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Accidents, 1914

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Fatality at Bishop's Bridge. Adjourned Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 4

The adjourned inquest regarding the death of Henry Thomas Whyburn, which occurred at Bishop's, Bridge on the 17th instant, was held at West Maitland Courthouse on Monday…

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The Railway Mishap. Injured Persons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 3

Further particulars are to hand concerning the accident to the suburban train at Newcastle at 7.40 a.m. yesterday, which ran into the dead end of No. 3 platform…

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Liner in Collision. New York, July 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 6

The Red Star liner Zealand collided in mid-ocean with the freighter Missouri in a dense fog. The Zealand was slightly damaged, the rails being smashed. The extent…

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Railway Accident at Newcastle Passenger Train Crashes Into Dead-end. Child Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 4

There was a rumor about town yesteday that the Brisbane mail, which passed through Singleton at 6 a.m., had crashed into the dead-end at Newcastle…

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Terrible Collision in Mid-air. Nine Persons Killed. Vienna, June 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 6

On the military aviation ground at Fischamend, near Vienna, a fear[?] catastrophe occurred yesterday morning, when six young officers and a civil engineer and two soldiers…

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A Shocking Accident. to Railway Officer. Both Legs Amputated. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 7

Shortly before 7 o'clock on Sunday morning James Connor, 26 years of ago, night officer at Aberdare Junction for the past three years, was found lying alongside the…

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Child Scalded to Death. Accident on Board Ship. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer Berrima from London, when she was a week out from Capetown, a child named Weston, aged 4, was standing…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 4

Samuel Wesley Klayford, aged 34, a resident of Canterbury, while driving a horse and cart along the road at Enfield was thrown on to the road. The…

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Train in a River. Thrilling Story of the Highland Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1914 · page 8

A thrilling story is told of the disaster which occurred in the Highlands on Thursday afternoon, June 18 when owing to the collapse of a bridge carrying the railway…

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Aviator's Narrow Escape. Accident to M Guillaux

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1914 · page 3

The during French aviator, Maurice Guillaux, laux had a narrow escape from death through meeting with an accident a few minutes after he commenced his arst fight…

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Accident to Mr. A. Mannall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1914 · page 4

Mr. Albert Manual], of the firm of Messrs. Mannall Bros, had a miraculous escape from meeting with serious injury about 8.30 this morning. He was driving out of the yard…

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The Railway Mishap. Injured Persons

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 1

Further particulars are available concerning the accident to the suburban train at Newcastle at 7.40 a.m, on Friday which ran into the dead end of…

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Accident to Aviator Guillaux. Fall from 200 Feet

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 2

M. Guillaux the famous French aviator, met with a serious accident at Ascot raccourse on Saturday afternoon. He was ascending on his first flight, and…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

A man named Leonard Fenn, an engineer employed on the Brinton Estat in the Bengalla property subdivision, was out riding on Sunday last and…

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Aviation Accident. M. Guillaux Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 1

M. Guillaux the famous French aviator gave what was notified as his last flight in Sydney at the Ascot race course on last Saturday afternoon…

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Maitdander Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 10

Mr. George CMcLeod a compositor of west Maitland who is employed at the printing establishment of Messrs. Davies and Cannington, Newcastle, was a passenger…

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Injured Persons

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 10

Further particulars are to hand concerning the accident, to the suburban train at Newcastle, which ran into the dead end of No. 3 platform. Fortunately, the impact…

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Railway Mishap. Several Passengers Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 10

Passengers by a train from Maitland to Newcastle this morning had a sensational experience. As the train was slowing up on coming into the city station many passengers…

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River Collision. Panic on a Steamer. New York. July 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 7

The river steamer Majestic, while returning with a thousand excursionists aboard, collided with a stone-laden barge, in the East River…

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Terrible Collision in Mid-air. Nine Persons Killed Vienna, June 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 11

On the military aviation ground at Fischamend, near [?] a [?] catastrophe occurred yesterday morning, when six young officers and a civil engineer and two soldiers…

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