Fatal Boat Accident is Hobson's Bay. (From the Daily Telegraph.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1878 · page 14
A most melancholy case of drowning occurred on Sunday afternoon in Hobson's Bay, under circumstances painful in the extreme. About midday, Mr. James Daly Emerson, soliciter, accompanied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fatal Accident on the Richmond River. (From the Richmond River Express, Sept. 21.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1878 · page 3
On Tuesday last a terrible and fatal accident happened at Woram, Deep Creek, by which a man named Christian Hanson met his death. Hanson and another man—Poter Ebaling—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1878 · page 3
A fatal and most dis[?]ssing accident occurred at the Redfern railway station last night at half-past 10 o'clock (reports Friday's Echo). It appears that a young man named William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quirindi. (From Our Own Reporter.) Accidents
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1878 · page 1
Not the worst of headings, this "accidents"—with which to cap a weekly report. They will occur, and must be chronicled. The two latest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dreadful Accident by Burning
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 4
On Thursday a young man named M'Cormack, about 26 years or[?]age, was admitted into the Maitland Hospital suffering from burns. From what we have been able to learn it appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Mining. Accident at Ballarat
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 4
A TERRIBLE accident occurred at the claim of the Britannia Quarts Company, Ballarat East, by which two miners, William Martin and Michael Divine,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lamentable Accident at Lambton Colliery. the Manager and an Overman Suffocated by Choke Damp
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1878 · page 3
On Tuesday evening, reports the Newcastle Pilot of yesterday, there was much excitement in town, caused by the circulation of a report, which unfortunately proved only too true, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exiciting Harbour Accident
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1878 · page 2
On Thursday morning (says the Newcastle Pilot of Friday), as a stiff north-west wind was blowing, making the sea rough and lumpy, a waterman's boat belonging to Mr. Deacon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coach Accident on the Bulli Mountain Pass. (From the Wollongong Argus.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1878 · page 3
An accident, which might have ended most terribly and fatally, occurred to Mr. Thomas Kelly's coach on Tuesday last, while coming down the Bulli Mountain, on its usual trip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romantic Fatality
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1878 · page 1
A YOUNG lady—the daughter of a family whose name is known wherever the history of France has been road—became possossed of a desire to witness the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australasian Accident Assurance Association. "Something New."
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 12
Mr. James Inglis, Secretary to the Australasian Accident Assurance Association, delivered his amusing and instructive lecture entitled "Something New," in the School of Arts, West Maitland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Distressing Fatal Accident near Warrah. (From the Murrurundi Times, Oct. 26.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1878 · page 4
The town was thrown into a state of great excitement on Wednesday last, by the report that a woman had been fun over by some loaded railway trucks, each weighing some ten tons, at the Ballast Hole,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Distressing Fatal Accident
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1878 · page 1
THE town was thrown into a state of great excitement on Wednesday last, by the report that a woman had been run over by some loaded railway trucks, each…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamboat Collision in Sydney Harbour
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1878 · page 3
A steamboat collision took place this morning (says Friday's Echo) in Lavender Bay, between the Port Jackson Steam Company's steamer Emu, and the North Shore Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Railway Accidents in 1877
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 27 November 1878 · page 5
The Annual report of the Board of Trade relating to the various accidents which occured on the railways of the United Kingdom during the year 1877,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 14
Information of a serious collision with the Liverpool steamer Juan and an American vessel has just been received by the arrival of the steamer at Liverpool. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coroner's Inquest, Fatal House Accident
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1878 · page 2
ON Thursday last an inquest was held at Great Lodge, Jerry's Plains, by the district coroner, Dr. Glennie, J.P., on the body of Richard Ellis Hobden,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melancholy Death by Drowning
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1878 · page 4
We regret very much to have to report the death by drowning of a fine lad, the eldest son of Mr. H. J. Adams, J.P.; and the narrow escape of members of three other of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning of Four Young Ladies in the Namoi
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1878 · page 5
Our Narrabri correspondent telegraphs to us the following very sad accident. Narrabri, Monday. Yesterday four young ladies were unhappily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Dawes Point Baths. (From Friday's Echo.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1878 · page 3
At the Sydney Coroner's Court this morning an inquest was held on the body of William Thomas Fleming, aged 34 years, who died at the Infirmary yesterday morning…
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