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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Accident at Duckenfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1917 · page 2

A resident of Duekenfield, near Morpeth, Mr., Charles Smith, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital late on Monday afternoon in an unconscious condition, suffering from…

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Two Girls Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 December 1917 · page 5

A double drowning fatality occurred in Kedron Brook, near Enoggora (Q.) on Boxing Day. Miss Margaret Alice Couser (18), who resided with her parents at…

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Double Bathing Fatality. Sister and Brother

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 5

A double bathing tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon at Mount Waverley, near Oakleigh. Ernest George Brewer, 27, and his sister, Hilda Muriel Brewer, 18, went to…

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Drowning Fatalities

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 December 1917 · page 8

A distressing boating fatality occurred three miles down the River Murray from Mildura (Victoria), on Wednesday. Mr H. E. Whatty (manager of the local…

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Motor-cycle Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 December 1917 · page 8

At a meeting of the Queensland motor cycle club, before the carnival racing, speed trials took place. One member with a companion in a side-car was…

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A Riding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

Whilst rounding up horses this morning a youth named Hopson son of Mr. John Hopson of "Dalkeith," Eccleston met with a painful accident. His pony brought…

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Railway Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 5

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent reports that trains came into collision at Sporniak, Posen. All the carriages were destroyed. Thirteen persons were killed, and 70 injured…

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