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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Magisterial Inquiries. the Blayney Accident. a Dangerous Racecourse

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 3

This morning the Police Magistrate held a magisterial inquiry as to the death of Thomas Henry Flynn, who died from the effects of injuries received while riding in a race at Blayney on…

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An Episode of the Queensland Floods. the Drowning of the Jackson Family. Up in a Tree for 24 Hours. How One of the Rescuing Constables Perished. Plucky Conduct Op a Young Lady

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

One of the saddest calamities in connection with the flood ia the drowsing case of the Jackson family, which occurred at Black wall: The Toowoomba Chronicle gives the following…

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The Accident at the Blayney Racecourse. the Funeral of the Victim

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 3

THE funeral of the late Thomas Henry Flynn, the unfortunate victim of the recent accident at the Blayney races, took place yesterday, when a large number of people…

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Magisterial Inquiries. the Accident at Blayney Racks

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

An enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Henry Flynn at Blayney, on Wednesday last, was held at the courthouse, Bathurst, yesterday morning,…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Fatal Accident at a Ball. Seventeen Dancers Burnt to Death

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 3

A dreadful accident is reported from Hungary. While a ball was in progress a number of children caused a barrel of petroleum, which was stored under the…

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Railway Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 2

Information has reached us that at Mumbil, on Thursday, a man named Owen Hegarty was engaged in emptying one of the trucks of a ballast train, when the train eased…

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Accident on the Illawarra Railway Line

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 3

At an early hour yesterday morning a railway accident happened near the Como Railway Station, on the Illawarra line. It seems that a goods train left Sydney for Wollongong…

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A Captain Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 3

Captain Niemann, of the German barque Frieda, was washed overboard and drowned on the voyage from London to Melbourne…

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Accident at Peel

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

On Monday evening, at Peel, Mr. John Schofield, jun., was engaged in a game of cricket, and was in the act of throwing up the ball, when he slipped…

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The Danube in Flood. Many Families Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 2

Disastrous floods have been experienced in. Germany, resulting in groat rose of life. The Danube rose with wonderful rapidity, and several villages on the banks of the…

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A Serious Accident

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 2

On Saturday morning a young man named Mr. Peter Beddie, a carpenter in the employ of Mr. Ennis, builder, was engaged in work at the two-story…

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A Terrible Mining Fatality

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 2

A terrible mining fatality occurred at the Portuna Hustler's Mine, Bendigo, on Saturday. James O'Brien and Oliver Glanville, both married men, and…

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Storm in the Transvaal. Many Persons Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 3

Telegrams to hand report that a disastrons storm has been experienced in the Transvsal, South Africa. Rain fell in torreuts for a time and several mines were flooded. A…

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A Chapter of Fatal Accidents

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 4

A lad, Cecil Arthur Brew, son of Mr. John Brew, contractor, was killed at Goulburn, on Monday by being thrown. At Gundagai on Saturday, a young…

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A Nice Idea of an Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

The Rev. Mr. Brown, Wesleyan Methodist Conference, must have a nine idea of what are "unfortunate accidents." On Tuesday he referred to a native teacher who murdered…

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Further Particulars. Maitland Swamped. Hundreds of Townspeople Homeless. Business Entirely Suspended the River Embankment Breaks. Terrific Rush of Water. Five Men Drowned. Boats Plying in the Streets. Farmers in Hunter River District Lose Everything. 28 Inches of Rain in 24 Hours. Terrible Destruction. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 3

The disastrous floods extend all through the Hunter River districts. At Maitland a large portion of the town is under water, and hundreds of people have…

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Most Destuctive Flood Ever Known. Relief for the Sufferres. Waters Subsiding. Many-persons Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 3

The flood in the Hunter River is the most destructive ever known in the district. Thirty feet of water is over parts of West Maitland…

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The Maitland Deluge. Tremendous Washaways. the Ruin Op the District. Another Case of Drowning. Stoppage Op the Collieries. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 2

The floods have stopped all railway communication between Newcastle and Muswellbrook, and portions of the line have been washed away. At Maitland…

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A Buggy Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 2

About half-past one yesterday afternoon Mr. G. Sawyer and his nephew, William Sawyer, were driving round the corner of Keppel and William streets…

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Shocking Train Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 3

Robert Ferguson, a railway porter at Woollongabbs, Queensland, was run of over by a train on Saturday, and his body out in two…

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