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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1864

4 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

English Extracts. Collision with an Iceberg.—narrow Escape. (From the Illustrated London News, June 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1864 · page 5

We have been favoured by Captain G. H. Dowell, commander of the screw steamship Royal Standard, one of the White Star line of Australian packets, refitting in the port of Rio de Janeiro, with the sketch from which our…

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Lamentable Accident in Sydney Harbour. a Family of Five Persons Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1864 · page 2

Yesterday morning we learnt the following particulars of a sad occurrence which resulted in the death of a family of five grown up persons. On Tuesday last, Mr. J. Gregg, accompanied by his wife, his mother, and his…

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Nandi. Four Sisters Drowned. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1864 · page 4

I send you a copy of a magisterial inquiry held at the house of Mr. William Field, at Nandi, the Travellers' Home, on Monday 5th December, before Edward Parsons, Esq., J.P., touching the death of Catherine Boyle,…

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Fatal and Melancholy Yacht Accident. (From the Empire. Dec. 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1864 · page 3

It is our painful duty to recotd the death, by drowning, of two gentlemen—Mr. Ttomas Freeman, who wis an officer in the Treasury, and also a lientenant in the No. 1 Company Volunteer Rifles; and Mr. Fisher, of…

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