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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 3

Edward Pepper was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital during the week suffering from fracture of a couple of ribs. The injuries were caused by a fall from a cart…

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Private Hosking Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 6

News has been received that Private C. J. C. Hosking has been reported admitted to Tooting Military Hospital, England, suffering from a severe injury to the knee…

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Abermain Mine Fatality Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 3

The adjourned inquest concering the death of Edward Meir, who died in Kurri Hospital, on July 31, as a result of injuries received in Abermain No. 1 Colliery on the same date…

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Store Ship Torpedoed 25 Men Drowned. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 2

An Austrian submarine torpedoed the steamer Berthilde, which was victualling French warships in the Mediterranean. Of her crew 25 were…

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Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 11

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Thomas Wilmot, who died in Cessnock Hospital on July 25 from injuries received in Bellbird Colliery on the same date,…

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Nurses Lose Their Lives. a Regrettable Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 1

During gun practice two American Red Cross nurses, who were on their to France, lost their lives through a regrettable accident. The two ladies…

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Drowned on Wedding Day

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 4

A message from Tasmania states that William Togers Fenn, aged 41, of New Zealand, who was to have been married on Friday, has been found drowned. He…

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Brisbane to Sydney Motor Record. Abandoned Owing to Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 2

The Brisbane to Sydney motor record, which was attempted last Thursday by Messrs C. Waterhouse and E Shade, was…

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Cessnock District News Street Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 2

Mr. L. W. Lewis of Cessnock met with a nasty accident on Wednesday afternoon which resulted in several injury Mr. Lewis was [?]ing a bicycle along Vincent-street…

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Sensational Collision. One Man Killed Several Others Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred at Kogarah last night, when a steamer tram collided with a motor car driven by Ralph Jude and containing also Frederick Cheeseman and James…

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Recruit Accidentally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1917 · page 4

George Trevan, who enlistd with the recruiting train at Muswellbrook, was accidentally knocked on to a platform truck at the West Maitland railway station on…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1917 · page 4

Mr. Gateley, stationmster at Church-street station, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was attending to matters in connection with the water softening plant…

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Accident on East Greta Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1917 · page 4

Whilst driving along the East Greta-road on Saturday, Mr. E. C. Bragg, proprietor of the Maitland Steam Laundry, met with an accident, but he was…

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Tram and Motor Collide. Man Killed, Three Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

A sensational accident with fatal results occurred on Friday evening near the corner of Gray-street and Railway Parade, Kogarah, when a steam tram…

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Terrible Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

Mr. David King, conductor for the clio mail service, died at Albion Downs last week at Richmond as the result of a motor car accident while he was covneying the…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

Charlie Maguire, the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Maguire, of "Wonona," was the unfortunate victim of a rather serious accident on Sunday…

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Accident to a Boy

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

A boy named Charles Maguire, aged nine years, eldest child of Mr and Mrs C. A. Maguire. of "Wonona," was rather severely injured on Sunday…

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Sensational Collision. One Man Killed Several Others Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 16

A sensational accident occurred at Kogarah last night, when a steam tram collided with a motor cur driven by Ralph Jude and containing also Frederick Cheeseman and James…

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No Accident. Deliberately Diabolical. London, Thursday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 5

Mr. Pirrie Robinson (the "Times" correspondent) made the charge dispassionately and earnestly that the Germans deliberately selected Allied hospitals and clearing stations for…

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Terrible Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 7

Mr. David King, conductor for the Clio mail service, died at Albion Downs last week at Richmond as the result of a motor car accident while he was conveying the…

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