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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Bridge Collapses. Canadian Catastrophe. Twenty People Drowned. Quebec

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 5

The centre span of a bridge across the St. Lawrence collapsed this morning while it was raised and fell into the river. Ninety men were thrown into the water, and twenty…

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Soldiers Injured. the Explosion at Bathurst Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 7

Owing to the powder explosion at Bathurst military camp, six solders were injured, Lieutenant Althouse, Sydney, is suffering from severe burns on the face…

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Fatality near Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 4

George Harris, 70 years of age, died in the Cessnock Hospital on Saturday afternoon. Harris and a man named Lomas were driving home together in the direction of Pokolbin,…

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Another Camp Explosion. Nine Men Injured at Moore Park. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

AR explosion occurred at the Engineers' camp at Moore Park this morning. Nine soldiers were injured and taken to the garrison hospital…

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Singleton Letter. Accidents. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 7

Mr. William Evans. a resident of Singleton, was the victim of a serious accident, caused in a rather strange manner, on Saturday afternoon. He had visited Wallsend for…

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A Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a serious accident, caused in a rather peculiar manner, happened to Mr W. Evans, a Singleton resident, who had visited Wallsend for…

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Chaffee of Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

Inspector Dove, of the Railway Department, met with a nasty accident on 8th inst. while engaged in his usual duties in connection with the…

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Strange Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 5

A light accident while dancing caused the death of Mr. Cyrus Cineinato Guns an artist in London. His widow said that her husband told her that while dancing with a lady in a…

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Cessnock Fatality. Sheep Dip Poison Label. Coroner's Warning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown, held an inquest at the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday into the death of George Bennet Harrison, who died in the Cessnock…

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Accidental Death. Cat-Shooting Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 6

The Coroner found to-day that Beatrice Ann Higgs, aged 20, died at Auburn cm September 11 from the effects of a revolver shot wound accidentally…

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Soldiers Injured. the Explosion at Bathurst Camp

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 9

Owing to the powder explosion at Bathurst military camp, six soldiers were Injured Lieutenant Althouse, Sydney, is suffering from severe burns on the face…

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Scalding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 3

THE fourteen-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. A, M. Southon, of George-street, was the victim of a sealding accident on Thursday evening. A pot of boiling tea was…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 5

Information was received by the Melbourne police that a man named Climilck and his four children were drowned in the floods near Seymour. His wife was caught…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Boys Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 3

Steady ruin continued in Victoria throughout Tuesday and most of the rivers in the State are still in heavy flood, though the Yarra shows signs of falling. The troops…

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News by Wire. Extraordinary Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 5

An extraordinary fatality occurred at Canterbury yesterday. Mrs. Arthur Perfect left an 8 months' old child playing on the bed. In order to prevent it falling to the floor,…

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Motor-car Accidents. America's Big Record

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 2

New York, Tuesday.—More persons wore killed by motor-cars in the United' States between January 1 and September 1, according to official police records,…

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Rain-Drenched Victoria. Flood Rains. Many Fatalities. 13 DROWNED

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

Victoria is still being rain-drenched, and the weather shows no sgns of taking up. Tuesday was as wet as any experienced since the…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Boys Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 3

Steady rain continued in Victoria throughout Tuesday and most of the rivers in the State are still in heavy flood, though the Yarra shows signs of falling. The troops…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Collision of Vehicles. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 5

Shortly after midday yesterday a motor car and baker's cart collided at the turn near the railway gates, in the vicinity of Muscle Crock bridge and Gerald Park…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Car Amd Cart Collide. Two People Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred, at the eastern approach to Sydney Street railway crossing at about 12.40 p.m. on Monday, when a…

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