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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Aviation Fatality. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 5

Captain Bajaroglo while flying at Porkhow was killed and the passengers who was accompanying him, was injured…

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?Driving Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 7

Mr. A. Grainger, the well-known Singleton storekeeper, accompanied by Mrs. Grainger was coming in from St. Clair on Tuesday in a sulky, when an accident occurred…

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Sulky Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 2

A sulky accident, which might have had serious consequences, occurred on Tuesday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. A. Grainger, who were coming in from St…

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Miners Injured at Greta

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

Two men were injured in the Broxburn Colliery, Greta, on Wednesday morning. Albert Skillicorn was working in his bord when…

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Double Motor Fatality No Bill Filed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill against Stanley Clarke Greenaway, who was committed for trial by the Acting City…

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Latest News by Wire. Accident Averted Sydney, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 5

A railway accident was narrowly averted last night between Wambool and Locskley when the axle of an engine drawing a goods train snapped Fortunately the train which ran back for…

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Enginedriver's Mistake. Railway Collision. London, Sunday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 3

The South-Eastern train, crowed with city men, came into collision with the Hastings express between London Bridge and Cannon-street…

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Sulky Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 1

A sulky accident, which might have had serious consequences, occurred on Tuesday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. A. Grainger, who were coming in from St. Clair. About two…

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London's Street Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 12

Street accidents in London, says a writer in "The Times," are of course, for more numerous than they were ten years age: and yet in spite of the increase, the streets are nearly…

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Railway Accident. Man Loses a Leg

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 3

A shocking accident? occurred at the Control Railway Station, Sydney, on Tuesday, when Guy Sullivan, aged 20, who lives in St. Peters, bad his right…

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The Railway Service. Nearly Another Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 4

The axle of an engine drawing a goods train snapped between Wambool and, Locksley. The train ran back some distance…

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Dragged by a Horse. Dreadful Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 6

William Pinkstone,aged 8 years, the son of Frederick Pinkstone, of Newey Creek, near Macksville, was killed through being dragged by a horse. The…

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Fatality at Tamworth. Resident Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1914 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred in Tamworth on Saturday morning, when Mr. Thomas Brady, a prominent and well-known identity of the district, lost his life as the result of a…

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Accident to a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1914 · page 5

While a train between Parramatta and Auburn was travelling at a good spend this morning, the coupling between two second-class carriages snapped. The passengers…

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Sad Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

Raymond Cruickshank (26), who had Just returned to Australia after several years' residence In Canada, was returning home from Sydney to Barmedman with his…

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Fatality Near Inverell. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

News was received in inverell on Sunday stilting thai a married man named John Elder, a settler, living about nine miles from Bonshaw, had shot himself with a…

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Injured Prisoners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 4

Instructions have been Issued by the Ministertal head of tho police, the Chief Secretary, for a stringent regulation to be framed bearing on the matter of prisoners being…

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Fourth of July. Demonstrators Drowned. Skagway (Alaska)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

The gasoline launch Superb, currying United States people bound to Juneau to take part in 4th of July celebrations, capsized in a storm, and 13 of the occupants…

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M.l.c's. Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

Mr. Henry Gullett, M.L.C., met with an accident by a fall at his residence, Wahroonga, sustaining injuries which will to the house for some time…

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Accident at Quarry. Man Electrocuted. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 2

A man named William Garlick, aged 50, residing at Kensington, was electrocuted at the Government quarry at Maroubra this morning, through…

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