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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Action by Miners. Injured in a Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 10

In No. 2 Jury Court, Sydney, before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury of four, McWillam Henderson and Benjamin Timms. coal-miners, used E. Vickery and Sons to recover…

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News by Wire. Police Sergeant and Doctor Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 5

While searching the grounds of the Children's Hospital late last night at Camperdown, for a man who was reported to have been worrying and…

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The Leon Gambetta. a Scene of Anguish. Men Drowned in Cabins. Rome, May 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 12

The Leon Gambetta was sunk on a calm moonlight night. The first torpedo wrecked the cruiser's water-tight compartments. The officers made no efforts to escape, but…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 5

A magisterial inquiry, before Mr W. Bennett, J.P., was held on Saturday last into the cause of the, death of the young man, Silas Hyde,…

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Train Collision. Three People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 2

Sixteen loaded waggons, which were being shunted at Warwick (Q.), on Saturday afternoon from one portion of the railway yard to another, broke away, and dashed…

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Flood Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 4

A drowning case occurred on Alison's dairy farm, near the Co-operative Butter Factory Dungog. A young man, silas Hyde, about 22 years of age, in the employ…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 2

On Sunday last as Rev. D. M. and Mrs Benjamin were driving in a sulky to Bandon Grove, they met with an unpleasant accident. They…

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Boxer Seriously Injured. Skull Fractured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 2

A boxing match at Baker's Pavilion, Melbourne, last night, between tho lightweights George Deever and Leo. Coyle resulted seriously…

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Binalong Collision. Night Officer Committed for Trial. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 May 1915 · page 2

The Coroner's inquiry into the Binalong railway accident was concluded at Tomora to-day, when the jury found that Robert John Thomas, a passenger, died…

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Train Collision. Three People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1915 · page 15

Sixteen loaded waggons, which were being shuntea at Warwick (Q.), on Saturday afternoon from one portion of the railway yard to another, broke away, and dashed…

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Fatal Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1915 · page 5

Gladys Mayne, school teacher, was fatally injured at Toronto, near Newcastle, through being run over by a train…

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Railway Fatality. a Young Woman Killed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

A young woman named Gladys Mayne, aged 23 years, while returning to Toronto from Newcastle last night, got off the train at Blackall's Siding, evidently in…

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Accidental Death

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

On Sunday morning last, the dead body of John Dwyer, was found at the foot of some pillars of the railway viaduct, at the embankment…

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News by Wire. Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 5

The body of a man was found on the railway station at Petersham early last night, near the overhead bridge. The skull was fractured, and the right log was out…

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Accident at Farley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 4

A painful accident occurred at Farley on Saturday night about 7 o'clock, when a railway fireman named H. Sinclair, who was engaged on a Hebburn coal train,…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 5

A girl named Kendall, aged 12, was killed near Yarra Bandai, in the Parkes district through a tree falling on her, fracturing her skull and breaking both legs…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 5

Charles Bannerman, with his wife and five children and another lady and her child, was driving home along the Western Road, Parramatta, when a motor car coming from…

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Mysterious Shooting. Newcastle Citizen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 7

Mr, John Bond, son of Mr, R. J. Bond, of Wickham, was shot in the face in a most mysterious manner while standing in a frequented Sydney thoroughfare on Monday…

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Fire Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

Through a fire breaking out in his cottage at Vauclause early this morning, Henry Price (70) was overcome by smoke. When the door had been battered in and…

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Collision at Sea. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

The Dutch liner Ryndam came into, collision with the tramp steamer Joseph Canco with serious damage. The Ryndam's seventy seven passengers were transferred first to the…

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