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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 8

What might have been a very serious accident happened to Mr. W. E. White while attempting to c ross "Jump Up" crossing on the…

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Shocking Fatality. Killed by a Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 7

A shocking fatality occurred at Lascelles (Vic.) railway station shortly after 3 a.m. on Thursday. A well-known resident, Mr. Robert Randall, wheat buyer and commission…

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Accident in George Street

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

A very nasty accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon to Miss M. Could, daughter of Mr W. Gould, of Redbournberry, and two young lady friends,…

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Se[?]lous Railway Accident. Adelaide

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

A serieus railway accident occurred at Cockburn this morning. A mixed train leaving the station jumped the rail through the points being wrongly set,…

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Mining Fatality. At Central Greta Colliery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

Further particulars of the fatality in the Central Greta Colliery about midday on Thursday (referred to in last issue, by our Branxton correspondent) are now…

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Fatal Collision. Los Angeles. July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

Twelve penile were killed and 50 injured in a collision between two electric trains…

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A Razor Fight. Husband and Wife Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

A middle-aged man named Christopher Hodson presented himself at the Regentstreet Police Station, Sydney, on Saturday morning, bleeding profusely from a…

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Missionary Drowned. Launch Capsizes in a Squall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 5

When the steamer kulambangra Which arrived in sydney on wednesday was al the solomon Islands the sad news was received of the death of the rev. Charles sage of the…

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Fatality at Hillgrove Eleven—ton Boiler Falls on Labourer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at Hil[?]ton Wednesday, resulting in the death man named Charles Nicholas. A party of men were engird in bring…

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Railway Accident. Woman Killed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 2

Mrs Mary Boylson aged 51, proprietress of Elwood College, Beecroft, was crossing the line at Beecroft last night, and was knocked down by a train and…

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Accident to Aviator

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. A. W. Jones, the Queensland aviator, who made a successful biplane flight from the Maitland Showground on Saturday afternoon, arranged to fly from…

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Aeroplane Fatality

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

[?]ewitson, while aeroplaning at salisbury plain fell and was killed leith strike riot L P…

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Central Creta Fatality. the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 2

The adjourned inquest regarding the death of John James Callaghan, who was killed in the Central Greta Colliery on July 10, was held at the Greta Courthouse today, before the Coroner (Mr. C. H. Gale,…

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Railway Fatality at Tamworth Old Resident Killed

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

A shocking fatality occurred on Thurs-day at the intersection of the railway line and Roderick-street, Tamworth when Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael, aged 71 one of the…

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Peculiar Accident

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

A tramway linesman George Wood, had a fearful experience this morning, He was attending to overhead wires on Belleyue Hill tramline, when he slipped, and in order to…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 3

Thomas Watson Wallace, aged 27, a railway guard, was crossing the permanent-way, near the Eveleigh Junction signal-box, on Thursday afternoon, when…

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Riding Fatality. Young Lady Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 5

A riding fatality occurred near fairymead plantation. in the Bundaberg district (Q)., Miss Dorothy Watkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Watkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Watkins, of Parramatta, Sydney…

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Central Creta Fatality. Inquest Further Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 2

The adjourned inquest regarding the death of John James Cauaghan, who was killed in the Central Greta Co[?]iery on July 10, was held at the Greta Courthouse yesterday…

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Missionary Drowned. Launch Capsizes in a Squall

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 4

When the steamer Kulambangra, which arrived in Sydney on Wednesday, was at the Solomon Islands, the sad news was received of the death of the Rev. Charles Sage, of the…

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Fatality at Hillgrove. Eleven-ton Boiler Falls on Labourer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 8

A serious accident occurred at Hillgrove on Wednesday, resulting in the death of a man named Charles Nicholas. A party of men were engaged in bringing a…

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