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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Zeppelin Raid. Ten Persons Killed; Fortysix Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 5

London, Tuesday.—It is officially announced that three Zeppelins, which raided the eastern counties last night, were chased by aeroplanes but were not…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 4

A serious accident occurred in High-street last evening, about 9.15, opposite the boot department of James Kerr and Sons. A tram from East Maitland was passing along…

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The Accident to Mrs. Barton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 September 1915 · page 4

The friends of Mrs. Barton, of Tonamblt, who was seriously injured in an accident in High-street on Friday night, will learn with much pleasure that she is recovering from…

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Shocking Train Accident. Baby Killed; Mother Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 1

An accident which was attended with fatal results to a baby and terrible injuries to the mother occurred at Punchbowl railway station on Friday night…

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Railway Collision. Trail of Accused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 5

Signalmen Meakin and Tinsley and Fireman Hutchinson were charged before the High Court in Edinburgh with culpable homicide in causing the collision between a troop…

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A Strange Care. Escapes and Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 1

It has been officially reported at Glen Innes that Sergeant Patrick Joseph Walsh was killed in action. He was a son of Mr Patrick Walsh, Ben Lomond,…

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Waterloo Fatality. Death of Daniel Brown. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 3

The trouble in the bar of the Iron Duke Hotel Waterloo, on September 4, which resulted the death of Daniel Drawn (30), labourer, formed the subject of an inquest…

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Colliery Fatality. Man Killed at Pelaw-main. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 5

John Hardy Pounder (32), a single man, was killed at Pelaw-Main Colliery about 10.30 last night. Deceased with others was coming out of the mine by the haulage road…

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Strange Career. Escapes and Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 3

It has been officially reported at Glen Innes that Sergeant Patrick Joseph Walsh was killed in action. He was a son of Mr. Patrick Walsh…

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Row on the Railway. Soldiers' Quarrel. Man Run Over by Train and Fearfully Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday, A fight is alleged to have taken palce among a number of soldiers on the Granville railway station late last night. In the…

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Football' Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 4

While playing in a schools' football match on the Maitland Park yesterday afernoon, Stanley Armstrong, the 14-year-old son of Mr. R. D. Armstrong, fell and broke a…

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Railway Porter Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1915 · page 5

Whilst working in the goods-sheds to-day, a porter named John Collins was injured through a plane falling on him. He was admitted to the Maitland Hospital…

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Tramcar Fatality. a Soldier Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1915 · page 3

A soldier, belonging to the Morphottville Military Camp, whose name is given as Private Morre, met a terrible death in Adelaide at the corner of King William and…

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Fatality at Aberdare. Mann Killed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 4

Arthur Sweetman (30), single, was killed at Aberdare Central Mine about 4 p.m. yesterday. Sweetman, with others, was working on a cradle in the shaft, when a large stone…

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Run Over by Train. Soldier Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

A fight is alleged to have taken place among a number of soldiers on the Granville railway station late on Friday night. In the scuffle one man,…

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City Subsidence. Serious Accident. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 5

Workmen employed in constructing a sunway in New York, after expleding dynamite to remove rocks, caused a cave in the pavements and sidewalks into which a street…

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Sad Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 5

John Neville Roband, agen ten, accidentally shot and killed his brother, Robert Erie Roband, aged 3, with a revolver, at Galston. Mrs. Roband was purchasing same goods…

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Fatality at Bollvia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

Mr. A. M. White, of Bolivia station, near Tenterfield, met with a fatal revolver accident yesterday, and died from the wounds received last night. It appears that Mr…

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Colliery Fatality. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 3

At the Kurri Courthouse, on Thursday, an inquest was held before the District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown, and a jury of six, concerning the death of John H. Pounder…

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Shocking Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 5

Early this morning a man whose name is at present unknown was run down and killed by a train on the main suburban line, near Croydon, The body was literally cut…

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