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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Railway Collision. a Passenger Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 4

A fatal railway accident occurred on Saturday on the railway line between Mundubbera and Gayndah (Q.) The ordinary train was at Humphreys…

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Twenty Nurses Drowned. En Route for France. Later

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 2

The 332 passengers on the Kenilworth Castle included 36 nurses going with a South African contingent to France. Twenty nurses were lost by…

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Disastrous Collision Terrible Scene at Sea. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 2

The steamer Kenilwerth Castle has arrived in a crippled state from South Africa. During one night when no lights were…

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Bombs on British Hospital. Women Workers Injured. Australian Nurses Escape. Australian Cable Assn. Message. London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 2

Eleven girls belonging to the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps were wounded in the bombing of a hospital. They arrived at a London Hospital…

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A Nasty Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 4

White working at a circular saw in Pender Bros and Foster's sawmill at East Maitland yesterday afternoon, a young man, J. Thompson, met with a nasty accident. He was…

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Fatal Motor Accident. a Woman Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 6

A sensational motor fatality occurred at Alphington (Vic.) on Sunday night, the victim being Rose Biggs, otherwise known as, Mrs. Carroll, living in Little…

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Sawmill Fatality. Absence of a Guard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 3

The Melbourne City Coroner (Dr. Cole) on Tuesday committed for trial Percy Norton McDougall, manager of the Nayook sawmill, near Powollton, for the manslaughter of…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 3

Alexander Leang, a miner, was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital yesterday suffering from several broken ribs and incised sealp wound. The injuries were the result…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 7

Mr. Philip Logue, a well-known resident, met with a severe accident yesterday. He was riding along Campbell-street, when the horse became nasty and Mr. Logue was…

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Dairying. Accidental Abortion in the Herd. Some U[?]pected Causes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

How easily contagious abortion can be communicated in a herd and from one [?] to another and with what suspicion any possible case should be regarded…

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Collision at Sea. Many Fatalities. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 10

The South African mall steamer steamer Ken[?] worth Castle, homeward bound with over 300 passengers, including Mr. Burton Minister for Railways, has arrived damaged as…

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Railway Accident. Claim for Compensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 7

Sydney Charles Cyril King, 22 years of ago, who was employed by the Railway Commissioner as a ticket inspector in the Railway Department, met with an accident in…

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Flood Waters. Four People Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 8

While Mr. H. Judson, a well-known farmer, was taking his two sons and the two daughters of Mr. J. Sullivan to school at Newstead (Vic.) on Tuesday morning the…

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Sad Flood Fatality. Four Persons Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Joyce's Creek (Vic.) on Tuesday, when H. Judson, a well-known farmer of Newstead, was taking his two sons and the…

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Steamer Stranded. a Passenger Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 3

Messrs, Burns, Philp, and Company received a wireless message from Lord Howe Island yesterday, Intimating that one of the passengers, Miss Reardon, on the stranded…

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One of "Car's Thousand." Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

Private Gregory Foran, a member of Carmichael's Thousand, fell from a train at Redfern last night and sustained concusaon of the brain. He was…

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Race Filly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 4

The race filly Molly Antonio, a valuable animal, the properly of Mr. Jhan Houston, of Campbell's Hill, seriously injured itself to-day in a lucerne paddock near the Long…

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Fatal Fire in Sydney. Four Children Suffocated Mother Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 4

Between 12.30 and 1 o'clock this morning a fire occurred in a second-hand shop in Sussex-street, off Liverpool-street, Sydney, occupied by Charles Himmelferb, his wife,…

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Fatal Accident. Returned Soldier's End

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 2

Percy Edward Robinson, 34, a returned soldier, was, this afternoon, killed through being thrown from a horse in Kelly-street. The…

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Lady Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 2

An accident of a very serious and painful nature befel Miss Dorothy Moore, daughter of Mr Wm. Moore, of Reedy Creek, on Thursday evening last…

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