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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1872

24 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2

Dreadful Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1872 · page 2

At thirteen minutes post 8 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd October, a terrible accident happened on the Caledonian Railway, at Kirtlebridge Station, about seventeen miles north of Carlisle, by which…

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Melancholy Fatal Accident. (From the Western Independent, Dec. 10.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1872 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon Bathurst was thrown into a state of excitement by some boys rushing up to the town with the news that several others had been drowned in the Macquarie. There…

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Suez Mail Extracts. Shccking Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 4

On Oct. 17, at Kelvedon, on the Eastern Counties Line a dreadful accident happened, by which one person was killed, and several seriously and many slightly injured. The…

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Death From Drowning at Newcastle. (From Saturday's Chronicle.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1872 · page 4

A magisterial inquiry was held at the Caledonian Hotel, Watt-street, on Friday last, before Mr. A. A. P. Tighe, J.P., touching the death of Henry Williams, the landlord of that hotel, who had been found…

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