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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

438 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 22

Collision In the Channel

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 3

The barque Beltana, Captain Bright, 741 tons, from Adelaide October 31, for London, Las been towed to Gravesend. She had been in collision in the English Chancel, the…

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An Accident on the Racecourse

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. J. Burton's horses King's Counsel and Vagabond were doing a final gallop, prior to leaving for Orange where they are engaged, when one of those…

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The Colliery Accident

National Advocate · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 2

All the miners, numbering 500, who were imprisoned in the workings of the Whitwood Colliery, Normanton, in Yorkshire, through the shaft becomingg…

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Fearful Colliery Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 3

Twenty-five miners have perished from fire in a colliery in Nez Mexico, and 65 are entombed…

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The World A Railway Collision. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 3

A collision between two trains occurred at the Glasgow railway station. Considerable damage was done the tolling stock. Fortunately the trains…

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Drowning Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 2

Four citizens named Darlot, Duflield, Hardinge and Fox were drowned at Perth yesterday through a yacht capsizing. Dr. Fitzgerald and Mr. F. O'Driscoll had…

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A Broken Hill Fatality. SYDNEY, Sunday night

National Advocate · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 3

A man named Richard Dias was killed on Friday at Broken Hill by a track coming down the incline at the Proprietary Mine. At the inquest a verdict…

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Boating Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

A boat capsized off Stewart's Island, New Zealand, and an artist named Allen, with his wite and child, were drowned…

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A Shocking Boating Fatality

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

A shocking boating accident occurred at Perth (W. A.), on Sunday. Four persons were drowned—Messrs Duffield, Harding, Fox, and Darlot. Two of the…

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Drowned at West Maitland

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

At West Maitland on Saturday, during the holding of aquatic sports, a young man named Thomas Murray was drowned…

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Redfern Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

A number of claims for compensation by suffers in the Redfern railway accident have been settled. The maximum amount paid to any single persons is £1000…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

In reference to the Redfern railway accident in October last, arrangements with regard to the payment of compensation to injured survivors and to relatives…

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The Mexico Mine Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

One hundred and thirty bodies have been recovered from the Tomaila mine, at Cerillos, in the State of New Mexico, U.S.A.. in which a fire recently occurred…

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Fatal Accident. Crushed in a Quarry

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 2

This morning a fatal accident happened in one A the graval pits on tho bill opposite the gaol. Mr. Walter Doig, guard on the railway, who had just completed erecting a new house for…

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A Ferry Captain Drowned. SYDNEY, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

This morning the dead body of Captain Byrnes, well known as a ferry boat proprieto , was found floating in the water between his steamer Princess and…

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Fatal Accident Near Bathurst Gaol. a Railway Guard Killed by a Fall of Earth

National Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

Yesterday morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, a fatal accident, resulting in the death of a railway guard named John Walter Doig, happened on the hill…

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Accident in Bentinck Street

National Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Bentinck Street, as Mrs. King, of Georges Plains, was stepping into a vehicle which opens at the back, the horse…

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Shocking Mine Accident. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

A shocking mine accident occurred in a lead mine in Shropshire. The cage fell a great distance, and its occupants (seven) were killed. Their bodies were…

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Fatal Accident. Crushed by a Fall of Earth. Magisterial Inquiry

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

The magisterial inquiry into the death of John Walter Doig was held this morning before the Police Magistrate, Mr. J. B. Graham…

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The Fatal Accident Near Bathurst Gaol. Magisterial Inquiry

National Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 1

Before the Coroner, Mr. J. B. Graham, a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances concerning the death of John Walter Doig, who met his death near the…

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