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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1891

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Collision in the Harbor.—Two Ferry Boats Embrace. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 3

A collision occurred in the harbor this afternoon between two ferry boats, named the Courier and Loftus. The affair took place in Circular Quay. A…

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Another Railway Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 21 September 1891 · page 3

An elderly man named William Chapman, was killed on the railway line near Taralba, on Saturday by a train passing over him…

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A Painful Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 3

Yesterday morning while Mr. G. E. Machattie was riding in from Gowan, one of his stations, about 30 miles distant from Bathurst, he met with a…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Paris

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 3

A terrible accident took place at 9.15 p.m. on the Vincennes railway close to Paris. The train made up of twentythree carriages, most of which were as it…

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Another Railway Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 3

A railway collision on the German-Russian frontier has resulted in it passengers being killed and 25 seriously injured…

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Latest News. a Terrible Railway Accident. London, September 22

National Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 3

By a railway collision near Gleiwitz Prussian, in Silesia, 10 persons were killed and many injured…

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A fall from the Scaffold.—Three men Injured. Sydney, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 3

Three men were seriously injured at Newtown this afternoon by the fall of a scaffold…

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Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 3

Two workmen's trains collided in Pennsylvania. Eight lives were lost and a number of the workmen were injured…

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Terrible Railway Collision. London, September 24

National Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 3

A terrible railway collision has occurred at Burgos, Spain, in which 14 persons were killed at 24 injured…

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A Shocking Railway Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

In our telegraphic columns appears a heartrending account of the untimely death of one of Sydney's most respected business men. Mr. W. E. Abbey, a…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Well-known Citizen Ground to Pieces. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

An accident which terminated fatally occurred at the Summer Hill railway platform last night. William Abbey, bootmaker, of George-street, well known…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 3

An accident of a shocking nature, as mentioned in our Sydney wire yesterday, happened at Summer Hill Railway Station about half-past II o'clock on Thursday…

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Frightful Railway Accident. Two Express Trains Collide. Twenty-four Persons Killed. London, September 25

National Advocate · Monday 28 September 1891 · page 3

A terrible railway accident occured yesterday on the Northern Railway in Spain. An express train from San Sebastian to Madrid collided at Burgos…

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Railway Accident. a Building Knocked Down. Miraculous Escape of a Girl. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at the Devonshire-street crossing, West Maitland, which resulted in the destruction of a kitchen and narrow escape from…

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Terrible Accident.—Three Men Blown off a Bridge. London, September 29

National Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 3

Three men were blown from the Forth of Firth bridge into the sea and killed…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. the Railway Accident in Spain

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 3

The official report on the railway disaster at Borgoa, Spain, shows that the accident was caused toy the neglect of the officials not observing' the…

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Serious Railway Accidents. Trains Derailed. Fbtal Results. the Firemen Scalded

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 2

A passenger train from Fassifern to Newcastle left the rails near Teralba yesterday. The engine and tender capsized. The…

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The Railway Accident.—Inquest on the Fireman. Sydney, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 3

The inquest on the body of George Cobcroft, the fireman who lost his life yesterday in the capsize of the engine of a passenger train bound from Fanifern,…

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The Railway Accident.—Cockroft's Funeral. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 3

The inquest on the body of Cockroft, the fireman who was killed in the railway accident on the Newcastle line, was adjourned till Thursday next on account…

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Drowning Fatality

National Advocate · Monday 5 October 1891 · page 2

On Friday evening, whilst playing about a pond near the house, a child of Mr. P. Guggaty, of the Lagoon, fell in. The little fellow was soon rescued, but…

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