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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Fire in Tube Railway. Two Hundred Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

New York, Thursday.- The whole of the underground railways have been disorganised by a fire in, a tube railway on Fifty-third-street. A terrible panic…

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Tram Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

Miss Lena Beecham, a visitor to Newcastle from Kembla, fell from a tram on Tuesday morning, and sustained a fracture Of both bones of the right leg balow the knee. Miss…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Henry Gould, of the firm of Messrs. Gould Bros. and Co., sawmill propretors was the victim of a serious accident on Wednesday. Accompanied by a friend, Mr…

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Accident to a Resident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

Early on Wednesday morning Mr Harry Gould, of the Excelsior Steam Saw Mills, went out, accompanied by a fritud, to his paddock at Sedgefield…

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`Motor Fatalty. Woman Killed and Old Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 6

A serious motor accident happened in Sydney on Saturday night, resulting in the death of a woman and serious injury to an old man Frederick Hope, 68 years of age, a gardener…

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Accident Cases

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

On Sunday evening a man was found lying unconscious in Gas-street Information was given to the police, and Constables Ford and Rankin took the…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

Mr E. A. Conn's frriends at Kayuga and elsewhere will greatly regreat to hera that his little daughter, Muriel, aged 6 years, fell last Friday at…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. E. A. Cann, Public School teacher at Kayuga, and well-known in he Maitland district, has, with his family, been spending the holidays at Manly. His friends will regret…

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Shocking Mine Fatality. a Man Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

Golden Horseshoe Mine (W.A.) was the scene of a shocking accident, an Italian miner being blown to pieces. The victim was a single man, named Joseph Tuya…

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Motor Fatality. Several Persons Also Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

Just after the Metropolitan fire Brigade had finished its usual weekly demonstration, in Victoria Parade, Melbourne, a serious accident occurred, one person being killed and…

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Fatality Near Vacy. a Child's Death. Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

A serious driving accident occurred near Vacy last night. Mrs. F. Bush, accompanied by her only child, aged 11 weeks, and a little girl named Sansom, were driving from…

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A Plucky Deed. Mosman Bay Fatality. Coroner's Tribute

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 10

The City Coroner, Sydney (Mr. H. S. Hawkins), held an inquest on Friday touching upon the death of Warren Tooze a former resident of Maitland, who was…

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Motor Fatalty. Woman Killed and Old Man Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

A serious motor accident happened in Sydney on Saturday night resulting in the death of a woman and serious injury to an old man. Frederick Hope, 68 years of age, a gardener,…

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Shocking Fatality. Railway Guard Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 1

George Quinn, a railway guard, was killed in a shockingly sudden manner on the railway line at Hawkesbury on Friday afternoon, by the North-Western…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

An employee of the South Gretu Colliery, Fred. Compton, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from injuries to his log, the result of an…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

An unusual accident occurred at the new University building at Camperdown to-day. A hue stone, weighing several tons, was being hosited to its palace, when, it is stated…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. R. Hills, son of Mr. Robert Hills, late proprietor of the Angel Inn, West Maitland, recently met with a very serious accident at the White City, Sydney, having his jaw…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

A man Darned James Wilson, who had been a patient in the local Hospital aod left the institution only a week ago, while crossing the railway bridge…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

An employee of the South' Greta colliery. Herbert Compton, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Monday afternoon suffering from injuries to his leg, the result of an…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 6

On Monday night a working man named James Winson, about 50 years of age, who had been recently an inmate of the local hospital, was crossing the…

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