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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Motor and Tram Collide. at Double Bay. Two Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 8

A collision occurred between a motor car and tram at Double Bay this morning, and resulted in five the occupants of the car being injured three seriously, including the…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Richard Noble met with a nasty accident in Bridge Street on Friday. He was returning home in his sulky, in which he had some…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Serious Accident. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

Whist Mr. Richard Noble, the district's best known and popular octogenarian, was returning home from the Market House yesterday afternoon, he met with a serious accident. He was driving his sulky, in which…

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Fatal Accident. Mr. H. G. Le Quesne Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred on the Glen Innes-Grafton road on Monday. A man was riding a young horse and leading another, when a motor car came along containing…

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British Troop Train Accident. Ten Fatalities. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Paris, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

In an accident to a British troop train, nine miles from Paris, 10 were killed, and 32 injured. The train contained 1300 rank and…

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Railway Collision. Express and Goods Thain. 12 Casualties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 6

A serious accident to the Broken Hill express occurred at Stockport, near Ham[?] Bridge (S.A.), on Friday evening. The smash was attended by no loss of life, but…

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Accident in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

Shortly before two, o'clock this afternoon as Mr. Walter Sellers, of the Horse Shoe Bond, was riding on horseback up High-street, he somehow came into collision with a cab driven by a boy in…

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Terriable Railway Accident

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

A Reuter's message form Jassy, Roumanin's temporary capital, states that the railway accident to the refugees was the most terrible in history, resulting in 374 being…

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Railway Collision. 35 People Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

A sensational railway collision occurred at Stockport, 50 miles from Adelaide. The Broken Hill express, which left the city at 4.50 on Friday afternoon,…

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Fatality at Brookfield. Mr. Jas. Crowfoot Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

On Monday morning when Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Crowfeet were returning home from church service at Brookfield where a mission is being held, the horse which they were…

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Drowned at Taree. Death of Father Joseph Kelly

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Rev. Joseph Kelly, acting rector of the parish of Taree, in the diocese of Maitland, was drowned while bathing in the breakers at the…

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Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

A sad accident occurred on the Glen William road just past the turn off from Brookfield on Monday morning, when Mr James Crowfoot, of Glen…

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Cessnock District. Accidents to Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 6

An eight-years-old daughter of Mr. H. E. Southwell, of Cessnock, was admitted to the Cessnock hospital on Monday suffering from a broken thigh. The child, while on her way…

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News by Wire. Tram Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

An unknown woman who fell from a tram near Maro[?] Bay last night, had her skull fractured and died in the hospital this morning…

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Fatality at Brookfield

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

On Monday morning when Mr. and Mrs. Crowfoot were returning home from Church service at Brookfield, where a mission is being held, the horse which…

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Troop Trains Collision. London, Thursday morning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 12

Reuter's correspondent at Paris reports a collision between the front and rear portions of a British troop train owing to the breaking of a coupling near Massypalarseau…

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Fatality at Brookfield. Mr. Jas. Crowfoot Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 3

On Monday morning when Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Crowfoot were returning home from church service at Brookfield, where a mission is being held, the horse which they were…

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Railway Collision. Express and Goods Train. 42 Casualties

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

A serious accident to the Broken Hill express occurred at Stockport, near Hamley Bridge (S.A.), on Friday evening. The smash was attended by no loss of life, but…

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Drowned at Taree. Death of Father Joseph Kelly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 10

The Rev. Joseph Kelly, acting rector of the parish of Tarce, in the diocese of Maitland, was drowned while bathing in the breakers at the Old Bar, near Tarce, last…

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