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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1876

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Death by Drowning at Burrangong

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1876 · page 2

Mr R. B Armstrong, coroner for the district of Young, held an inquest at the Ten-mile on Thursday, on the body of a woman named Mary Ann Robinson The following evidence is…

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Fatal Collision in the Brisbane River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1876 · page 4

Nothing which has occurred in Brisbane for many years created so general and painful a sensation as the accident which on the 9th instant occurred to the steamer Emu, while returning from the bay with a…

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Fearful Railway Accident in Spain

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 10

The Standard correspondent at Madrid writes as follows:—" On June 26 the news began te spread is Madrid of a fearful railway accident in Catalonis[?] As usual, the company on whose line this accident…

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Found Drowned in Sydney Harbour

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1876 · page 2

This forenoon (says Monday's Echo) the City Coronor held, at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, an inquest touching the cause of death of a man named Thomas Harvey, whose…

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Accidents and Fatal Occurrences, Wrecks, Fires, &c

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1876 · page 3

A daughter of Mr. Lowther, M.P., has been killed by a carriage accident. A fatal boat accident occurred at Helford. Two daughters of Colonel Duffy were cruising,…

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Child Drowned at Marrickville

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1876 · page 3

On Friday forenoon (reports the Echo) the City Coroner held at Lymarston, Marrickville, the residence of Mr. Harmsworth Robert Way, an inquest touching the cause of death of Richard…

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Sad Case of Drowning. (From the Geelong Advertiser.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1876 · page 11

A party consisting of Mr. James Hillard, a probationer of the Wesley in Church, the Misses Eden and Lizzie Scholes, and Masters Ernest and Small Scholes, ago 15 and 13 years…

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Accident on the Wallsend Railway. a Locomotive Blown to Fragments. (From the Newcastle Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1876 · page 6

An accident occurred yesterday (Tuesday) on the Wallsend line, by which a locomotive was [?]lown to pieces, and the traffic on the line stopped. Fortunately no life was lost, but both the…

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Serious Railroad Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1876 · page 8

A serious railroad accident occurred Sunday morning, Sept 3, on the main stem of the Baltimore and Ohio road, three miles east of Harper's Ferry, by which a passenger train…

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Shooking Gun Accident Near New castle. (From the Newcastle Pilot, Dec. 27.) Two Children Shot Dead by Their Brother

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1876 · page 3

One of the most melancholy accidents that weat ', have yet had to record occurred on Saturday last at Fullerton Cove, about four miles from NowoaBtlo, on the Stockton side of the harbour…

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