Original Correspondence. the Late Fatal Accident Near Scone. (To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1862 · page 3
GENTLEMEN—A paragraph having appeared in the Mercury of the 28th instant, from the Scene correspondent, I do not think it necessary to notice the prejudiced manner in which it was wrote, as there is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fatal Accident Near Scone. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1862 · page 2
GENTLEMEN—I cannot undertake to reply to the communication on this subject signed by Francis Isaac and thirteen others, as I have had occasion during the last twelve months to take necessary official procedures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Colliery Accident. Death of Two Hundred and Fifteen Persons
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1862 · page 2
While all cheerful English households have been adding to their cheerfulness by heaping up the fires that make a pleasant contrast to the cold outside, a terrible tragedy has occurred in one of the great northern coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 19, 1862. Mining Accidents
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1862 · page 2
"FIFTY men were killed by an explosion in Celham coalpit, in Wales." Such is one of the brief items of telegraphic news sent in advance of the coming mail. By the previous mail we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident I[?] Victoria. (From the Herald's Melbourne Correspondent.) Thursday, May 8th
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1862 · page 4
Scar[?]ly have the new proprietary of the Suburban Railway Company commenced their management of that line when the most terrible accident which has ever taken place on any railroad in Victoria has occurred, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. [From Our Own Correspondents.] Newcastle. Fatal Railway Accident
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1862 · page 3
A fatal accident occurred at the Wallsend Junction, on the Great Northern line, yesterday morning. It appears that a coal tram was coming to town, and in consequence of the line being rather slippery the whole of the waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision at Sea.—loss of the Ship Tubal Cain and Crew. (From the Melbourne Argus, September 2nd.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1862 · page 3
Early yesterday morning, intelligence was received at Williamstown, of a collision which look place on the 34th August, between the ship Constance, of Swansea, bound for this port with a cargo of coal for the Great Britain steamship, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frightful Accident to the Female Blondin at Highbury Barn. (Fram Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Aug. 17.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1862 · page 8
On Thursday night, an event took place at Highbury Barn Gardens which not only produced the greatest consternation amongst the visitors, but has resulted in the most serious…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Collision in the Channel—loss of Sixteen Lives
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1862 · page 5
The following extract is quoted by the Empire from a Plymouth paper of the 16th August announcing a collision in the English Channel a few days previously, it will be read…
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