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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Kicked by a Horse. a Boy Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3

At Wattle Flat on Monday afternoon a lad of 6 named Hodges, son of Mr. W. H. Hodges, butcher, met with a nasty accident through being kicked by…

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Rurning Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 2 April 1896 · page 2

A widow, named Grow, has been found at her residence in Paddington, burnt almost beyond recognition. The body presented a terrible spectacle…

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Boating Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 2 April 1896 · page 2

A boating accident occurred at Fort Augusta, South Australia, in which Walter Evane, Edward Addison, and Charles Addison were drowned…

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Drowned at Sea. SYDNEY, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred to a man named Julius Burnstein at Rock Lily, near Manly, The deceased was carried out to sea by an under current…

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A Yacht Run Down. Three Men Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 3

The yacht Cocique was run down and sunk in Hobson's Bay yesternight by the steamer Burrumbeet. Marshall Ramsay, William Terry and a boatman whose name is unknown…

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A Fatal Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 3

Word was received last night that an accident happened at Brown's Creek, yesterday evening, by which Mr. Robert Stinson, one of the oldest and most…

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Fatal Accident at a Pleasure Excursion. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 3

The pleasure excursionists to Broken Bay by steamer Namoi had their enjoyment sadly marred by a fatal accident. While one of the vessel's boats was being…

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Fatal Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 3

A serious accident occurred on board the excursion steamer Namoi yesterday. Whilst the vessel was being moored alongside the wharf at Cowan Bay one of the davits…

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Injured by the Train

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 3

A young man named William Rushton attempted to alight from a moving train at St. Mary's yesterday, and sustained shocking injuries, which are likely to prove fatal…

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Serious Accident. a Horse Bolts Among Spectators. Tamworth

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at Moores Creek Races, through a horse bolting and careering wildly amongst the spectators. A man named Keiran sustained…

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Terrible Boating Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 2

The celebrations in Melbourne on Easter Monday were marred by a sad arid fatal accident in Hobson's Bay. This yacht Cacique, owned by Major…

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Two Accidents. BLAYNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 3

At the inquest held to-day to inquire into the cause of the death of Mr. Robert Stinson, senr., who met with a fatal accident at Brown's Greek races…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Brave Conduct of a Boy. Parramatta

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 2

An inquest was held in the Parramatta Gaol yesterday before Mr. J. E. Bowden, District Coroner, touching the death of George Bradley Barnett, aged 7 years…

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A Railway Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 3

The new railway up Snowden, the highest mount in Wales, was formally opened on Monday, but the celebration was marred by a serious accident. An…

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Fatal Burning Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 3

A fatal burning accident occurred at Oraweena. An infant fell into the fire, and his clothes igniting, received dreadful burns…

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Another Gun Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 3

Three children were playing with a rifle at Gunnedah yesterday. When the weapon exploded. The contents lodged in the brain of Emily Prior, 6½ years of age, and death was…

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The Namoi Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

At the inquest of the fatality on board the steamer Namoi, the jury censured the company for want of discipline on board the vessel…

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Great Railway Collision. SYDNEY, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

A terrible railway disaster is reported from New Zealand. A passenger and a goods trains collided. A considerable number of passengers were…

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Two Trains Collide. Passengers Injured

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

A collision occurred near Dunedin yesterday morning between a goods and special train. Both engines and several of the carriages were badly smashed, and many…

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A Collision of Trams. SYDNEY, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

A collision occurred this afternoon between two cable trams in Elizabeth-street. No one was injured…

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