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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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

Street Accidents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 9

ON Friday afternoon last Mr B Conlon met with a very severe accident through the horse he was driving bolting. The animal started from the corner of Catherine street, end careered up…

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Accidents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

A REGULAR chapter of accidents have occurred in the district during the past few days. In addition to the two runaways reported elsewhere, a rather serious mishap befel Messrs James Holmes, of…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 7

WHILST driving near Cattai Bridge on Tuesday last, in his hooded sulky, Mr. Norman Hall met with a very serious accident. The horse he was driving shied at some timber…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 6

AN accident, which might have been attended by far more serious results than luckily was the case, betel Mr Fred Douglass at the Peninsula Tannery on Wednesday morning last week: It appears…

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Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 8

MR. J. Sowden met with a painful accident on Saturday evening last at the waterworks whilst he was making arrangements to have the boiler cleaned out,…

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A Fatal Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 4

A SHOCKING fatality occurred at the Rockdale railway station shortly after 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, an elderly man named William Eather being knocked down and killed. Eather was a gardener, and had been…

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Painful Accident

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last, one of Windsor's oldest and most respected residents in the person of Mr. John S. Busby met with a very painful accident through falling from…

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Terrific Cyclone at Newcastle. OVER 300 Buildings Injured. One Child Killed. Newcastle

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 5

A cyclone more disastrous in its results than any storm ever experienced here passed over this district at 1.30 on Tuesday last, and within…

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Serious Blasting Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 4

GENERAL sorrow is expressed for Mr and Mrs Thos McMahon and family, of Comleroy Road, in the serious accident which befel their son, Mr T W McMahon, on Tuesday week—and the sympathy…

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Sad Fatality at Kenthurst. Two Children Drowned

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 10

On Thursday evening last a sad drowning fatality occurred at Kent hurst, which has east a gloom ove the whole district, and where by…

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