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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Motor Can Accident. Damages Awarded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 13

In the Melbourne County Court, David Falconer, cycle mechanic, sued Patrick Sidney Spark, motor garage proprietor, for £101 as damages for injuries alleged to have…

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Aviation Fatality. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

Lieutenant Lesser, while lying at Konigsberg, fell and was killed…

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The Railway Fatality. Adjourned Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 4

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Alice Smith, who was killed while crossing the railway at Devonshire-street on the evening of the [?] instant, through…

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Fatality at Aberdare. Miners Skull Crushed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

John Godwin a miner, aged 39, was killed at Aberdare colliery about 8 o'clock this morning. Godwin was working in a cut through when a quantity of coal fell from…

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Bomb Outrage. Several Lands Officers Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

All outrage at the Melbourne Lands Department this morning caused injury to several people and great consternation throughout; There are many offices in the…

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The Railway Disaster. the Death Roll. Fourteen Killed: Twenty Injured. English-driver's Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

The railway disaster at Exeter proves to be the most terrible accident over recorded in the annals of the New South Wales railways. Latest reports show that 14…

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Coincidence in Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

At Eurobodalla, near Cobargo, Joseph Reel a young man was having a log a sawmill, when the log rolled and struck a standing sapling, the top of which snapped off and fell…

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Terrible Railway Disaster Collision at Exeter 14 Killed and Many Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

The "Chronicle" issued an "extra," on Saturday morning reporting that a dreadful railway disaster had occurred at Exeter, a station on the…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

A sad burning fatality occurred at Ardlethan on Friday morning last, when Mrs. A. E. Morrow of Mr. W. J. Croker, of Fotheringay," Clarence Town, was effects…

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Governor Visits the Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 5

Sir Gerald Strickland, the State Governor, accompanied by Lady Edeline Strickland and Miss Strickland, visited Bowral Hospital on Monday afternoon…

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Complete List of Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

Following is the complete list of the injured:- P. Casamati, Harden, cut over the right eye; E Vinden, mail sorter, crushed leg;…

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Terrible Railway Accident. on Southern Line. Engines Crash Into One Another. 14 Killer; Many Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

A TERRIBLE railway disaster, the worst that has happened in New South Wales for many years, Occurred at Exeter, about 90 miles…

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Awful Railway Disaster Near Moss Vale Mail Train Collides with Goods Train. Fourteen Persons Killed; Many Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

On Saturday morning we published an "extra" concerning the railway disaster at Exeter, near Moss Vale. Confirmatory and fuller details of the…

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A Hiding Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Miss Vera York,l8 years of age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. York, of William-street, met with an accident while riding yesterday afternoon. The…

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Big Railway Smash. Collision Near Moss Vale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 4

A heavy fog which descended upon the country surrrounding Exeter on Friday night was responsible for a flightful collision between two trains…

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Accidentally Poisoned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

Last week a little girl, named Ivy Margaret Kennedy, aged 1 your and ten months, secured a bottle containing rheumatic liniment, and drank the…

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Collision in George-street

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 2

A collision occurred between two vehicles on Monday afternoon in Georgestreet, opposite Mr. R. Scott's businees premises, but nobody was in the vehicles…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 5

A railway labourer named Patrick Walsh attempted to cross between the carriaages near Macdonaldtown railway station, when he missed his footing and ,fell…

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Aviation Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 5

[?] while undergoing [?] Plain [?] killed through the plane shipping…

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Mr. A. J. Balfour Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

While Mr. A. J. Balfour was motoring near Nice his car struck a stone, and he was thrown out on to the roadway, sustaining a deep gash in the nose…

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