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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

295 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 15

Mining. Mount Stewart Mine to Be Shut Down a Double Fatality. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Mount Stewart Lead and Silver Mining Company held to-day it was re-solved that the mine be closed for a…

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A Terrible Mining Accident. Two Men Killed at Mount Stewart. Mudgee

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

A fall of earth occurred to-day at the Mount Stewart Silver Mine, Leadville, killing two men, William Stapleton and William Carr, whose bodies are not yet…

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Serious Railway Accident a Fireman Injured

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 2

This morning a fireman named George Costello on a goods' train timed to arrive at Bathurst about 9 o'clock met with a serious accident at Sodwalls. He was engaged in the performance…

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A Melancholy Accident. How Reedy Came to Grief. Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 3

A sad accident occurred this morning to a jockey named Reedy. While exercising the racehorse Hermit, the horse bolted and ran against a tree…

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An Accident at Cobb and Co.'s

National Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 2

Sydney Newman, apprentice at Cobb and Co.'s, whilst engaged yesterday removing iron from one of the buildings, lost his foothold, and fell 20 feet. He…

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A Melancholy Accident. How Reedy Came to Grief. Dubbo

National Advocate · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 2

A sad accident occurred this morning to a jockey named Reedy. While exercising tho racehorse Hermit, the horse bolted and ran against a tree…

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Another Railway Accident

National Advocate · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 2

Yesterday morning, as a goods train proceeding to Bathurst neared the "Sodwall " between Rydal and Tarana, one of the firmen, named George Costello, fell off the…

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A Terrible Accident

National Advocate · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 2

On Wednesday night, while working at the Lucknow Mines, a miner named Rule met a terrible death by a fall of earth. which broke his neck and legs. It is said he was…

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Accident to the Mail

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 3

An accident happened to the mail train due at Barhurst at three o'clock this morning with the result that the train did not arrive until half past six…

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A Fatal Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at Millthorpe on Thursday evening last. Edwin Nicholls, a child of 3 years, and second eldest son of Mr. William Nicholls, farmer of that district,…

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The Lucknow Fatality. the Funeral of Miner Rule. His Widow and Orphans

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. Rule, miner at Lucknow, took place on Monday when the remains of the unfortunate follow were followed to the Orange…

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Trunkey. Serious Mining Accident. Three Men Injured. Trunkey

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 2

Parsons' tunnel at Pine Ridge caved in last night and three men were entombed, but all were rescued alive. One of the men, named Casey, was very much…

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Another Railway Accident. a Goods Train Comes to Grief

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 4

The 11.30 a m. goods train from Bathurst to Penrith met with an accident when near Lihden, 51½ miles from Sydney, at 9 o'clock on Monday night. The load consisted of27,…

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Accidents Will Happen

National Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 2

At the bazaar at Wiseman's Creek, reported by us on the 1st Feb., the takings, reports Father Walsh, were £18, and not £48 as stated by our correspondent…

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The Recent Railway Accident

National Advocate · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 2

Mr. George Costello, who was seriously injured a short time ago by falling off an engine, is progressing towards convalescence. His father has been granted by…

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Blown to Pieces. an Awful Accident at Lucknow. Two Miners Are Torn Asunder

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 3

A terrible accident happened at Lucknow, near Orange, on Saturday evening. A number of miners were putting in a shot in the main shaft of the Wentworth Proprietary…

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Almost Drowned

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1893 · page 2

A party of gentlemen, James Gibson, J. Burnard, S. Speight, W. Hill and T. White were capsized in the Shoalhaven River on Friday and narrowly escaped…

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Lucknow Mining Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1893 · page 2

The jury at the inquest held at Lucknow to determine the cause of death to Francis Dobson and Thomas Nicholls returned the following verdict;— "That the deceased was…

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The Burwood Drowning Fatalities. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 3

At the inquest on the Burwood drowning case, the medical evidence showed that the woman, Jessie Cox, was suffocated before the body got in the water…

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Accident

National Advocate · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a young fellow named Thomas Bassett, in the employ of Mr. Herbert Gwillam, hairdresser, was passing across the yard at…

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