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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Demented Clergyman. Breaks Out of Hospital and is Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred at Deniliquin on Friday night. Rev. F .A. Wenbown, of St. Paul's Church, had been an inmate of the hospital for a few…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 5

A young man named Edward Hearne, employed by Mr. A. Roderick, of Pelaw-Main, was thrown from a baker's cart, at Abermain yesterday, and was severely…

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Fatal Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

An unfortunate accident occurred at the Werris Creek, railway station on Thursday last, about midnight, when Archie Delve, a well known fireman,…

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A Sulky Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

An accident that might have resulted in very serious consequences occurred on Sunday afternoon last on the Kayuga road. Mrs William…

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Terrible Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

William Condon, employed at Whiddon's tannery at Botany, was working on one of the machines, when he was caught in the bolting, and was whirled round and round…

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Recent Tram Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of Henry Turner, aged 84, who fell off a tram, Ross Mahoney deposed that he had been a conductor for three months, but he had never…

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Boxer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

William Fitzgerald, a Grafton youth, who competed in a boxing tournament at the Olympia Athletic Club, Newtown, on Tuesday night, is at present an inmate of the…

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Jockey Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

James Burke, a trainer-jockey, well-known at country meetings, met with a mishap on Rutherford course yesterday morning. He had attended to a couple of…

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Accident on River. 76 Men Drowned. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 3

While 100 laborers, employed on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, were being transported across the Fraser River, west of Port George, in British…

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Drowned at Taree. Fate of Postal Official. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred at the municipal baths, Shallow island, yesterday afternoon, when Arthur O. Sadlier, aged 22, son of Mr. C. Sadler, postmaster, was the…

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Recent Motor Collision Car Driver Fined £5. and Has His License Suspended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

At the West Maitland Police Court to-day before the Police Magistrate. Clarence Roy Barton was charged with having, on December 20, committed a…

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Serious Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

Arthur Craft, a miner, while shooting near Cessnock on Tuesday evening, tripped and fell. The gun exploded, blowing the fingers and the back off one of his hands. The…

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Accident to a Miner. Result of Explosion. (By Telegraph.) Perth (W.A.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

James M'Neil, a minor working underground at the Ivanhoe Mine, Boulder City, received shocking injuries to-day from an explosion. A drill was driven…

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Two Men Drowned. Brave Fisherman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

A magisterial inquiry was held on Thursday into the circumstances of the drowning at Altona Bay, on the evening of December 31, of two men, Henry Fraser…

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Recent Maitland Motor Collision. Car Driver Fined £5. and Has His License Suspended

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate, Clarence Roy Bartrop was charged with having, on December 20, committed a…

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Serious Motor Accident Twelve Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

A picnic party proceeding to [?] Cotha, Q., says a Brisbane message, [?] exciting experience. The party number 25. They were travelling in a motor…

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Two More Person's Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 9

A drowning, fatality occurred on Black Bench, at Point Lonsdale near Melbourne, on Saturday, afternoon. In the heavy surf driven upon the beach…

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Clergyman Drowned. Sad Incident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 16

On Friday night the Rev F. A. Wenborn. of St. Paul's Church, Deniliquia, who had been, an inmate of the hospital, suffering from pneumonia, was drowned. About 10.30…

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Man Roasted Alive. Fearful Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 11

A very sad accident, occured at Well-shot Station on Christmas night. A boundary-rider named Daniel Ross, who had been on Wellshot for a long time, was, with…

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Motor Fatality Pastoralist Charged with Manslaughter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

As a result of the fatality which occurred on, the Sydney-road on December 20, when Gordon Campbell March, 19 years of age, wool-classer, of…

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