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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1878

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Strange Fatality at Gympie

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1878 · page 2

A PROFOUND sensation, says the Telegraph; was caused amongst this community on Wednesday afternoon and evening by the report that another fatal accident had…

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Quirindi. (From Our Own Reporter. Accident to Senor Constable Ward

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1878 · page 2

Senior constable Ward, of Wallabadah, whilst in Quirindi on Friday last, unfortunately [?] with an accident which was nearly followed by fatal results, and…

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Fatal Accident. (From the Murrurundi Times.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1878 · page 1

A PAINFUL sensation was created in town on Wednesday evening last by the occurrence of a fatal accident to John Newman, a lad employed in carrying…

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Frightful Railway Accident and Loss of Life. Near Emu Plains, Great Western Line (From the E. News, Jan, 31.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 2

AT a few minutes after 11 o'clock on Wednesday night last a through goods down train collided with an up special goods train at Emu Plains, just at the bottom of the…

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The Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1878 · page 4

PENDING the result of the official inquiry taking place into the causes of the late railway accident on the wegtern line, it would not become us to comment as freely upon the occurrence as…

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The Railway Accident at Penrith

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1878 · page 3

An error occurs in the first paragraph of our report published in Saturday's Herald by a misapprehen[?] of terms. Mr. Sutherland did not say that since the suspension of the la[?]e…

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Floods in Sydney-A Woman Drowned

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1878 · page 3

THE fearful storm of thunder and [?] accompanied by torrents of rain which swept over the city and sub[?] of Sydney last night will long be remembered. As [?]…

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Fatal Dray Accident during the Storm on Thursday. Coroner's Inquiry

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1878 · page 4

Yesterday, at the West Maitland Courthouse, Mr. Pearse, coroner, held an inquest on the body of a child named Edmund Denny, aged four years and seven months, who was killed by a dray running…

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The Singleton Argus. "Sworn to No Master, of No Sect Am I." "Be Just, and Fear Not, Let All the Ends Thou Aim'st at Be Thy Country's Thy God's, and Truth's. Wednesday, February 20, 1878. Mr. vernon's Case and the Late Railway Collision

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1878 · page 2

A PARLIAMENT paper ordered by the Legislative Assembly at its sitting on the 5th inst. to be printed is now before us. It contains the whole…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, February 23, 1878. the Railway Accident Case

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 4

THE jury in the case of George Perdue had a simple issue to try. Had he been guilty of c[?]lpable negligence? was the question put. They answered that question in the affirma[?],…

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At King George's Sound. (By Telegraph from the Herald's Correspondent.) Frightful Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1878 · page 3

Upwards of 670 persons were killed at a fire at Greenfield's Confectionary Work's, New York, on the 20th ultimo. They were mostly boys and girls…

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Quirindi. (From Our Own Reporter.) Serious Accidents

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1878 · page 2

On Tuesday, the 19th ult., a remarkable escape from fatal injury be[?] Mr. James Littlejohn, team-owner, of Quirindi. The accident occurred in what is known as…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. G. Grehan

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1878 · page 2

Not for a long period has thin community been more painfully startled than when on Thursday inst intelligence was received of a serious accident to Mr. George Grehan,…

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Latest European Cablegrams. Animal Diseases Act Passed. Another Blantyre Colliery Accident. Russians Clearing the Danube. Compliments Exchanged by Czar and Sultan. Peace Treaty Sent for Ratification. Its Publication Deferred. British Interests Respected. Autonomy of Bulgaria. Russian Troops Occupy for Two Years. London Wednesday, March 6

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 3

The House of Lords has passed the second reading of the Animals Diseases Act. Anothor fearful accident has occurred…

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Directions for Restoring the Apparently Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1878 · page 3

THE leading principles of the following Directions for the Restoration of the apparently Dead from Drowning, are fo[?] on those of the late Dr. Marshall Hall, combined with those of Dr. H. R Silvester, and are the result, of extensive inquiries which were made by the institution in 1863 4 amongst M[?]dioal Men, Medical Bodies, and Coroners throughout the United Kingdom…

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Accident to the Moree and Narrabri Coach. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1878 · page 3

Shortly after the mail coach started on Wednesday afternoon, the inhabitants of Morce were alarmed with a cry that the Royal Mail had been upset on the bank of the Mehi River, and several…

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Sad Street Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 3

An inquest was held by Mr. Candler at the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday (says the Argus of the 11th), concerning the death of a lad named Thomas Graham Mason, aged 13 years, who died from the…

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A Thrilling Accident. a Fall of Two Thousand Feet. (From the Murrurundi Times.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1878 · page 8

On Thursday last we received intelligence of an accident so utterly out of the ordinary run of events as to produce at first a feeling of in credality, but as the person interested is an old…

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A Thrilling Accident. a Fall of Two Thousand Feet. (From the Murrurundi Times.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1878 · page 2

ON Thursday last we received intelligence of an accident so utterly out of the ordinary run of events as to produce at first a feeling of incredulity,…

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Sad Fatal Accident. a Trooper Killed. (From our own Reporter.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 2

ON Thursday last Dr. Glennie, the coroner held an inquest at Broke, on the body of John Connor, a constable, lately stationed at Howe's Valley…

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