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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Railway Smash in United States. 25 Killed and 25 Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

Joplin, Missouri, Wednesday.- A serious railway accident occurred to-day, in which 25 persons were killed and 25 in. jured, six of them, it is feared, fatally…

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Aviator's Narrow Escape. Accident to M. Guillaux

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 14

The daring French aviator, Maurice Guiliaux, had a narrow escape from death through meeting with an accident a few minutes after he commenced his first flight…

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Maitland Colamines. Shift-sinkers' Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 4

In the early hours of Sunday morning patrick Crayton and Jsaae Hodges fell a distract of 50 feet down a shaft near Neath. Carr[?] was badly injured while Hodges escaped was…

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Accident to a Nurse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 4

Nurse Mutton was dragged under a train at Seven Hills this morning, the wheels of one of the carriages passing over her foot The left leg was subsequently amputated at…

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Shaft-sinker's Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 4

Farmer Crayton, who was injured in a [?] down a shaft at Neath on Sunday last, [?]lies uncenserons in Kurri Hospital. Having been in that condition ever since the accident…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Hom[?]ville yesterday afternoon, the victim being a little girl named Gladys May Musgrave, six years of age, an adopted daughter…

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News by Wire. Collision in the Harbour. Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4

A harbour collision occurred late last night between the ferry steamers Barren[?] and Kirawa. The latter had por[?] of her bulwarks damaged, but the…

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Serious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

An accident which involved serious consequences, aud yet might easily have resulted more seriously, occurred at the air shaft being sunk for the…

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Serious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

An accident which involved serious consequences, and yet might easily have resulted more seriously, occurred at the air shaft being sunk for the…

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Runaway Truck. Accident on the Mountains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 7

The deraliment of a truck attached to a goods train near Lawson was responsible for it good delay in the running of all down trains on Thursday…

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Local and General. Scalding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1914 · page 4

A little boy named Jacob Gearcy was admitted to the Maitland Hospital suffering from severe scalds to his legs caused by pulling over a vessel containing boiling water…

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Drowning Accident at Combo Little Girl's Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 2

A sad drowning accident occurred on Saturday, afternoon at Combo, by which a little daughter of Mr. Thomas C. Andrews met her death. From the…

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Singleton Letter. Case of Drowning. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 6

Tulip Eileen Andrews, the two-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Andrews, of Combo, was drowned in a damnear her parents residence on Saturday…

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Accident to Mr. M. Steven

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

Mr. Michael Steven, an old man employed on the North Coast railway line, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital this morning…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 4

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of the little girl Gladys May Musgrave who was drowned in a waterhole at Homeville on the 13th Instant, was held ut the Courthouse yesterday…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday. Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 4

Two carriages of a passenger train the rails at Gordon on the North Station line this morning, completely dislocates traffic for a considerable time. It is…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 2

A startling collision took place on Monday afternoon in the vicinity of tho Club corner, at the intersection of Bridge and Brook Streets. Miss…

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Homeville Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 4

At the meeting of the homeville progress Association last night mention was made by the secretary (Mr.R.C. Beatty) of the sad drowning fatality that recently…

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Thief Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 5

A thief who broke into a house in Neutral Bay yesterday afternoon during the temporary absence of the inmates, evidently one of his hands badly. as a of blood was afterwards found in one of the…

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Paris Balloon Accident Fall From 120' Feet. Paris July [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 2

(A curious accident marred the start of the. competition for the tenth Grand Prix balloon race organised by the Aero Club of France in the Tulleries this afternoon…

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