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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Bellbird Colliery Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 4

Further particulars of the accident at Bellbird colliery yesterday, whereby George Edmunds, a boy 14 years of age, lost his life, show that the lad was engaged as a…

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Bush Mystery. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 4

A mysterious occurrence is reported from Ashford, near Inverell. David Brown, who has a selection twelve miles from that centre, was visited during the holidays by his…

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Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 2

On Sunday last, whilst riding behind Mr. R. Sparkes on his motor cycle, Jockey James Winsor (son of the well-kown trainer Mr. C. Winsor)…

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Motor Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 2

As Mr. Cowper, manager of the Merriwa branch of the Commercial Bank accompanied by his wife and seven year old daughter was…

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Shocking Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 5

Mrs. Emma Charles, who attempted to alight from a moving train at Granville, fell between the carriage and platform, sustaining shocking injuries.she died a…

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Trains in Collision. Smash at Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 3

The biggest smash that ever occurred in the Goulburn railway yards took place on Sunday morning about a quarter to 4. when a goods train from the direction of…

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Affray at Lithgow. Three Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

As a result of an affray at the Commercial Hotel, Lithgow, and in the west end of the town, on Saturday night, two returned soldiers and a police constable were hurt…

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Skating Rink Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 2

On Saturday last Mrs. Ross, wife of Mr. P. H. Ross, had the misfortune to be thrown out of a sulky and fractured one of her arms. On the same evening…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1916 · page 4

While returning from his work at 2.30 this morning, William noticed the body, of a man lying on the railway line about a quarter of a mile from the Farley…

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Bellbird Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1916 · page 5

An inquest was held at the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday, before the District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown, and a jury of six, concerning the death of George Einon…

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Hobart Fatality. Ship's Captain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 4

Henry Wilson master of the [?] Ketch Warrigal was drowned in the [?] at Hobart yesterday morning. The [?] was anchored off Sandy bay about…

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Trains in Collision. Smash at Goulburn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 11

The biggest smash that ever occurred in the Goulburn railway yards took place on Sunday morning, about a quarter to 4, when a goods-train from the direction of…

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Bush Mystery. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

A mysterious occurrence is reported from Ashford, near Inverell. David Brown, who has a selection twelve miles from that centre, was visited during the holidays by his…

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Accident to Sergeant Murray

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

A few evenings ago Sergeant Murray received a nasty spill off his bicycle, the effects of which have since kept him confirmed to his home. It seems he was cycling homewards at…

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The Tramway Fatality. Deceased Identified. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

The man killed by falling from a tram last night has been identified as Campbell Pratt, of Randwick…

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Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

Gra[?] Bonomini, a miner, who resides in Aberdare-street, Cessnock, was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital on Sunday morning suffering from injury to the hip and…

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Killed by Fall of Coal. Mining Fatality. Kurru Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 5

James Munton (35), a single man, who resided at Kurri Kurri, was killed in the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery. Munton, who was a wheeler, was filing a skip when…

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Colliery Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 2

James Munton, 35, a wheeler, was killed last night at the Stanford-Merthyr colliery…

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Shooting Fatality. Father Shot by Son. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5

Robert Hatchwell (58), a farmer of Upper Stewart's River, was accidentally killed on Sunday whilst out wallaby-hunting. It appears a party. including deceased, and son,…

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A Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

"We present to Rev. F. V. Pratt and Mrs. Pratt, of South Brisbane, our sincere sympathy in the great sorrow they have been called to pass through in the sudden death of…

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