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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Munition Works Disaster. Ten Killed, Two Injured. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 2

The Press Bureau reports there were 10 dead and two injured in the munition works explosion in the north of England, cabled on the 2nd…

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Accident to Mr. Wm M'Laughlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 4

There was a slight improvement yesterday in the condition of Mr. W. McLaughlin but he was not so well to-day and suffered considerable pain…

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Rouchel. Sulky Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 7

Mr. W. Walsh, of Aberdeen, met with a nasty accident at Lower Rouchel on Monday morning last. He nad not yet sufficiently recovered…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Injured Man's Compensation. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1917 · page 3

In the Banco Courts before Mr Justice Ferguson, Joseph Buttle claimed £2500 from the Union Steamship Co. as compensation for injuries he received…

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Serious Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1917 · page 5

Alfred Wells was riding a motor cycle at Woollahra when he collided with a tramcar. Wells received a punctured wound in the left arm and abrasions to his face and…

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News by Wire. Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1917 · page 5

Fred Cuddahy (16), an apprentice jockey, sustained a fractured skull this morning as the result of falling from a recehorse at Kensington. He died shortly…

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Hallway Fatality at Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 4

At about 5 o'clock lust evening a sad fatality occurred at the Lochinvar railway station, Othol Byrne railway porter at the Lochinvar station, being the victim…

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Collision on a Bridgs. a Cyclist Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Denison Bridge, spanning the Macquarie at Bathurst. A motor cyclist named Foote was pacing a…

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Peculiar Sailing Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 3

A peculiar accident, which terminated fatally, happened to Edwin James Curnow, 29, draper's assistant, at Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. He…

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Railway Fatality at Lochinvar

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 8

At about 5 o'clock on Monday evening a sad fatality occurred at the the Lochinvar railway station, Athol Byrne, railway porter at the…

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Two Nurses Killed. Accident on the Mongolia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 9

Details are to hand, says the "Nursing Mirro," of the accident on board the Mongolia, when two nurses were killed and one injured. The vessel was bringing the…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

Charles Kilpatrick (60), whilst, attempting to board a moving train at Lakemba railway, station, slipped and fell between the platform and the train. He sustained a…

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27 Killed and 53 Injured. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

The official report of last night's airship raid states that 27 were killed and 53 injured. Some material damage was done to housed and business premises…

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Accident to Peter Bowling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

During a fire in a bedroom at the residence of Mr. Peter Bowling, at Marrickville, in which the room and contents were damaged by fire and water, Bowling in attempting to…

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Peter Bowling Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

Mr Peter Bowling was somewhat severely burnt through his attempting to extinguish a fire in his bedroom at Marrickville…

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Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 4

An unfortunate fatality occurred last night in the East Greta Colliery, a young man, named Perey Davies, employed as a filler, being buried by a fail of coal, which…

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Cessnock District News Sulky Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 2

As a result of a sulky accident in Main-street, Cessnock, at about 6 p.m. on Monday, Edward Aubin, vice-president of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation, who…

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The Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1917 · page 4

An inquest concerning the East Greta mining fatality, which resulted in the death of the young man Percy Davies, was formally opened late yesterday afternoon before the…

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The Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4

On Monday afternoon next, at. 4.15 p.m., a magisterial inquiry respecting the death by drowning of the young man Henry Latham will be held at the West Maitland…

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Lochinvar Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4

The adjourned inquest touching the death, of the young man Othol Byrne, a railway porter. who met with fatal injuries on the railway at Lochinvar on the 15th instant, will…

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