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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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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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The Care Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 5

The coroner opened an inquiry concerning the death of James Green, as the result of injuries received in a disturbance on the 6th inst., at Marathon Cafe, Two walters, Peter…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Gosforth. about seven, miles from Maitland, on Friday, the victims feeing Dudley. 11, and Edward, 7, sons of Mr…

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Two Boys Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Gorforth about 4.30 o'clock on Friday afternoon, the victims being Dudley Maxwell Cant, 11 years…

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Gosforth Drowning Fatality. Deputy Coroner's Finding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 7

The Deputy-Coroner, Mr. Win[?] McLauenlin, yesterday, afternoon held an inquest touching the deaths of Dudley Maxwell Cant and Edward Hilton Cant, the victims…

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Drowned in a Dam. Young Woman's Death. Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 5

Alice Ellen Vickers (33), daughter of Mr. Charles Vickers, of Mount View, was found drowned in a clain about three-quarters of a mile from her pur[?]ts residence this…

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Goal Gas Poisoning a Pecular Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 2

A peculiar case of gas-poisoning occurred at Surry Hills this morning. Leo Bianco, with his wife, daughter, and son, all recent arrivals from France,…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Two Schoolboys' Sad End

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 4

While returning from school on Friday afternoon, two boys, Dudley Maxwell Cant, 11 years of age, and Edward Hilton Cant, 7 years, the…

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Mt. View Drowning Sensation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 3

There was widespread regret in Mr. View and adjoining districts when it became known that Miss Ellen Vickers had been found…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 4

Last week a young man named Leslie Kerr, employed at the East. Greta railway engine sheds, met with a nasty mishap. He was chopping wood with a tomahawk, when…

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Gosforth Drowning Fatality. Deputy Coroner's Finding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1918 · page 7

The Deputy-Coroner, Mr. Wm. McLauchlin, on Tuesday afternoon, held an inquest touching the deaths of Dudley Maxwell Cant and Edward Hilton Cant, the victims…

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Motor Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1918 · page 1

By a motor accident which occurred on Saturday at about 5 p.m. on the Waterloo range, Paul Richard Jaentsch, an engineer employed at…

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Two Boys Drowned. Sad Occurrence at Gosforth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1918 · page 3

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Gosforth about 4.30 o'clock on Friday afternoon, the victims being Dudley Max-wall Cant, eleven years of age, and Edward…

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Accident to Mr. F. W. Squires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 4

Mr. F. W. Squires, a well-known local business man, who met with a nasty accident on Friday evening, in Elgin-street, when he was knocked down by a motor car, is his…

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U.S Battleship Injured. Montreal, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 2

The United States battleship Minnesota struck a mine off Delaware Breakwater. She has returned to port. There were no casualties…

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Liability for Accident Position of Hospital Committees

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 3

The Under-Secretary to the Minister for Public Health, in a letter to Mr H. D. Morton, M.L.A., says in relation to the secretary's (Macleay District…

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Sad Motor Fatality. Newcastle Lady Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 October 1918 · page 4

Winter's Creek Hill, Charlestown, Bear Newcastle was the scene of a sad motor accident on monday afternoon, resulting in the death of Mrs Annie…

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Sad Motor Fatality. Newcastle Lady Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 October 1918 · page 3

Winter's Crook Hill, Charles town, near Newcastle, was the scene of a sad motor accident on Monday afternoon, resulting in the…

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Stockrider's Accident. Action for Damages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1918 · page 6

In the Banco Court, Sydney, an action was began in which Herbert Gordon Scott, the Plaintiff, a woolclasser and station hand, sued Wentworth (or Hugh)…

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Disaster in U.S.A. Shocking Railway Accident. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Vancouver, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1918 · page 2

At Cleveland 20 workmen were killed Slid many injured when an express dashed in[?]crowd of men who were waiting on the track for a work train…

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