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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Football Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 4

George Wilson, a resident of Raymond Terrace, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Saturday evening last, suffering from a broken [?], caused through a collision…

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Accident to Mr. Thomas Gollan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Gollany of Cessnock, met with a nasty cycling accident in Vincent-street, Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon. While riding a motor cycle Mr. Gollan swerved to…

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Nine Engineers Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

NEW MADRID (Missouri), June 23. The United States survey boat Beaver capsized in a storm yesterday, and nine engineers were drowned…

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British Suffragettes. Sensation at Ascot Races. Man Dreadfully Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The Ascot' Gold Cup was run for on Thursday. The King and Queen were among the spectators, and there was a great crowd of…

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Another Ghent Accident. Brussels, June 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

Owing to the failure of the electric power supply in the se[?] railway at the ghent exhibition, two ears rushed backwards, and were derailed at the foot of a steep incline…

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Serious Accident at Newcastle. Seaman's Leg Broken. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

Whilst a small steamer, the "Aggie," was being handled at the wharf to-day a hawser snapped, striking a seaman named Kasper Johannsen, whose leg was badly…

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Scalding Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

A nasty scalding accident befel a two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Alf Robertson, of this town, on Friday last. It appears that two little…

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Railway Collision. Trains Delayed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 5

The passenger train from Sydney on Monday ran into the rear of an empty cattle train 20 miles south of Uralla late that evening as reported in last issue,…

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Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 2

The passenger train which leaves Sydney at 9 a.m. for Armidale run into a special goods train at Kentucky platform on Monday night. The result…

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A Terrible Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 2

A terrible accident happened to Mr. Thomas Sims eldest son of Mrs Sims of Murrurundi. It appears that Mr. Sims was doing some work about his…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Killed on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 5

A shocking fatal accident occurred on the railway line just opposite the East Maitland cemeteries, between Victoria-street and Metford, this morning, an old…

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Railway Collision. Passenger Train Runs Into Goods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

An accident, fortunately unattended by loss of life, happened near Walehnroad, on the main Northern line, on Monday night. At 9.10 o'clock a goods…

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A Fatal Salute. French Gunners Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

Paris, Monday Evening.—As M. Poincare President of France, was leaving Cherbourg, on his visit to England, a gun engaged in firing a salute exploded…

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Angry Elephants. Man Injured at a Circus

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

An employee of Wirth.'s Circus, George Gordon, was seriously injured by an elephant on Monday night during a performance at East Moree. The…

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Cut to Pieces. Shocking Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at Ryde Railway Station on Monday evening, when Mrs Christic Hale, who lived at Artarmon, was knocked down and killed…

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Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 5

Two trams collided in Elizabeth-street. Both cars were badly damaged. Three passengers were injured. one having his throat gashed by a piece of broken glass…

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Train Wrecked. People Drowned Like Rates in a Trap Ottawa, June 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 2

Spreading of the rails wrecked an immigrant train, and four cars fell into the Ottawa River. No bodies have been recovered. It is…

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Railway Collision. Trains Delayed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 7

The passenger train from Sydney on Monday ran into the rear of an empty cattle train 20 miles south of Uralla late that evening, as reported in last issue…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Killed on the Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 8

A shocking fatal accident occurred on the railway line just opposite the East Maitland cemeteries, between Victoria-street and Metford, on Thursday, an old…

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Trains in Collision. Trucks Telescoped. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 5

The Melbourne limited express ran into a goods train near the Rock this morning. The van at a couple of tracks of the goods train were telescoped by the force…

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