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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Sulky Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 3

As Miss Cardow was driving into Muswellbrook on Tuesday afternoon, in a sulky, one of the wheels of the vehicle struck the lower portion of the…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 4

Our Mines repesentative telegraphed this afternoon that Charles Horton, a carpenter, residing in St. Andrew-street, West Maitland, was seriously injured as the result of…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 4

A miner, named Wells, a resident of Aberdare, received a severe cut on the head while working in Aberdare colliery on Monday. He received surgical attendance…

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Brutal Assault. Coloure[?] Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 2

Thirteen stitches had to be inserted in wounds on the heart of William Sylvester, 30 years of age, a coloured man, who lives at Albion House, Pitt-street, Sydney,…

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New York. Railway Accident. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 5

The Twentieth Century limited express during a fog came into collision with a passenger train which had been previously wrecked in another collision on the Lake…

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Collision with Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 4

A sulky, in which were a young man and a child, came into collision with a tram near the "Mercury" office this morning, and it was only the prompt manner in which…

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Naval Accident. Forty-five Drowned. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 5

A distressing naval mishap occurred during Tuesday's blizzard. Although the storm was at its height many naval liberty men took boats and…

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Disastrous Collision. Over 100 Lives Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 16

A disastrous collision involving the sinking of the steamer Daijin Maru and the loss of over 100 lives, occurred off the China coast last month, and particulars. reached…

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New York. Railway Accident. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 7

The Twentieth Century limited express wiring a top came into collision with a passenger train which had been previously wrecked in another collision on the Lake…

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The Very Latest. Another Zeppelin Raid. Killed, 16; INJURED, 100. LONDON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 5

It is officially reported that another air raid occurred on Saturday night on the North-east Coast by two Zeppelins. Sixteen persons were killed and one hundred injured…

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Further Zeppelin Raids. Many Killed and Injured. Much Damage Done. London, Sun. Evening

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

Three bombs were dropped in one eastern county town. The entire damage was done by the first, which demolished two workmen's…

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Raid on Saturday Night 16 KILLED, 100 Injured. Wrecked Zeppelin in North Sea. (By Cable.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

Two Zeppelins raided England on Saturday night. One retired before reaching the land. Eight dwellings were demolished by…

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Inquest on Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. G. Brown ) leid an inquest at the Kurri courthouse on Tuesday [?] the death of Charles Horder, who died in Kurri Hospital on April I through…

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Naval Accident. Forty-five Drowned. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 12

A distressing naval mishap occurred during Tuesday's blizzard. Although the storm was at its height many naval liberty men took boats and…

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Another Zeppelin Raid. Killed, 16; INJURED, 100. LONDON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 12

It is officially reported that another air raid occurred on Saturday, night on the North-east Coast by two Zeppelins. Sixteen persons were killed and one hundred injured…

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Cessnock District News. Colliery Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 3

David Aubin (14), who resides in Aberdare-street Aberdare, was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital on Thursday, suffering from a bad fracture of the left leg and a…

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Constable Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 5

Constable Bont, whilst attempting to arrest a soldier on Saturday evening at the corner of High and Church streets for having used Indecent language, was…

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News by Wire. Shocking Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 5

James Angus, [?] a well-known vigneron, of Rooty Hill, was going over the level crossing at the local platform this morning when he was run down by an express…

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New South Wales. Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 5

Private H. Newell. WOUNDED. Gunners T. O'Brien J. Congdon, Privates W. McKenzle, J. Auderson…

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Kurri News. Residents Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 3

Mr. T. Evans, of Kurri, met with a nasty accident on Monday. While moving about at his residence in the dark he stumbled over a tub and fell on to some glass. His nose was…

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