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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1891

299 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 15

The Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 2

Williams, one of the victims of the Petersham railway accident, is dead…

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The Fatal Railway Accident. the Second Death. the Inquest. Young

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Inspector Cornthwaite, who died at the hospital here last evening from injuries received by the railway accident near Murrumburrah…

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Latest News. Awful Colliery Accident.—Ten Miners Killed. London, August 31

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 3

By an explosion of a fire damp in a colliery near Bedminster, England, ten miners wore killed…

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Another Train Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 3

An express train has been derailed at Troy, Indiana, America, and four lives were lost and 30 seriously injured…

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A Capsize at Sea.—Eight Seamen Drowned. London, September 2

National Advocate · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 3

The steamer Dumarry was overtaken by a hurricane in the North Atlantic, oil Nova Scotia, and capsized. Eight of her crew were drowned…

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Terrible Railway Fatality.—Two Hundred Killed.—A Train Slips Down an Embankmant. London, September 3

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 5

A terrible fatality is reported from Chalindrey, near Dikon, on the railway from Paris to Lyons. A train conveying a large number of troops to the…

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Serious Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 2

About eight o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Brewer, the wife of Mr. Brewer, of Lambert-street, met with a vey nasty accident at the corner of William and…

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Great Rainstorm in Paris.—Several Persons Drowned. London, September 6

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 3

A tremendous rainstorm has taken place in Paris. The streets were rapidly flooded, and several persons are reported to have been drowned. The sewers…

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Wreck of the Barque Fiji. One Man Drowned. Twenty-five Persons Still on Board. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 3

A party of land selectors from Warrnambool, proceeding to Ryan's Dens yesterday morning at about 9 o'clock, found a man lying in tie scrub with…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1891 · page 2

Mr. J. Geddes, well known in this city as the representative formerly of Singer's Co., had a narrow escape from drowning recently at Grafton. Mr…

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Mr. A. Kethel's Accident

National Advocate · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 2

The many friends of Mr. Alex. Kethel will doubtless be pained to hear that the accident which befel him the other evening is likely to prove more serious…

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Serious Accident in a Circus. London, September 9

National Advocate · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 3

By the collapse of a staircase in a circus at Marseilles, 25 persons were severely injured…

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Accident at a Circus

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 3

Twenty-five persons have been seriously injured by the collapse of a staircase in a circus at Marseilles, France…

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Celestial Motion. the Fleetness of an Un Accident. Able and Frisky Little Noon

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 2

The overwhelming spectacle of a vast celestial expanse studded with points of light at night is made doubly impressive when we reflect that all these points of light are suns…

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Maritime Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 15 September 1891 · page 2

A collision occurred in the Atlantic between the union liner " Orizona" and a sailing vessel unknown. The latter sank…

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Terrible Floods in Spain.— Thousands of Persons Drowned. London, September 14

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1891 · page 3

The floods in the South of Spain are more destructive than was at first reported. In the province of Toledo alone 2000 persons were drowned. The…

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The Floods in Spain. Towns Totally Destroyed. Many Thousands Op People Drowned. Troops Bury the Dead. London, September 15

National Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 3

Terrible floods have been experienced in the province of Toledo, Spain, where whole towns have been destroyed. Thousands of the inhabitants have…

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Accident to Jockeys

National Advocate · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 3

In the second hurdle race to-day at Randwick three jockeys named Williams, Kemp and Mulvey were thrown and severely hurt. Williams is most…

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Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 3

Two men, named Liddell and Neilson, have been drowned by. the upsetting of a boat off the east coast of New Zealand…

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Another Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 3

A collision occurred in the Harbor yesterday between the terry steamers Loftus and Corrier. The latter was slightly damaged…

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