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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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The Singleton Argus Saturday, September 14th. Local and General News Cyclist Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 2

A young man named Bruce Burns was knocked down by a passing motor car as he was riding a bicycle In town on Wednesday. It happens,…

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A Boy's Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 2

Edward Grennan, 14 years of age, a telegraph messenger, on Tuesday was knocked down by a bullock, one of a mob that was being driven in Main-street, Cessnock…

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U Boat Submerged. Prisoners on Deck. Murder of Captured Fisherman. Four Out of Seven Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 6

Shortly before dawn on July 28, a German, submarine attacked and destroyed two sailing trawlers off the East Coast, one British and the other Belgian, and after taking…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney Magistrate Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 7

A serious motor car smash occurred at Har[?]ley during the week-end as a result of which Mr. H. G. Shaw, S[?]pendiary Magistrate of Sydney, his wife, and two daughters…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney Magistrate Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 7

A serious motor car smash occurred at Hurtley during the week-end as a result of which Mr. H. G. Shaw, Stipendiary Magistrate of Sydney, his wife, and two daughters…

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A Shunter Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 4

A young man named Charles Witt, a resident of Banks-street, East Maitland, and employed at the West Maitland goods-yard as a [?]hunter, was severely injured…

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A Shunter Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 4

A young man named Charles Wit[?], a resident of Banks-street. East Maitland, and employed at the West Maitland goods-yard as a shunter, was severely injured…

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Cessnock District News. Kurri Man Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 3

Horace Goodwin, a resident of Cessnock-street, Kurri, was injured as the result of a [?]ollision between two sulkies on the Neath-road, on Saturday evening, and he was…

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Cessnock District News. Kurri Man Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 3

Horace Goodwin, a resident of Cessnock-street, Kurri, was injured as the result of a collision between two sulkies on the Neathroad, on Saturday evening, and he was…

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Minors' Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 4

Referring in the Legislative Assembly to a suggestion by Mr. Davis during the discussion on the Mines Department Estimates regarding the allotment under the Miners'…

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A Shocking Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 4

While working at Morrison and Bearby's foundry at Cairington, on Tuesday, Cecil Smith, aged 17, a junior band, was killed in a shockingly sudden manner…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 7

Mr. P. Ryan, residing in Curtis-street, Redbournberry, met with an accident in John-street, yesterday, non Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner's store. He was driving a cart, when…

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Local and General News the Recent Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 2

Messrs J. Stein and S. Dimmock, who were injured in the motor car accident on the Sngleton-Maitland road on Sunday week, had so far recovered that…

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General Pau Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 2

While General Pau was at Lithgow he fell between the platform and the railway carriage and injured one of his legs. The injury caused him a…

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Motor Car Fatality. Driver Charged with Killing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 2

The case was resumed at the Brisbane police in which unlawfully killing Richard James Stephenson hv driving into him with…

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Two Boys Drowned. Sad Occurrence at Gosforth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 4

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Gosforth about 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the victims being Dudley Maxwell Cant, eleven years of age, and Edward…

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Motor Car Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 2

A serious motor car smash occurred at Hartley during the week-end as a result of which Mr. H. G. Shaw, Stipendiary Magistrate of Sydney,…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 2

On Wednesday afterneen a young son of Mr. D. Jordan's, aged 10 years, met with a painful accident. He was returning from school and playing…

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News by Wire. Found Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 5

The dead body of Mr. Robert Henry Crimp (51), a partner in and manager of the Syphon Aerated Water Company, of 539 Elizabeth-street South, was found floating…

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Gosforth Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

The widespread sympathy felt for the parents and relatives of Dudley Maxwell Cant and Edward Hilton Cant, the victims of the Gosforth drowning fatality, was…

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