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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Coaching Smash. Driver Terribly Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

A serious coach accident occurred near Green Swamp, about 10 miles from Bathurst, on Tuesday afternoon. Two passengers, an elderly man (John,…

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Recent Motor Collision. Car Driver Fined and Suspended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

In connection with the recent motorcar collision in High-street, West Maitland, when the Ven. Archdeacon and Miss Tollis were thrown from their…

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Toll of the Surf. a Welsh Miner Drowned

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

A surf-bathing fatality occurred at Towjudgs, Beach, Wellongong, on Fridays. Three men, John Humphy Hughes, Ebenezer Rees, and John Davis, all of Corrimal,…

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Drowned at Taree. Kate Ok Postal Office. Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 7

A sad drowning fatality occurred at the municipal baths, Shallow Island, yesterday afternoon, when Arthur 0. Sadler, aged 22, son of Mr. C. Sadler, postmaster, was the…

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Boxer Injured. Fitzgerald Recovers Consciousness. By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Billy Fitzgerald, of Grafton, the heavy-weight boxer, who sustained concussion of the brain in a bout at the Newtown Stadium on Tuesday night,…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 7

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

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Lift Accident. Woman's Terrible Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

Ah inquest was opened at the Coroner's Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, concerning the death of Isabella O'Connor (29) who died in the Royal Prince…

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Tramway Accident. Engine Crashes Into Cart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5

Considerable commotion wan caused at Baulkham Hills on Saturday afternoon about 3.50 o'clock, by the engine of the 3.19 tram from Parramatta leaving the…

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Shocking Accident. Mother Killed by an Engine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5

A shocking railway accident happened on the railway line about two miles from Murton, Victoria, on Saturday night. Harry Ferry, a railway ganger, and his wife and…

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Shocking Fatality Pinned Under Cart. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

Mis. Williams, wife of a selector living near Bell, in the Dalby district, was driving yesterday in a spring cart with her four children, the eldest aged 10…

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Accident at Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5

Councillor Elliott met with a severe accident at Lismore. He was riding after a horse that had broken away, when his horse fell. He was thrown heavily on to a…

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Drowned in the Namoi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5

While bathing at the railway pump house, in the Namoi at Gunnedah, Jack Kirkpatrick, a lad of nine, was carried away by the current and drowned. A younger brother…

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Boxing Fatality. Los Angeles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5

The fury [?] Willard, who caused the death of another boxer after deliberating all night…

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Severe Gales. Harbour Collision in New York. New York, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5

North-westerly gales have detained all shipping throughout the port. A snow flurry has made navigation impossible. The ferry boat Suffern collided with the…

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Painful Accident. Scaffolding Collapses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

James Bate[?] Junr., who resides in Brook-street, Muswellbrook, met with a painful accident yesterday forenoon, while working at Brunton's Stud…

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Drowned in the Namoi

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 2

While bathing at the railway pump house, in the Namoi, at Gunnedah on Monday, Jack Kirkpatrick a lad of nine, was carried away by the current…

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Fearful Catastrophe. Heavy Fatality List. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 2

The situation at Sakuashima,owing to the earthquake, is serious. The latest reports state that shocks and volcanic eruptions continue. The…

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Rescue Facilities Inadequate. Crowds Overtaken by Fire and Lava. 207 Refugees Drowned. Tokio, Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 5

The means of rescue at Sakurashima are altogether inadequate. Crowds of fugitives on the beach were overtaken by fire and lava, thought launches plied…

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Railway Fatality. Driver Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

At Come on Thursday night William Smith, an engine-driver, was knocked down by a passing train, and killed instantly. His body was terribly mutilated…

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Fatally Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 5

Robert Armstrong, 12, employed as a brusher in the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company's tunnel, met with an accident yesterday, and died after his admittance…

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