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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Accident on Belmore Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 4

Through the horse stumbling whilst going across the Belmore Bridge on Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Ford, of East Maitland, was thrown from the milky in which she was driving with…

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Sad Fatality at Aberdeen. MR. W. C. Tyson Succumbs to Driving Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

Many were the expressions of sorrow when the extremely sad intelligence reached here early on Monday morning last that Mr. Wm…

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Fireman Injured. Two Revolver Bullets

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

The Inspector-General of Police (Mr. Mitchell) received a telephonic message from Inspector Anderson, of Wollongong, at about 11.35 p.m…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

M. A. Reuben, Chemist, met with an accident on Sunday morning. He was driving in his sulky, when the pony shied at some small obstacle on the roadway at the top…

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Accident to Mr a Reuben

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

An accident of a painful nature befel Mr A. Reuben, chemist, of John-street, on Sunday morning, and he is to be congratulated on having escaped…

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Earth Tremor. Causes Mine Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 7

Following an earth tremer which occured at half-past 10 on tuesday night, a fall of roof occurred in the great Boulder Mine, kalgoorlie West Australia, and…

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Live Stock. How to Drench a Cow. And Avoid a Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

When drenching a cow the head should not be held too high, and there should be no pressure on the throat to prevent swallowing. The head should…

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Pea Rifle Accident at Nabiac

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon a pea rifle accident occurred near Nabia[?]. Two brothers, named Fredk, and Bert Pelley, who live on Phillips' farm about…

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Sad Fatality at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 8

Many were the expressions of sorrow when it became known that Mr. Wra. Charles Tyson, of Rossgole, Aberdeen, had passed away on…

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Live Stock. How to Drench a Cow. And Avoid a Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

When drenehing a cow the head should not be held too high, and there should bo no pressure on the throat to provent swallowing. The head should…

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Reducing Bus Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 11

On one of the motor busses running through London streets is a compact contrivance as to the use of which there is considerable speculation among the uninitiated…

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The Cowardly Hun. Bombing Hospitals. No Accident. Deliberately Diabolical. London, Thursday night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 12

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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Injured by a Skip. Bricklayer's Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 3

Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, the hearing was concluded in Sydney of the action brought by George Herbers Mawson against the Broken Hill Proprietary…

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Mexican Cavalry Drowned. Los Angeles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 4

Two hundred Mexican cavalry men were drowned when a barge was capsized on the Mexican coast…

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Cessnock District News Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 September 1917 · page 8

Hilton Harrison, a youth while down a hill towards Vincent-street, Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon, came into collision with a motor car. Harrison received…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1917 · page 2

Mr M. Ryan met with an accident whilst cutting timber in the bush on Saturday last, with the result that he has a nasty gash in his arm. Dr…

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Accident in John-street

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 September 1917 · page 2

An accident occurred yesterday afternoon in John-street, near Mr J. Kennedy's shop, which resulted in a horse having a leg broken, and the animal…

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Woman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 4

During the trip of the river steamer Warringhi from Newcastle to Clarence Town on Tuesday last, Mrs. Fanny Jane Foote, living at Seaham, fell overboard, and was drowned. The deceased…

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Injured by a Skip. Bricklayer's Claim

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 16

Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, the hearing was concluded in Sydney of the action brought by George Hebert Mawson against the Broken Hill Proprietary…

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Great Floods in China. 3,000,000 Drowned. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Pekin, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 5

In great hoods in China 3,000,000 people were drowned…

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