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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Six Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 1

In the early hours of Monday morning a tram erashed into a motor lorry at the intersection of Park and castlereagh-streets, Sydney, Six men were…

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Local and General News. Accident at Sawyer's Gully

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 4

Mr.W. Edwards met with what might have been a serious accident last week (writes a Sawyer's Gully correspondent). He had been using a tree-sprayer, and…

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Jockey Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

During the running of the Stewards Han[?] which followed the Derby, Felizardo fell, and was subsequently shot. Whalley, the jockey, was seriously injured…

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Six Men Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

IN the early hours of Monday morning, a tram crashed into a motor lorry at the intersection of Park and Castlereagh-streets…

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Buggy Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 3

On Thursday Mr. [?] of the Forestry Department, was driving in a buggy along the Allandale-road, near Cessnock, when the king-bolt broke, The vehicle parted in the…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

At Wolstenholue's sawmills yesterday afternoon, a young man named Fuzsimmons met with a painful Readout. He was engaged on the bridge of the overhead railway, winding up a log, when…

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Shocking Fatality. Child Crushed to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

A shocking duality occurred at Broken Hill at the resilience of Mr. Thos. Divies manager for Messrs. Elder, Smith and Co. Mr. Davies little daughter Mary Florence,…

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A Tragic Tale. Drowned While Duck Shooting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

The Archdeacon of Perth has received the following letter form Bishop Trower, in regard to the death of Mr. Lachlan Burns, who was drowned while duck shooting on the…

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Dual Aeroplane Fatality. Airman and Lady Paris June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

M. Bernard and a lady passenger were bi-planing yesterday, when the machine capsized. Both the airman and the lady were killed instantly…

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Hotel Burglary in London. Porter Seriously Injured. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

Four men entered an unlocked garage in the early morning, and subsequently crossed an iron bridge, climbed a fire escape ladder, and entered a window of the…

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Children Drowned in a Motor Car. Famous Dancer's Lost Babies. Paris April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 11

The two young children of Mine. Isadora Dunean, to whom in great measure is due the revival of classical dancing, and their governess were drowned yesterday through…

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Tramway Employee Injured. Right Leg Cut off. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

Donald Waugh, a middle-aged employee, of the Tramway. Department, attempted to alight on the wrong side of a moving tram in Oxford street this…

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Battleship and Submarine. Accident While Manoeuvring. London, June 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

During a mimic attack by a flotilla of submarines upon a battleship off Nab lightship, the battleship Prince of Wales, flagship of Rear-Admiral Reginald Tupper, in the Fifth…

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Chapter of Accidents. Caused Through a Bolt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 7

A rather sensational vehicle accident occurred in Tamworth on Saturday, when two sulkies collided at the corner of Brisbane and Peel streets, both occupants of one…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Farmer's Wife Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 1

A fatal motor accident occurred near Temora on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Dennis O'Keefe, senior, of Duck Creek, together with her eldest daughter and…

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Motoring Fatality. Drowned in the Medway. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

MR. Englebert, a member of the Stock Exchange, when motoring to Tonbridge, crashed into a fence protecting a birdge, and dropped sixteen feet into the Medway…

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Mining Fatality. Pittsburg, June 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 2

Thirty, miners have been imprisoned in the Susquehanna Coal Company's mine, Shamokin. as a result of an explosion. SIx men were taken from the mine after the explosion, and…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 4

Mr. Lawrence, Adler, of Lovedale, near Cesssnock, was thrown from his horse on the Allandale-road near the raceeourse, on Saturday evening, and was found In an…

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A Shocking Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 4

The two-year-old daughter of Mr Thomas Davies, manager of the Elder Smith Company, was killed on Friday afternoon last "at Broken Hill. A…

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Frightful Accident. Head Smashed to Pulp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 6

A fearful accident occurred on the late train from Brisbane to Ipswich, A single man. named John Mustard, aged 26, was travelling to Ipswich In one of the small…

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