Original Correspondence. Uncovered Holes at the Diggings. Serious Accident. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1855 · page 2
SIRS—Through the medium of your valuable paper, allow me to bring before the notice of Mr. King, the Commissioner, and the diggers generally, the necessity of making a bye-law,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident at Messrs. Pearce and Crofton's Mill. Inquest on Elizabeth Douglas
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1855 · page 2
Yesterday an inquest was held before the coroner and a jury of twelve, at the Northumberland Hotel, on the body of Elizabeth Douglas, then lying dead in the Hospital, West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident at Messrs. Pearce and Crofton's Mill. Adjourned Inquest on Elizabeth Douglas
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1855 · page 2
This inquest was resumed on Monday, before the Coroner, at the Northumberland Hotel, at ten o'clock. Thomas Storey deposed that he had had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident at Messrs. Pearce and Crofton's Mill. Adjourned Inquest on Elizabeth Douglass
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1855 · page 1
The adjourned inquest as to the cause of the death of Elizabeth Douglass was resumed before the coroner, Mr. Parker, at the Northumberland Hotel, on Wednesday at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adjourned Inquest on the Accident at Messrs. Pearce and Crofton's Mill
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1855 · page 2
The adjourned inquest on this accident was held before the coroner, Mr. Parker, at the Northumberland Hotel, on Monday, 21st May, at ten o'clock. William Keene, Government examiner of coal fields,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents by Lightning. (From Arago's Meteorological Essays.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1855 · page 1
Men are often struck by lightning in the middle of open plains. Many facts show that the danger is still greater under trees; from this double remark, Dr. Winthorp…
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