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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

13 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Wreck of a Hawkesbury Vessel. Captain Bernsdoff Drowned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 13

A SAD disaster occurred off Sydney Heads on Wednesday, when the Emma Matilda, captained by Mr. Fred BernsdofF, was wrecked, and the captain drowned, and…

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Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

As Master Alf. Mortley was approaching the Windsor railway-crossing from Newtown on Saturday morning on horseback, Messrs. Beard & Co.'s cart was being…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 13

On Saturday evening last, Mr Winten Teale met with a rather serious accident, He was running, and, from no apparent cause whatever, fell prone to the ground…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 4

Senr Sergeant Boyd met with an accident on Wednesday evening in Bridgestreet, his horse giving an unexpected plunge and throwing him. He was…

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A Boy Drowned. v

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 10

A State School boy, named Herbert Maher, 7½ years of age, living with Mrs George Eather, was drowned on Friday last near Ridge's Lane, Richmond. The boy had been sent on a…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 5

ON Friday last Mr. John O'Neill, of St Albans, was brought to Windsor suffering from a very deep and dangerous cut in the back of his foot, just above the…

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Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 7

ON Thursday last week a serious accident befel Mrs Kirwan, Senr, of Clarendon. She was in the verandah at the back of the house, when by some means she tripped…

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Boating Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 5

ON Sunday afternoon last, about three o'clock, Mr Les Wood, of the Peninsula, was out in that patent sailing-boat of his. He had with him Jack Gardiner and E…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 8

ON Tuesday afternoon as Mrs. Loader, of Sackville, was driving along the Wilberforce-road to Windsor with her sister and brother-in-law, and when near Mr. E…

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Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 9

A PECULIAR and painful accident befel Mr G M Pitt, of "Sunnyside," North Richmond, on Saturday afternoon last. He with several other gentlemen, wasr…

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Fatal Accident to Mrs. Critchley

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 9

On Sunday night last Mr. J. Critchley, our respected Station-master, received from Nevertire the sad intelligence that his wife had that evening met with a fatal accident. Mrs Critchley had…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 6

MR JOHN KIRWIN, of Clarendon, was the victim of a most unfortunate'accident on Saturday evening last, the mishap nearly causing his death. It appears that be was on his way nome from the farm…

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Fatal Accident at North Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 December 1895 · page 12

ON Monday last, Mr R P Parker, of Blaxland's Ridge, whilst endeavouring to mount his horse opposite Stevenson's Hotel, North Richmond, fell and injured himself so severely that he lay…

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