A Shocking Accident. to Railway Officer. Both Legs, Amputated. Kuri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 5
Shortly before 7 o'clock on Sunday morning James connor, 26 years of age,. night officer at Aberdare Junction for the past three year. was found lying alongside the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 2
The railway trouble In Queensland came to a head on Saturday afternoon, when a deputation waited on Mr. R. A. Nelld, Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, and banded him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatalities. Guard and Porter Killed
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 2
Two railway accidents, which resulted in the death of two men, were reported to the Ashfield police for the weekend. Frank Stanley Ferguson (22), a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jockey's Kit Stolen. From a Railway Carriage. Fixe of £10. '
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 8
William Elliott was charged at the West Maitland Police Court to-day before Mr. C. H Gale.P.M., with having, on the 25th instant, at West Maitland, stolen a brown…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 7
The undermentioned railway fares will in future be charged between West Maitland and the stations named. Return tickets will be issued in the Maitland - Newcastle suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatality at Bishop's Bridge. Adjourned Inquest
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 6
The adjourned inquest regarding the death of Henry Thomas Whyburn, which occurred at Bishop's Bridge on the 17th instant, was held at West Maitland Courthouse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man's Dreadful Plight. Run Over by Train
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 4
A RAILWAY accident of a distressing character occurred at Kurri Kurri on Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, when a man named James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Accident. How It Happened. Kurri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 5
On inquiry at the Kurri Hospital this morning concerning the condition of James Conners, who was terribly injured at, Stanford - Merthyr on Saturday evening, it was learned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Thieving Tramps
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 4
It is evident that amongst the many tramps Unit are invariably to be noticed moving about the country are the meanest and most despicable of thieves. On…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 5
Owing to a train running into a fleck of sheep at last night twenty were killed and ,15 injured, while a car was derailed. A fast train from Hornshy ran into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Wire. Fatality on the Railway Sydney, Tuesday afternoon
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 5
Walter Gibbs, a bread carter, was attempting to cross the line at Summer Hill at an early hour this morning when he was run down by a train and literally cut to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head-on Collision. Railway Accident at Wellington. Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2
A sensational head-on collision occurred in the trucking yards at Wellington this morning. A big engine, attached to a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident. Night Officer Run Over
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 3
A shocking accident occurred at Kurri Kurri on Saturday night, when James Connors, night officer at Aberdare Junction, was run by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Hypnotised. Rescued in Motor Car
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 4
Details of a sensational struggle by a father to obtain possession of a daughter, whom he alleged had been taken under hypnotic influence to a…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 4
The work of duplicating the railway from Maitland northwards is being pushed along, and plate-laying has been completed from Farley as far as Allandale. This section has…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 7
A forly years' concession has been granted for tramways in Jerusalem According to the contract, the "Sunday at Home" states, four separate routes of tramway are obligatory. They…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MOTHER'S ' Senseless Act. Child in Front of Train
Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 4
At the Granville railway station on Monday morning a woman with two young children was sitting on a seat on the station crocheting, and she dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Coalmines. Recent Railway Fatality
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 5
The district coroner (Mr. G. Brown) opened an inquest at the Kurri Hospital yesterday concerning the death of James Connor, who died from the effects of terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists' Boycott
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 4
The extent to which the trade of some English country towns is affected by travelling motorists is indicated by the following excerpt from "The Weekly Times"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Railways. Men's Ultimatum
Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 2
The latest development in connection with the railway strike in the north is that the Minister for Railways has received an intimation that the whole of…
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