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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Automobile Accident Records

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 4

According to the best statistics, the number of automobiles in the United States increased from 200,000 in 1909 to 1,750,000 at the end of 1914. The number of deaths…

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Sulky Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 2

An accident happened to Mr. and Mrs. Falkiner, of Grasstree, as they were returning borne on Thursday afternoon. They were riding in a spider sulky and at the…

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Singular Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1916 · page 6

Private Douglas [?] (19), employed as a telephone attendant at the military camp at Liverpool, met his death in an extraordinary manner at…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1916 · page 6

A shocking accident occurred yesterday afternoon at the Ashfield Railway Station, a middle-aged woman, who has not yet been identified, being out to pieces by a passing…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1916 · page 5

Walter Ernest Frampton (31), of Canley Vale, was run over and fatally injured in the city last night. Deceased was on his way home, when he notice a child in the…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Woman Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 August 1916 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Ashfield railway station, a middle-aged woman being cut to pieces by a passing engine. The…

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Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 3

Four presidents of Bellbird met with a sulky accident on the main road opposite the colliery on Sunday. The sulky in which they were driving capsized through the horse…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Ashfield railway station, [?] middle-aged woman being cut to pieces by a passing…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. Hunter Bowman, son of Mr. Edward Powman, had the misfortune to have his left shoulder broken a few days ago, He had just mounted a horse that he had…

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Accidentally Shot. Station Owner's Sad End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. Francis Connor, a member of the firth of Connor, Doherty, and Durack, station owners from the north-west, and also a member of the West Australian Legislative…

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Accidents at Pokolbin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 4

Two old residents of Pokolbin, Mesdames Bridget and De Beyer, met with rather serious accidents on the same day—Tuesday last (writes our Mines representative). Mrs…

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State Councillor Shot. a Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 1

Francis Connor, a member of the firm of Connor, Doherty and Durack (W.A.), stationowners from the north-west, and also a member of the State Legislative…

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The Mecantile Mutual Fire and Accident Insurance Company. Remarkable Increase in Business. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

The shareholders, and incidentally the policyholders, in this Company, have good cause for being pleased with its financial stability as evidenced by the…

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Burning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 3

A sad case of burning occurred at Sedgefield on Wednesday, the victim being Mrs. W. years of senr., succumbed to the dreadful 73 years of age, succumbed to the dreadful…

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The Mecantile Mutual Fire and Accident Insurance Company. Remarkable Increase in Business. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 5

The shareholders, and incidentally the policyholdors, in this Company, have good cause for being pleased with its financial stability as evidenced by the…

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Accidentally Shot. Station Owner's Sad End

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 3

Mr. Francis Connor, a member of the firm of Connor, Doherty, and Durack, station owners from the north-west and also a member of the West Australian Legislative…

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Shocking Fatality. Three Persons Drowned. Motor Car and Sulky Go Over. a Punt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 5

A sensational accident occurred at Stockton at 6 o'clock on Sunday evening, resulting in the drowning of Mr. Edward John Dyer, of Morgan-street. Mereweather, and…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 4

Two soldiers, Private Robert Harold Morris and Private Miller, were knocked down by a motor car near the entrance to Rutherford encampment at about 11 o'clock on Saturday night…

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Accident on Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 4

Sergeant Edgar Chamberlain, a returned soldier, son of Mr. T. Chamberlain, of Charles-street, was riding yesterday…

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