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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Fatal Accident in Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 4

A distressing shooting accident took place in Tamworth last evening at about six o'clock. It appears that Samuel Harry Lister (aged 16) had been up Long Gully shooting with…

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Russian Submarine. Attack on Enemy. Collision with a Warship. Petrograd June 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 10

•The following official details are issued of the recent attack on enemy vessels by a Russian submnrine which collided with a German warship which she had first torped…

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Mining Fatality. a Wheeler's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 6

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Edward Chapman, who died in the Maitland Hospital on the 9th instant from the effects of injuries received in the Whtiburn…

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Colliery Accident. South Greta Miner's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 3

The circumstances of the death of the young man, William Lewis, who died in the Maitland Hospital on the 13th inst, from the effects of injuries received in…

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Gas Explosion in Melbourne. Four People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 3

A serious gas explosion occurred at Rowens Parade. Richmond (Vic.), resulting in injury to four people who were subsequently removed to the Melbourne…

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Soldier Drowned at Liverpool

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 5

Through slipping off the bank of George's River, opposite the Liverpool Military Camp, on Tuesday night, Private C.M. Smith, aged 26, who was…

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Accident at Cessnock. Loco, Driver Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 6

Archie Wooton, loco driver, was injured near Caledonia railway station early this morning. Wooton was clearing the sandpipe of the loco., when he slipped, and his…

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33. Still Missing. Many Injured. Latest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 6

There are still 33 missing from the complement of the Arabic. A large number of injured arc among those saved, some seriously…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 3

Mr. Charles Halter, a well-known resident, while adjusting a shutter on one of his shop windows, met with a painful accident. The pulley broke, and the shutter, weighting…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 6

Mr. Charles Halter of John-street, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon. He was adjusting a shutter on a shop window, when the pulley…

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Explosion at a Factory. Girl Killed; Six Persons Injured. Vulcaniser Bursts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 7

As the result of the bursting of a vulcaniser, one girl was killed and six people were injured, two of them seriously, at the Sydney Rubber Works, Drummoyne, owned by the…

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Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 2

On Sunday morning Mr. J. McMalion butcher, of Victoria Street, met with n painful accidontin an extraordinary manner. He was returning home from…

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Muswellbrook Letter Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 7

Whilst going home from church on Sunday, Mr. James McMahon, a well-known test, dent, met with a peculiar accident. He was walking down a grassy incline between…

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Explosion at a Factory. Girl Killed, Six Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 3

As the result of the bursting of a vulcaniser, one girl was killed and six people were injured, two of them seriously, at the Sydney Rubber Works…

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Riding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 6

A youth, who declined to give his name, fell from a cart in Vincent-street, Cessnock, yesterday, as a result of the horse he was driving swerving. He was momentarily…

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News by Wire. Fatal Shooting Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 5

William Christopher Von Der Heyde, a member of the firm of Messrs. Hansen and Heyde, indent agents, Castlereagh-street, Sydney, accidentally shot, himself, dead this…

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Accident in Mid-air. Airman's Dive for Life Under Telegraph Wires. Paris, July 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 3

Flight-lieutenant Juillcrot had a remarkable escape from death at a place near Mantes. Having left Due in a Houri Farman biplane for Dunkirk, he was at a height of…

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Explosion at a Factory. Girl Killed; Six Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 8

As the result of the bursting of a vulcaniser, one girl was killed and six people were injured, two of them seriously, at the Sydney Rubber Works, Drummoyne, owned by the…

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Barque in a Gale. Nine Seamen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1915 · page 6

The French barque Miche[?]let arrived at Sydney from New York yesterday evening. In charge of Captain Rose. The vessel met with terrific weather on the run across the…

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Alleged Wounding. Says It Was an Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 5

The Crown case against' Robert Crawford, who was on trial at the Criminal Court to—day, charged with having feloniously wounded Josephine Graser, a nurse, with intent to…

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