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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Railway Smash at Liverpool. Soldiers Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 December 1915 · page 4

A train conveying 700 soldiers crashed into a dead end at Liverpool late last night, and narrowly escaped being hurled over the embankment. The air…

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Riot in the City Shops Damaged and Cathedral Invaded. Police and Rioters Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 December 1915 · page 3

Riotous soldiers again held sway in Sydney on Monday night, and for a time took possession of portion of George-street, bombarding several…

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Liverpool Railway Accident

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

The departmental board which inquired into the recent railway accident at Liverpool, is believed to have arrived at the conclusion that the smash was due to foul paly…

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Holiday Accidents. Always Carry Zam-buk with You

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1915 · page 7

Don't go for your holiday without a pot of Zam-Buk. Cuts, bruises, "Skooter" bites, sprains, etc., are always liable to occur, but with Zam-Buk handy to dress the sore place…

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Riot in the City. Shops Damaged and Cathedral Invaded. Police and Rioters Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 3

Riotous soldiers again held away in Sydney on Monday night, and for a time took possession of portion of Georger-street, bombarding several…

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Sensational Accident. Train Crashes Into Dead End. Seven Soldiers Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 7

A train conveying seven hundred soldiers crashed into a dead end at Liverpool late last night, and narrowly escaped being hurled over an embankment. Seven soldiers…

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Cessnock District News. Sulky Accident

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

James Wilson, an elderly man, a resident of Love-street, Cessnock, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday morning suffering from a badly broken arm, the result of a…

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Triple Railway Smash. Munition Workers Killed. Fifty others Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 December 1915 · page 1

London, Friday Night.—A railway collision, resulting in the killing of 12 people and the injuring of at least 50; took place early this morning near…

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Frightful Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 5

Donald Hendry, of Boundary street, Mortdale, employed as a dogman on a new picture theatre in course of erection at the corner of William and Victoria streets,…

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State Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Rosebrook yesterday afternoon, the victim being a Stale boy, named William O'Brien, 16 years of age, who was apprenticed to…

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Holiday Accidents. Always Carry Zam-Buk With You

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 1

Don't go for your holiday without a pot of Zam-Buk. Guts, bruises, "Skooter" bites, sprains, etc., are always liable to occur, but with Zam-Buk…

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Rosebrook Bathing Fatality

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

An inquest concerning the bathing fatality at Rosebrook, by which a State lad, named William O'Brien, lost his life, will be held on Thursday next at the West Maitland…

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Frightful Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 5

Donald Hendry, of Boundary-street, Mortdale, employed as a dogman on a new picture theatre in course of erection at the corner of William and Victoria streots,…

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Drowning Case. Gallant Attempt at Rescue

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 8

Austin Robert Beaver, aged 14, whose parents reside in Wagga, was drowned m the Murrumbidgee on Tuesday afternoon. Deceased and a boy named John…

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Motor Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 2

We are informed that a few miles this side of Denman on Wednesday last one of Sternbeck & Co's cars turned over but fortunately no one…

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Liverpool Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 3

The board appointed to inquire into the cause of the railway accident, which occurred at Liverpool on December 13, has submitted a report to…

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Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 3

GALLANT ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE. During an attempt to recover a has which had blown into the sea at Brighton (the Manly of Melbourne) on Sunday afternoon,…

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Motor Gar Accidents. Several People Badly Injured. Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 2

On Christmas afternoon Messrs. J. S. Whyte (local post and telegraph master), F. Windsor (a local stock dealer). R. Mettam (property owner), Leary (stock and station…

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Steamer Whakatane. Damaged in Collision. London, Dec. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 8

The New Zealand Shipping Commany's Whakatane (5731 tons) has arrived at Gravesond damaged. She reported being in collision in the Down (North Sea.)…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 4

The circumstances of the drowning fatality at Rosebrook on the 21st instant, when a State boy, named William O'Brien, 16 years of age, last his life, were inquired…

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