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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1868

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Shocking Railway Accident at Burwood. (From the Evening News of Thursday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1868 · page 4

An accident occurred last evening, at the Burwood railway station, resulting in fearful injuries to a woman named June Hunter. It appears that she and her husband desired to come to Sydney by the down train from…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, September 8, 1868. the Last Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1868 · page 2

A TRAVELLER in the United States some time ago described the sensations with which, under the charge of a reckless cab-driver, he was rattled furiously over a level railway crossing as a train…

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The Recent Railway Collision, Sydney. (From a Special Correspondent.) Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1868 · page 2

On Saturday last the Hon. the Minister for Works instituted an official inquiry into the cause of the collision which occurred near the Chippendale railway tunnel on Friday morning last. The inquiry was resumed and…

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The Late Fatal Accident to C. G. Croaker, Esq

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1868 · page 4

Our readers will share, we are sure, in the regret with which we have to announce that the accident to Mr. C. G. Croaker, of Woodville, has terminated fatally, the unfortunate gentleman having expired about midnight on…

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Frightful Accident at Sydney Heads. (From Tuesday's Empire.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1868 · page 2

Yesterday, about 2 o'olook, an accident of the most frightful nature occurred at the Heads. It appears that two men and a woman, said to be a girl of the town, (some say the party consisted of two women and a man),…

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Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to 1st September. Wool Lower. Queen in Switzerland. Insane Intended Assassin Arrested. War Between France and Germany Imminent. Awful Railway Accident. Outrages and Murders, Tipperary. Duke of Edinburgh at Paris—to Leave for East in October. Fire at St Petersburg. Panama Mail Steamer Broke Down. Great Fire at Southwark. Atlantic Gable Broken. Exciting Stowaways Incident. Maitland Mercury office, Monday, noon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1868 · page 2

We have received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Bombay left Galle on the 8th, and arrived at the Sound on Thursday…

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Collision on the Western Railway, Near Bull's Camp. (From the Evening News, Sept. 29.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1868 · page 3

Last night the goods train which left Penrith at 5 25 p.m. ran into that which left at 5.10 p.m., about a quarter of a mile beyond Bull's Camp. Three or four trucks were thrown off the line, and driver Flasket's leg…

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Disastrous Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1868 · page 2

It may be remembered that on August 25th, 1861, a frightful collision took place in the Clayton Tunnel, by which twenty-three persons lost their lives, and one handred and saventy-six were seriously injured. Since that…

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Accident on the Great Western Railway. (From the Empire of Wednesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1868 · page 3

About 5 o'clock yasterday morning, another accident happened on the Great Western line of Railway, between Blacktown Road and Parramatta Junction. Upon inquiry from the railway authorities, we learn that an axletree of…

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