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74 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
We gave a few particulars in a telegram in our last issue, of the painful accident upon the Railway line at Wallsend by which two children were the sufferers. The following are the details: Catherine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another painful accident happened on the Great Northern line, at Newcastle, labt evening, by which William Sadler, guard of a coal train, had a portion of his left leg crushed off. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have often heard of hair-breadth escapes from death, but it is seldom that a more remarkable one has come under our notice than that of the driver and passengers of the Wangaratta and Eldorado…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rockhampton Capricornian of April 3 has the following:- On Saturday morning intelligence reached town of the death by drowning, at Greenlake,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fearful accident occurred yesterday afternoon, at about half-past four o'clock, at the workings of the Waratah Coal Company's Tunnels, near Lambton, to a miner named Andrew Young. The son to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning another fatal accident ocourred on the Main line Railway, resulting in the death of Mr. Daniel Booker, inspector of the permanent way, and the slight injury of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday touching the death of Ann Masingarb, which ocourred on Wednesday evening last very suddenly. From the evidence of her husband,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Some excitement was caused on Thursday morning about eleven o'clock by the firing of the alarm gun at Allan's Hill, and a great number of persons speedily collected along the wharves and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning two little boys, sons of Mr. George Gillam, who resides near the Eastern Oval, were very severely injured through the explosion of a half-pound…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An alarming accident happened at the Jerusalem Chamber, Cowpers Court, on March 2, just between two and three o'clock, when most of the leading merchants of the city had assembled beneath the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A boat accident occurred yesterday morning, whereby a lad lost his life, and four others had a narrow escape of sharing the same fate. From what we could learn, it appears that a boat belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Merri Merri correspondent sends the following particulars of a terrible and fatal accident which has just occurred at Quambone:- "A very sad accident occurred at Quambone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An inquest was held on Saturday morning, at the Currency Lass Hotel, Pitt and Hunter streets, on the body of Gerrit Hendric Middenway, lying dead at the Herald office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By telegram we learn that on Wednesday evening, Mr. B. O'Mullan, of Willar[?]y station, Wammerawa, was thrown from a buggy while driving through Montefiores, and sustained such injuries that he died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Firefly, since she started from Newcastle for Melbourne, has been in perilous case, and it is marvellous how she escaped foundering after being run into by the ship Dione on the morning of the 25th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Australian Chronicle reports that on Monday afternoon, May 31, Mr. J. Harvey, J.P., held an inquest on the body of a man named Henry Burnett, or Barnett, which had been found on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday last, a terrible accident, which resulted fatally, occurred to Mr. Samuel Davis, lately carrying on business as a storekeeper in Macquarie-street, Dubbo. Mr. Davis had a large waggon in Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There occurred yesterday afternoon an accident with a fatal termination, the announcement of which will cause much regret. Mr. John Alexander Macfarlane, accountant in the Sydney Branch of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning the passenger train from Singleton, when near New Freugh, ran over and killed a line grey horse which had strayed on the line. The passengers felt an extraordinary and uncomfortable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held at Moonta Mines on the 9th June regarding the death of Charles Henry Bellman, aged 12 years. It is reported in the Adelaide Observer, as follows:—Charles…
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