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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Double Drowning Fatality. Brothers the Victims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1917 · page 8

At Shepparton, Victoria, Thomas Kevin Halpin, 10, and his brother, Brien Francis, 12, both sons of Mr. Halpin, of Shepparton, were drowned in an unused clayhole at the…

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Motor Car Fatality. Collision with Bridge Stanchion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1917 · page 6

Mr. Arthur T. Perkins, boot man[?]turer, of Lavender Bay, North Sydney was killed in a motor accident on the bridge over the Lane Cove River at [?]…

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Motor Car Accident. Collision with a Van

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1917 · page 3

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a spring-van on the Mani[?]-road, near Attunga, on Saturday, three persons were severely injured, and are now in…

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Struck by Carriage Door. Injured Boy Dies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 2

At Flinders-street station, shortly before 1 o'clock on Saturday, a swinging carriage door which had been thoughtlessly thrown open by a passenger on a train moving at a fast…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 4

Ernest Maunders, a taxi car driver, was driving his car on the main road Bellbird and Cessnock on Sunday evening, when he came into collision with a sulky. A shaft…

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News by Wire. Accident at the Railway. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at No. 2 Platform, central Railway Station, last night when two men were pushed off the platform, and one sustained serious injuries. The police…

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Man Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 4

Nicholas Foster, a resident of [?] Sydney, was found severely injured on railway between Croydon and Bun lost night. He sustained a [?]…

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Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

Mrs. Nicholson, wife of Lieut-Colonel Nicholson, member for Maitland, and her two daughters, Misses Vera and Daisy Nicholson, had an exciting experience in Sydney…

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Railway Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 3

The crowd was so dense on the No. 2 platform at Sydney railway station at about 6 o'clock on Monday night that two men were pushed off on to the rails…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

james Tomlinson and James Orr, who were injured in the Colliery accident, are both progressing favourably in the Cossnock Hospital. Tomlinson received injury…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Brothers the Victims

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 6

At Shepparton, Victoria, Thomas Kevin Halpin, 10, and his brother, Brien Francis, 12, both sons of Mr. Halpin, of Shepparton, were drowned in an unused clayhole at the rear…

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Motor Car Accident. Collision with a Van

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 5

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a spring-van on the Manilla-road, near Attunga, on Saturday, three persons were severely injured, and are now in…

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Motor Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a spring van on the Manilla-road, near Attunga, on Saturday, three persons were severely…

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Child Drowned at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 6

Loonard Redgrove, 5 years of age, son of Mr. T. Redgrove, of Allandale-raod, Cess-nock, was found drowned in a creek near the foot of Love-street, at about 5 o'clock…

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Linesman's Fall. Accident at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 5

Percy Burgmann (25) a telegraph [?]man, received an electric shock, coupled with a nasty fall while working in Main-street. Cessnock, yesterday afternoon. Burgmann…

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The Stadium Fatality. a Further Remand. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 2

The eight men charged in connection with the death of the boxer Alexander were to-day again remanded till the 7th May, bail being allowed…

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Accident at a Store. Driver Secures Verdict

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

The Chief Justice and a jury finished the hearing in the Banco Court, of an action brought by Thomas Drake, cartor, against the Costal Farmers' Co-operative Society,…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Mr. Harold Smith, an employee at Messrs Barrett find Son's joinery, establishment, Sydney Street, sustained a serious and painful accident on…

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Cessnock District News Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 3

The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, held an inquest at the Cessnock Courthouse yes-terday, concerning the death of [?] Thomas Redgrove, [?] years of age, who was…

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