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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Steamship Collision. Off Spithead. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 5

The German steamer Kaiser Withelm H. came into colliston with the steamer Incemroe during a fog off Spithead. The bows of the Incemore wre stove in, and the…

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Big Storm in Sydney Houses Collapse. Three People Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 2

During a severe gale on Tuesday night two houses in Sydenham, near Sydney, were unroofed, and the walls collapsed. One house was occupied by Mr and Mrs…

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Accident to Mr. Alex Judge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 4

Mr. Alex Judge met with a very nasty accident on Tuesday last. It appears he was riding a horse, when the animal fell, throwing the young man heavily to the…

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Accidents at Work. Zam-buk Heals Perfectly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

Carpenters, station hands, shearers, farmers, mechanics, miners, timber cutters, painters, labourers—In fact, all classes of workers—stand in daily need of Zam-Buk's…

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Somersaulting Brake Van. a Remarkable Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 4

A remarkable railway accident occurred at the Come station on Monday afternoon. A brake van,, which was being shunted, crashed into a…

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Three People Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

During the severe gale on Tuesday night two houses—Nos. 14 and 16 Garden-street, Sydenham—were un[?]fed, and the walls collapsed…

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Collision Off Spithead. Fog Perils. London. June 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 5

The Norddeuscher Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 11. (19,361 tons), and the steamer Incemore (3060 tons), of the Johnston line, collided in a fog off Spithead…

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Motor Collision. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 10

A serious collision between a motor cycle, with side car attached, and motor car, occurred at the intersection of the Burwood and Glenferrie roads, Hawthorn, Victoria…

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A Curlewis Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 2

On Friday the coroner held an inquest at Rockvlae, Curlewis concerning the death of George Leo Edmnd which occurred on the same…

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Injured Workers. Compensation Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 7

A bill to extend the scope of the Work-men's Compensation Act is to be presented by the Government to Parliament. The amendments contemplated in the law which…

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Shocking Fatality. Young Woman Thrown From Horse

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 10

A shocking fatality occurred at Moonbi on Saturday afternoon last, when Miss Phillipina Pearson, daughter of Mr. J. B. Pearson, of West Tamworth, lost her life…

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Series of Falls. Accidents in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5

A remarkable series of falls, s[?] fatal results, in or near Melbourne, red between Thursday night and [?] afternoon…

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Steamer Sunk. Misleading Reports. Only Two Drowned. St. Louis, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 2

The Eagle Packet Company's [?] steamer Majestic struck a new intake tower, which is being constructed in the centre of the Mississippi, and sank within a few…

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Fatal Aerial Collision. Biplane and Balloon. Nine Men Killed. Vienna, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 5

A Koerting dirigible balloon ascended to take aero-photographs, with a captain, three lieutenants, two mechanics, and a civil engineer on board…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 5

James Everett, machinist, was frightfully injured at Goodlett and Smith's works. Pyrmont, his left being so badly torn by the machinery on to which he fell that his…

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 4

A Singleton resident, named W. Hazard, experienced a narrow escape from a serious accident at East Maitland. He was driving in a sulky, when the horse took fright at…

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Tram Accident. Three Women Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

A sensational accident happened in Kingstreet, St. Peters, yesterday afternoon, when a tramcar left the rails and dashed into the footpath, three women being injured…

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Injured at a Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

During a small fire which broke out in a photographic studio in George-street last night, the skylight collapsed, the glass falling in hundreds of pieces on top of three…

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First Aid to Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 6

Accidents are common in every household, and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment will relieve many a sufferer…

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