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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Submarine in Collision Mine Hit on Enemy Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 16

In a certain dockyard in England is one of the finest of his Majesty's sulmarines, which with her how twisted and bent as the result of a collision with an enemy mine in…

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Train Derailed. Accident to Commissioners' Special

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have abandoned their western tour, owing to their train becoming derailed on Wednesday near Byrock, A breakdown train was…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 5

Mr. G. L. Gordon, saddler of Bridge Street, met with, a painful accident a few days ago. He was engaged driving some cattle and one of the…

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Bomb Outrage in 'Frisco. Seven Killed and Fifty Injured. San Francisco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 5

Seven persons were killed and fifty injured by the explosion of a timed bomb in the midst of a throng viewing the preparations for a parade on Saturday afternoon…

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Accident to Forbes Mail

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

As the Forbes mail was leaving Orange on Saturday morning at 5 o'clock the engine collided with a brakevan of a goods train that had just…

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Sad Fatality at Morpath

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 4

A very sad fatality occurred at Morpeth yesterday evening the victim being Mr. Charles Leconard, and old man 76 years of age, who was kicked by a horse in his own…

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Local and General ACCIDENT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

While sawing off a bit of scaffolding at the old mill, Mr Charles Hicks had the misfortune to have the beam supporting him fall to the ground, a…

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Railway Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 7

A railway collision occurred at West Tamword shortly after 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning, when the No. 2 Brisbane limited express collided with a truck containing…

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Sad Fatality at Morpeth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 8

A very sad fatality occurred at Morpeth on Thursday evening, the victim being Mr. Charles Leonard, an old man 76 years of ago, who was kicked by a horse in his own…

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Railway Collision. Brisbane Express Dashes Into Truck

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 6

A railway collision occurred at West Tamworth shortly after 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, when the No. 2 Brisbane Limited Express collided with…

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Bomb Outrage in 'Frisco. Seven Killed and Fifty Injured. San Francisco

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 3

Seven persons were killed and fifty, injured by the explosion of a timed, bomb in the midst of a throng viewing the preparations for a parade on Saturday afternoon…

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Sad Fatality at Morpeth

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 4

A very sad fatality occurred at Morpeth on Thursday evening, (says the Maitland "Mercury"), the vic-time being Mr Charles Leonard, an…

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Railway" Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

The body of John Irwin, of Mount Druitt, was found yesterday on the railway line betweon Blacktown and Rooty Hill. He had been knocked down by a…

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Serious Gun Accident. Youth's Shocking Injuries

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

A youth named Ernest Orrell, about 16 years of age, and son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Orrell, of Parkville, while out shooting on the…

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Collision in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 4

A sulky, driven by Mr. G. Robinson who was accompanied by Mr. J. Gilligan, caino into collision with a taxi-car, driven by Mr. L. Ford, in the vicinity of the post-office late yesterday…

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Train Collision. Smash at Lidcombe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 7

A [?]rain colision ceeetirred at Lidcomte as the resuit of which damage was dene to rolling steck, delay was caused to traille, and bwe passengers were injured…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 1

A distressing accident occurred at a house in Darlinghurst on Saturday night, a woman receiving such injuries through burning that she died soon after being…

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Railway Collision. Driver of Goods Train Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 3

A collision occurred on Wednesday on the Ballarat-Stawell railway the at Trawaling Victoria. A Stawell passenger train, lastead of…

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Accident at Woodville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 4

Miss Newton, a well-known resident of Woodville, had the misfortune to slip and fall rather heavily, with the result that she fractured one of her arms above the wist which was also…

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Motor Smash. Several People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 8

A motor smash occurred at Derricks Hill, two miles from Barmedman, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. James Thom's motor, driven by H. Burns, containing Mr. Thom…

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