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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 2

A painful accident happened on Friday morning to Master Don. Budden, eldest son of Mr. T. Budden, of Brook-street. It appears that the lad was riding about to…

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Such a Frightful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891. Just below Camborne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduct, at that time a wooden structure, but lately rebuilt of stone…

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Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 5

This morning a young man named james Bron[?] a resident of East Greta, and a narrow [?] from meeting with a serious accident. A young German who had recently purchased a rifle,…

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Collision in Mid-air. Berlin, May 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

Captain Jacker, while bi-planning with a passenger at Johannisthal yesterday, collided, with a monoplane, and both machines crashed to the earth…

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Naval Disaster. Seven Men Drowned. London, May 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

A naval boat containing, 20 bluejackets from the destroyer [?]chen was swamped by a heavy sea at Granton, on the Firth of Forth and seven men were drowned…

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Swimmer's Accident. an Act That Failed Seattle (Wash.), May 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

In connection with the formal opening of a new bridge over the Lewis River Arthur ("Tumms") Cavill, the well-known Australian, swimming instructor, In…

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Peculiar Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

An accident possessing some peculiar features occurred on Saturday morning last to Mr. T. Leech, of this town. He was engaged…

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Centurion-derna Collision. Captain Gaunt Court-martialle[?] London, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

In December last, while the [?] Centurion, under the command of [?] Guy Gaunt, was undergoing a 30 hours' [?] at moderate power in the Channel, she [?]…

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General Cable News. Centurion-derra Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 2

The court reprimanded Lieutenant Hector Boyce, the office of the Watch at the time of the collision, for hazarding the Centurion by default…

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Young Man Drowned. Washed Out of Sulky

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 4

A fatality occurred at Morpeth on Thursday morning, a young man being drowned, while another was only rescued with considerable difficulty…

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Girl Accidentally Shoots Her Father

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at Hillgrove on Monday, by which an old resident. Jas. Martin, lost his life. His son had been shooting and laid the gun…

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Accident at Celebration. Woman and Retainers. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 2

The sacrament was being administered to a rich widow in her house in Florence (Italy), when the floor gave way under the weight of hundreds of the woman's…

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Morpeth Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 4

The body of the young man Joseph Egan, who was drowned by being washed from a sulky by the flood waters on the Miller's Forest-road, near morpeth, was recovered…

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Motor-car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 5

An inquest concerning the death of John Hennessy, the victim of a motor-car accident resulted in the coroner returning a verdict of accidental death. Reginald Cumming, a taxi…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 6

While walking along John-street man named Augustine Power [?]kerbing of the footpath. Mr. [?] his left hand out to save himself…

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Shaft-sinking Accident. Thirteen Men Killed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Thirteen men were killed at the Bolsolver Colliery Company's new pit at Rufford, six miles from Mansfield, through the overwinding of a water…

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Sensational Collision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 4

A sensational collision occurred between a tram and lorry at Centennial Park, Sydney, On Thursday night. The lorry, with two horses attached, and…

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The Late Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 7

Sir,—In justice to the Morpeth [?] will you please correct a paragraph appearing in the "Local and General" in last evening's issue, which stated that the Water…

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Centurion-derna Collision. Captain Gaunt Court-martialled. London, May 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 2

In December last, while the battleship Centurion, under the command of Captain Guy Gaunt, was undergoing a 30 hours' trail at moderate power in the Channel, she…

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