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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

1,016 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 51

Aged Field Marshall. Serious Accident. London, Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

A luggage motor, overtook Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, at Harlow, and frightened the horse he was riding. The horse jumped a hedge, and landing on a barbed…

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Irish Railway Accident. Employees Charged. London, Monday night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 3

Neil Fullerton, engine-driver, and William Doherty, fireman, were charged with driving the train at an excessive speed on the occasion of the recent Strabane accident…

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Fatal Motor Car Trip. Two Persons Killed. Five Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 5

A shocking motor car accident occurred on Sunday afternoon near Wallarobba, which is one of the very highest points on the road from Maitland to Dungog, 25 miles…

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Motor Fatality. Sad Accident. Two Deaths

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

On Sunday evening townsfolk were shocked to learn that a sad motor fatality had occurred near Dungog…

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Sulky and Motor Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

A slight accident occurred on Friday evening at the railway gates near Gowrie, when a touring motor car bumped into the rear of a sulky belonging…

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Railway Collision. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 5

Four persons were killed and 30 others injured through a head-on collision between two electric trains on the Long Island railroad. Several coaches were telescoped…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Two Persons Killed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 3

A shocking motor-car accident occurred on Sunday afternoon near Wallarobba, which is on the North Coast railway line, 25 miles from…

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Scone Railway Fatality. a Dangerous Crossing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 4

An inquest regarding the death of F. J. Heap, who died in the Murrurundi Hospital on September 11, as a result of injuries sustained in a collision with a railway train,…

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Motor Car Fatality Two Persons Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

A shocking motor car accident occurred on Sunday afternoon near Wallarobba, which is on the North Coast railway line, 25 miles from West Maitland…

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Injured Aviators. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 5

Mrs. Stocks is still unconscious, and her condition causes grave anxiety. Mr. Pickle's condition shows improvement…

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The Motor Fatality. Story of a Survivor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 3

In connection with the sad fatality which occurred on Sunday afternoon at Wallarobba, and in which Miss Bessie Hewson, of Tighe's Hill, Newcastle, and Mr. F…

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Airman Seriously Injured. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

While aeroplaning with his wife Etamps, Henri Parman was seriously injured…

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Further Flying Feats. M. Farman Injured. Paris, Sept. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 5

Henri Farman and his wife, while aeroplaning at Etampes, were severely injured by a fail…

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The Death of Late F. J. Heap. Fatality at "Rocky Crossing." Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Manslaughter

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

The Inquest touching the death of the late Francis James Heap as the result of Injuries received in a collision with a train at "Rocky…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 6

When residents were going homewards from the respective churches on SUnday night the startling sounds of firebells were heard, but as they only rang for a few minutes or…

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Shocking Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

Mr. Sid Hewson, of Waratah, accompanied by his wife, two sons and two daughters, and a young engineer named Wheeler, were driving on Sunday evening eight miles from…

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Death of Mr. Timothy Myers. Result of a Burning Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

Just as the church services had closed, or were about closing, on Sunday night, the firebells were rung and numbers hurried through the…

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Bicycle Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

Miss Dillon, recently employed as [?]ndress at the Railway Hotel, was crossing Market Street in company with a child on Friday night last,…

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Maitland Coalmines. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 4

The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, held an inquest at the Kurri courthouse concerning the death of Robert Wilson, whose body was found near Stanford-Merthyr railway…

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Railway Fatality. Negligence Alleged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 3

An inquest on the body of, F. J. Heap, who died from the effects of a collision between his motor car and a train at the Rocky Crossing, Wingen, two mouths…

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