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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Accident in Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 2

Mr. Edward Budden, of Brook-street met with a painful accident in Muswellbrook Coal Mine, on Thursday morning, one of his knees being severely cut through…

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Fatal Accident at Greta

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 8

A fatal accident occurred at Whitburn Colliery at 11 o'clock on Tuesday by which an elderly man named Edward Rice was crushed to death…

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Blasting Accident. Man's Terrible Injuries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 6

A number of men were engaged in blasting Operations in a cutting on the railway construction works four miles from Humula, near Wagga, when an explosion occurred,…

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Four Women Drowned. River Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 5

As a result of drowning at Tambourine, in the South Coast district (Q.) on Saturday afternoon four lives were lost, the victims being Mrs. A.W.C. Henderson wife of…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 5

William Nockle, a labourer employed at the State brickworks, was found on the railway line at Petersham terribly injures had apparently been run down by a…

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The Surf. Young Woman Drowned at Thirroul

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 2

"A young woman, Miss Martin, of Penshurst, lost, her, life about noon on Saturday, whilst surf-bathing at Thrirroul. She arrived at Thrirroul on Saturday by the…

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Fatal Railway Collision. Rome, Dec. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 5

[?] failure of the automatic signals caus[?] Milan trains to collide, and, as a [?] 20 persons were injured, four of [?] fatality…

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Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

William Noble, labourer,. of Burwood, fell from a train between Petersham and Lewisham on Saturday night, and sustained dreadful injuries. He died…

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Accident at a Mine. One Man Killed. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

A shocking, accident occurred at a mine near Vienna, at the change of shifts. A number of miners crowded into the cage to descend, when the rope…

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Motor Car Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Sunday night on the Maitland-road, to a motor car owned by Mr T. H. Harvey, of Guy Fawkes, New England, who was…

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Motor Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Sunday night, on the Maitland road, to a motor car owned by Mr. T. H. Harvey, of Guy Fawkes, Now England,…

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Colliery Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

An inquest was opened at the Kurri District Hospital yesterday, before Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, and a jury of six concerning the death of Henry Dunlop, who died…

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Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 4

A young man named John Shelton, a Russian, who was employed on the railway works at Allandale, was seriously injured this morning. He fell from the overhead…

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Fatality at Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

Henry Dunlop, a miner, received terrible injuries in the Stanford-Merthyr colliery, at about half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday night. Dunlop, it appears, stepped from…

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Hexham Railway Fatality. Inquest Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 5

An inquest was opened at the West Maitland Courthouse this afternoon by the Corner (Mr. C. H. Gale P.M.), concerning the death of the old man, Philip…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

A young man named Alfred Ernest Stoker is lying in the Kurri Hospital in a very serious condition. Stoker was struck by a fall of stone while working in the…

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Hexham Railway Fatality. Inquest Concluded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 5

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of the old man Philip Doherty, on the 11th instant, from the result of injuries received on the railway at Hexham, was held…

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Four Women Drowned. River Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 14

As a result of drowning at Tambourine, in the South Coast district (Q.). on Saturday afternoon, four lives were lost, the victims being Mrs. A. W. C. Henderson, wife of…

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Serious Collision

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

A serious collision occurred in High-street shortly after four o'clock this afternoon between a motor car, driven by Mr. C. R. Bartrop, of Singleton, and a buggy in which was…

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Hexham Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 4

Evidence at the adjourned inquest touching the death of Philip Doherty, an old-age pensioner, who died on the 11th instant, as the result of injuries received on the railway at…

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