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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Narrow Escape of Train. Collision with Horses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 10

The limited express from Sydney to Melbourne had an exciting experience on Saturday morning. At 5 o'clock the train, in charge of Driver James Anderson,…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 2

Whilst Mr J. Russell, of Saddler's Creek, was getting firewood in a paddock near his residence on Tuesday last a limb of a tree fell on his right leg, causing a double break…

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Serious Railway Accident. Hospital President Run Over

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 6

Mr. Edmund Aubin, one of the best-known miners of the district, and president of the Kurri District Hospital committee, was found lying badly injured on the Aberdare…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 5

An accident occurred in the railway cleaning sheds at Erskineville. An engine burst through the back of a galvanized from building, and a good deal of damage is reported…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

Mrs. J. Whitelaw was the victim od the serious accident on Saturday morning White passing from one room to another at her residence, in Castlereagh-street, Mrs…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

Mr. Irwin Thornton, youngest son of Mr Sydney Thornton, the well-known farmer of Spring Creek, was returning home on Sat urday morning last with a buggy and pair of…

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An Accident Explanation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

In our last issue we s[?]ated that Mr. J. Rssoel of Sia'dle's Creek, had met with an accident. It.as Mr. W. Russell who sustained injury…

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Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

Mr. W. Russell, of Saddler's Creek, while carting logs in the mountains near Doyle's Creek, about 15 miles from Muswellbrook, in the direction of Jerry's Plains, met with…

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Accident at Spring Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

M'r. Irwin Thornton, youngest son of Mr. Sydney Thornton, a well-known. farmer of Spring Crook. Wybong, was returning homo on Saturday hint, with a buggy and pair of…

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Local and General. Pea Rifle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 4

A boy named Henry Webber, 13 years of age, residing with Mrs. Stanton, his aunt, in George-street, East Maitland, was admitted to the Hospital yesterday, suffering from a…

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News by Wire. Serious Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 5

As the result of a collision on Centennial Park into last night between a motor car and a lorry several persons were injured, one seriously…

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Accident and Amputation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 2

A son of Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Bevan, of kurri has lost one of his legs by a simple accident. A few weeks since the lad fell from a gate and injured his knee, Little…

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Gun Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 4

On Wednesday night a lad of 14, Enoch Jack Brooker, son of Mr Samuel, Brooker, was admitted tO 'the Dangar Cottage Hospital suffering from a…

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Regiments Drowned. London. Oct. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 October 1914 · page 5

The Central News Agency, correspondent at Rome states that whole German regiments were drowned while crossing the Nieman. He declares Unit the German…

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Shocking Accident

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

Enoch Brooker, the 14-year-old son of Mr. Samuel Brooker, met with shocking injuries, ns the result of a Run accident, a few days age The lad, who had been staying with…

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Team Accident. Child Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 2

Dorothy Green, aged 9, while waiting with her parents for a tram outside the Zoological Gardens at mid-day today was knocked down By the tram…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 4

[?]ne Working at Spinks sawmill York-street on Saturday morning a young man named Thomas Austin met with an accident. His left hand was so severely injured that…

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Local News. Saw Mill Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 2

A lad named Thomas Austin, while working at Spinks' Saw Mill, Yorkstreet, met with an accident on Saturday morning, his left hand being so…

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Accident to Mr. Thos. Robinson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Robinson, a well-known resident of Church-street, who for many years was employed at Wolstenholme's sawmil, but who is new interested with his sons in a timber…

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Motoring Accident. Pinned Beneath a Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 7

Alderman E. Whipp, of Burwood, was driving party of friends to Kurrajong Heights for a day's outing in his motor car, and when crossing Richmond Common…

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