Heavy Gale on the Coast. Loss of the Schooner Margaret Chessel. the Master Drowned. (From Monday's Newcastle Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 6
It is our sad duty to chronicle another shipping disaster, accompanied by loss of human life. The feeling of sadness is intensified by the thought that it could have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dreadful Collision in the British Channel
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1879 · page 7
On the 14th March the Royal Mail Company's steamship Severn, Captain J. Lawson, arrived at Southampton from Hamburg, having on board five men saved from the pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Fatal Accident
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 3
ON Saturday morning Mr. T. W. Pearse, J.P. Coroner, held an inquest at the Crown and Anchor Hotel, on the body of an old man named Isaac Pike,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sad Fatal Accident Near Morpeth
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1879 · page 4
A shocking accident occurred on the Great Northern Road near Morpeth, yesterday forenoon, which resulted in the death of a son of Mr. Henry Hannell, of Newcastle—a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alarming Accident in a Mine
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 3
An accident of rather an exciting nature occurred on Friday afternoon (the Stawell Chronicle reports) at the Great Southern Mine, Garden Gully. In the morning a new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fatal Accident near Morpeth. Coroner's Inquest
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 16
On Thursday morning an inquest was held before the coroner, Mr. T. W. Pearse, and a jury of twelve, at Mr. George Young's, Caledonian Hotel, Elgin-street, on the body…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Case of Drowning from the Lalla Rookh. Verdict of Wilful Murder. (From Monday's Evening News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1879 · page 2
The City Coroner, this morning, resumed the enquiry at the Brecknock Arms, Lower George-street, respecting the death of Charles Power, cook and seaman of the ketch Lalla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatal Accident at Yass. (Southern Argus, June 17.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1879 · page 7
A shocking accident, whereby a young man named Duncan Macfarlane, son of Mr. George Macfarlane, farmer, living on the Murrumbidgee, near Cavan, suddenly lost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Men Found Drowned. (From the Evening News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1879 · page 2
A strange and melancholy case of drowning occurred about 2 p.m. on the 13th instant to Charles Booth, a seaman on board the schooner Lady of the Lake, then lying in…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1879 · page 2
A PAINFUL accident, by which two girls in the bloom of youth were deprived of their lives, occurred on Saturday afternoon at the Ladies' Baths,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned Persons Not Dead. ( Washington Star.)
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1879 · page 2
THE NEW YORK Post has for two days given its most prominent columns to the development of the theory of T. S. Lambert that drowned persons are not dead,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Case of Drowning at the Woolloomooloo Baths. (From Monday's Echo.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1879 · page 2
An inquest was held this morning, at the Brecknock Arms Hotel, before the City Coroner and a jury of twelve, on the body of Ellen Maria Boll and Elizabeth Callen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gun Accident to Mr. Craik
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1879 · page 4
A great many persons will rojoice to learn that Mr. Craik is now in no danger from the late gun accident. Last evening we received the following telegram from Gloucester,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Girls Recently Drowned
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1879 · page 2
The two poor girls who met their death last week while bathing were not, it appears, given a fair chance of resuseitation. One experienced in this matter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Morpeth
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1879 · page 4
A shocking accident occurred on the Great Northern Railway Line, at Morpeth, on Saturday morning last, which resulted in the death of a youth named William Maher. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned at Quirindi
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 2
A sad case of death by drowning occurred at Quirindi on Sunday afternoon last, when a fine little boy, named Henry Charles Wakeford, Aged About two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Sydney Harbour. (From Friday's Evening News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 6
This morning the city was full of anxiety amongst those interested in shipping circles, concerning a rumour that was spread far and wide as to a collision having taken place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sad Accident near Mudgee. (Mudgee Independent, July 16.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1879 · page 6
Bruce's Creek, near Redbank, was on Wednesday last the scene of a fearful accident, which resulted in the death of a lad only ten years and eight months old. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Science. Drowning Not Death. Marvellous Stories of Resuscitation
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 2
DR. T. S. LAMBEET in the New York Evening post, believing that s[?]pended animation can be restored by heat, writes as follows. Three active factors of the well-being of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Boorook. (From the Tenterfield Star, Aug. 2.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 15
In our last issue we announced a fatal accident at Boorook, and we now give the particulars of this painful affair. From the statement of William King, who with the…
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