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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

438 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 22

A Jockey Injured

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a lad named Arthur Flynn while riding along William street, collided with one of the hind wheels of a buggy which was being driven…

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A Shocking Mining Fatality. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 3

A telegram from Lisbon reports a shocking mining fatality. While the men were at work in the mine, the latter became flooded and six were drowned…

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A Shocking Accident. GOULBURN

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 3

A shocking accident happened on the railway line to-day. A shunter named Jas. McConville was between two trucks and his foot caught in the rail. As he…

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The Redfern Accident. SYDNEY, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 3

Mrs. Lilian Mackenzie sued the Railway Commissioners for £5000 for the death of her husband in the Redfern accident. A verdict was given for…

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A Terrible Mining Accident. Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 24 June 1895 · page 3

John and Robert Bennett, not related, were ascending the pump shaft at the Albion Consols mine, Ballarat, yesterday in a bucket. The rope slipped off…

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The Redfern Railway Accident. Grasping at the Shadow and Losing the Substance. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 3

The jury on the railway case in which £30,000 was claimed for the death of of Mr. Edgar Jones has returned a verdict for the defendants. The fourth…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 2

The bearing of the claims against the Railway Commissioners for compensation, arising out of the collision which occurred at Redfern on October 31 last, was continued at…

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The Sydney Harbor Collision. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 3

In connection with the collision between the Sydney and the Cammeray, Captain Anderson, of the Sydney, has had his certificate suspended for six…

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A Sewerage Accident. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 2

A number of men employed in clearing the London sewer shaft were overcome by gases and four died…

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A Fatal Collision. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 3

A collision occurred between a Yarmonth Trawler and a fishing smack. The latter sank and five lives were lost…

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A Steamer Collision

National Advocate · Monday 8 July 1895 · page 3

A serious collision occurred in the River Morsey on Friday last. A steamer came into collision with a dredger, and five persons were drowned…

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Collision on the Mersey

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 8 July 1895 · page 3

A steamer has collided with a dredge on the river Morsey, and five persona were drowned…

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A Nasty Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 3

A nasty accident befel Dennis Bell, a young man in the employ of Dr. Machattie on Sunday night. The horse he was riding shied at a blackfellow near…

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A Serious Accident. SYDNEY, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 3

A child named Beatrice Neil was a struck on the head with a stone at Broken Hill by a boy who was throwing at his sister. A dangerous wound was…

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A Disastrous Collision. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1895 · page 3

A disastrous collision occurred on the Grand Trunk Canada railway. Two trains laden with Roman Catholic pilgrims came into collision near Quebec…

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Pilgrims in Peril. Disastrous Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 July 1895 · page 3

A disastrous collision occurred to-day on the Grand Trunk of Canada railway. Two trains laden with Catholic pilgrims came into collision near Quebec…

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A Ship on Fire. the Hilaria Again in Flames. Accident to the Fire Superintendent. Terrible Injuries

National Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1895 · page 3

At Melbourne early on Tuesday morning another fire broke out on the ship Hilaria, and not the slightest trace exists as to how it originated. The flames…

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A Fearful Accident. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1895 · page 3

One of the caissons of the great bridge being constructed at Nag-el-Hamed-Dar, Alexandria, Egypt, collapsed, and forty persons were killed…

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Another Railway Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1895 · page 3

A terrible railway accident has occurred in the Argentine Republic, fifteen passengers being killed…

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2nd Edition. The World A Shocking Accident. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 12 July 1895 · page 3

A telegram from New York gives particulars of a boating fatality which occurred there. A large boating party were enjoying an outing when the vessel…

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