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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

A little girl named Hazel Clark was playing with a celluloid doll near a fire when the doll coming in contact with the flames, caught alight and set fire to her, clothes…

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Collision at Sea. Lisbon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 5

Tho Greek steamer Dimitrios sank after a collision with the French liner Lutotia near Cape Rock. Four of the crew of the Dimitrios and five of the rescuers from the…

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Serious Railway Collision. Breakdown in a Tunnel

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

A serious collision occurred on Thursday morning between Adamstown Station and Cardiff Tunnel between goods trains. Extensive damage was…

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Machinist Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 5

John Krauss, a printer's machinist, was drowned in Narrabri Creek yesterday while bathing. His body was recovered within a few minutes, but all efforts at resuscitation…

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Strange Fatal Accident. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 5

On Saturday night, Alice Morris, 10 years of age, living at North Fitzroy, was returning from a picnic at Brighton, when she put her hand out of the train near…

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Serious Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

News was received last evening that a serious motor car accident had occurred at Uralla, near Armidale, and that Mrs. McKee (neo Miss Cora Clark) had been seriously injured. Only meagre…

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Serious Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

Whilst out shooting at Gloucester, Mr. Harry Wheeler, night-officer at the railway station there, had the misfortune to meet with a serious accident, which resulted in…

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Accident to Blacksmith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 6

Mr. Robert J. Munro, blacksmith [?] with a painful accident at the Week-end. While shooing a horse the animal [?] out and kicked him on the side of the…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

An extremely, serious motor car accident, happened on the road between Uralla and Walcha on Sunday afternoon, about 5.30 p.m. (says to-day's Armidale "Express")…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

Present day precautions have made the mining industry less perilous to life and limb than previously, notwithstanding the fact that the depth to which modern…

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Miners' Accident Fund. the Annual Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 6

The annual report of the Minors' Accident Ronel Board has been made available:— It shews that the number of mines subject to the provisions of the Act at some…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Girl's Hand Torn Off

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

Under circumstances singularly shock, ing, Alice Morris, aged 11 year, daughter of H. G. Morris, of North Fitzroy, Melbourne, was killed while returning…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 2

The new bridge over the Hunter River for the railway to Merriwa was, on Sunday morning last, the scene of an accident, a boy…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Girl's Hand Torn Off

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 2

Under circumstanced singularly shocking, Alice Morris, aged 11 years, daughter of H. G. Morris, of North Fitzroy, Melbourne, was killed while…

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The Uralla Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 4

Word received from Uralla to-day regarding the condition of Mrs. McKee Indicates that she was still in a serious condition…

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Collision in the Air. Killed and Injured. Berlin, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 2

A Passenger-carrying, biplane collided with a monoplane at Johannisthal at an attitude of 100ft. M. Degner, who was flying the monoplane,…

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Charge of Manslaughter. a Motor Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 2

The trial was commenced at Melbourne on Tuesday of Frederick D. W. Oatley, a station-holder of Cooma, on a charge of the manslaughter of Gordon…

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Collision in Harbor. Excursion Steamer Sinks Motor Launch

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 3

The motor launch Loney was run down and sunk by the ferry steamer Lady Rawson between Dawes Point and Milson's Point shortly after 8 o'clock…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 3

A boy named pilgrim, son of a farmer on the Overton estate, whilst crossing the new railway bridge near the public school, fell from the structure, a distance of 25 feet,…

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Local and General. Uralla Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 4

News received from Armidale to-day with respect to the condition of Mrs. Mckee, who was seriously injured in the motor accident at uralla, on sunday, was of a more…

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