was driving in a sulky here yesterday, when the horse became unmanageable and backed into a tram…

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Waterplaning Fatality. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 5

Disregarding an official prohibition that was issued owing to bad weather, M. Gaudat waterplaned at Monte Carle, and plunging into the sea, was drowned…

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Remarkable Accident. Escape From Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 6

During Dile-driving operations at the new Port Macquarie pier on Tuesday's labourer had a narrow escape from death. A pile was being dragged into position…

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Accidents in Cessnock District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 4

William Tattersall, 19 years of age, met with a shooting accident near Cessnock on Saturday. He was carrying a pea-rifle, when it accidentally discharge, and the…

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Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 4

A painful accident happened to Mr. Frape, public school teacher at Brunkerville whilst proceeding in the direction of Awaba on Sunday last. By some means he…

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Railway Fatality at Hamilton. Young Man's Death Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

The mangled remains of a young man named Thomas Horne were round this morning alongside the railway line at Hamilton. Deceased was apparently run over…

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Remarkable Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 2

Loudon, Wednesday.—An extraordinary fatality occurred yesterday in Dumbarton. Some workmen were repairing the glass roof of a shed, when one of…

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