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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

Mr Jack Moylan, while returning from the Country party social at Main Creek, met with a nasty accident. The wheel of the…

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Serious Gas Explosion. Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 2

Further particulars of the gas-explosion in a ground floor shop in the building of the Sydney Ferries, Limited, at Milson's Point, on Wednesday…

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Forty People Drowned. Wreck of Finnish Steamer. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

Forty sailors and passengers on board the Finnish steamer West Kusten were drowned. The vessel struck a reef near the Gulf of Bothnia and went down…

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Sir John Fuller Injured. London, Oct. 20

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

Sir John Fuller Governor of Victoria, sustained rather series injuries in Wiltshire on Saturday through a fall in consequence of a fainting fit…

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Sensational Explosion. Bor Blown Through Window Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 6

A gas explosion in a ground Moor shop in the building of the Sydney Ferries, Limited, at Milson's Point, on Wednesday afternoon, resulted in three people being seriously…

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Massacre by Mad Schoolmaster. 15 Killed and 18 Injured. Berlin. Sept. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 9

Muhlhausen, in Swabian Wurtemberg, Germany, a village with a population of 800, was the scene of a terrible outbreak on the part of an insane school teacher…

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Electric Train Wreck. Fall Over a Viaduct. Is Killed, 25 Injured. Paris, Sept. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 9

The electric train accident between Grasse and Cagnes, which happened about half-past [?] on Wednesday evening, was even more disastrous than it appeared from the first…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

During the week, Miss Rufferty, daughter of Mr. Peter Rafferty, of Bonar-street, had the misfortune to meet with a serious burning accident. She was engaged cleaning a…

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The Liverpool Disaster. Accidental Death. Signalman Overworked. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 5

In the inquiry into the deaths of the victims of the Liverpool railway disaster, Which occurred through the mistake of the signalman, Thompson, the latter gave evidence…

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Pelaw-main Colliery Fatality. Inquest Adjourned. Juror's Sudden Illness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 4

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of William Richardson, who died in Kurri Hospital on Tuesday last as the result of injuries received in Pelaw-Main Colliery…

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Railway Disaster. Smash at Waterloo. Three Killed. Nineteen Injured. London, Oct. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 5

Owing to a thick fog a Mid-Kent train [?] into a local train standing in Water[?] station, and three people were killed and is injured…

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Collision in the Thames. Four Boy Sea Scouts Drowned London, Oct. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 5

A, ketch containing a captain, two seamen, and 13 boy sea scouts, was run into by the steamer Hogarth in the Thames and practically cut in half. She sank in a few…

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Railway Accidents. New Signalling System London, Monday, evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 5

Nine railway accidents have occurred this year, mostly due to errors in signalling. Six companies are involved, and some persons attribute, the accidents to the new control…

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Maitland Coalmines. (Continued from page 3). Accident at Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 5

Richard Ross, a minor, about 30 years of age, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital yesterday, suffering from the effects of a compound comminuted fracture of the right…

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Maitland Coalmines. Hebburn Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 3

A young man named Samuel Waugh, a resident of Kurri, met with a very painful accident while working on the pit top at Hebburn colliery last night. Waugh was…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Shocking Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred this morning at the warehouse of the Dunlop Rubber Company. Whilst the lift was descending from the third floor a wire rope became…

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Men Overboard. Drowned in Mid-ocean

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

The barque Northern Chief, which arrived at Sydney on Wednesday from Auckland (N.Z.) lost two men, who tell overboard. during fine weather, and were drowned…

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Violent Thunderstorm. People Killed and Injured. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm swept the South of Wales. Many houses were destroyed, and damage to the extent of many thousands of pounds was done…

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Shocking Lift Accident Man Killed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

A frightful lift accident occurred at the Dunlop Rubbor Company's works, Clarence-street, this morning. The goods lift, laden with rolls of…

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Railway Accidents. Signalling Errors

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 3

London, Monday.—Nine serious railway accidents have occurred, this year, which have boon mostly due to errors in signalling. Six railway companies are…

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