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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Serious Shooting Accident. the Pea Rifle Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 5

A serious shooting accident occurred at Greta at about. 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, the victim being a young Englishman named Owen Sharkey. 20 years of age who had only…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 4

A serious accident occurred this morning to a Chinaman named Charlie Leo, a vegetable hawker. It appears that he was driving a horse and cart through a lane opposite the old Governor Gipps…

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Car Buns Into Creek. Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the foot of the Jindera Gap six miles from Albury, on Saturday night. Mr. James Colquhoun, sen., a member…

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A Motor Car Tragedy. Fatal Collision and Suicide. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 5

A motor car in which four officers were riding, came into collision with a carriage at Leipzig. Three of the officers were killed, and the fourth seriously injured. It is…

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Runaway Cage. Several Mixers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

A serious accident happened on the Golden Horseshoe, Kalgoorlie, on Monday evening. The night shift was going below at No. 2 shaft, when the clutch sprang out of the…

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Latest Mews by Telegraph. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

The body of an old man, about 70 years of age, was found floating off the beach at Clontarf this morning. He had apparently been in the water two or three days. There were…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Young Man's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

The young Englishman, Owen Edward Sharkey, 20 years of age, who was seriously injured at Greta on Saturday evening last, through being shot with a pea rifle, died in…

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The Greta Shooting Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 6

The inquest regarding the death of Owen Edward Sharkey, the young Englishman who died in the Maitland Hospital yesterday from the effects or a wound caused…

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Buried Beneath Wood Cart. Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

A very serious accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, a few miles from Annidale. Messrs Thomas and Ernest Dewberry (father and son) were earting…

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Another Railway Accident. Tender Leaves the Bails

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

The Sydney "Sun" of Monday publishes the following:— Mr William M'Kenzie, who was a passenger on the Glen lnnes mail train…

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Peculiar Pea-rifle Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

A serious shooting accident occurred at Greta on Saturday evening, the victim being a young Englishman, Owen Sharkey, 20 years of age, who had only been…

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Aviation Fatality. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 5

Lieut. Selezel was killed and Lieut Vouschelbe seriously injured while aeroplaning at Madgeburg. The screw of an Atlantic liner revolves…

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Fell Down a Shaft. Dreadful Accident at Tingha

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

A very serious mine accident occurred at Tingha, about 16 miles from Inverell, on Tuesday. The result is that a young man—John Thomas, son of the licensee of the Royal Hotel, Tingha, and one…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 4

Peter Thompson, a boy 15 years of age employed at the East Greta locomotive sheds, had a miraculous escape from death on Monday last through being caught between four trucks of coal. His…

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Indian" Pilgrims Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 3

Suakim, Thursday.-News has reached Snakim of an appalling disaster which overtook a caravan of Indian pilgrims returning from the holy city of Mecca…

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Runaway Cage. Several Miners Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 7

A serious accident happened on the Golden Horseshoe, Kalgoorlie, on Monday evening. The night shift was going below at No. 2 shaft when the clutch sprang out of the…

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Collision in the Mersey. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 3

The British steamers, Auchanarden and Labranea came into collision in the Mersey, and the former vessel sank. Her crew was picked up by the Lebrania, which had…

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Three Boys Drowned. a Third Bravely Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 13

A double drowning accident, attended by a rescue of a third boy, occurred at St. Kilda, Melbourne. Four lads, of whom only one could swim…

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Petrol Explosion at Wyalong. a Dozen People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 3

A fire, resulting in severe injuries to several people, the destruction of a motor car, and some damage to premises, occurred in the machinery depot of J. T. Wood…

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Blasting Disaster in Brisbane. One Man Killed. Eighteen Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

One man was killed and 18 others injured through a blasting accident in Brisbane yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred near the river bank at the Terrace…

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