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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1880

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Accident to Volunteer Officers

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 6

Two volunteer officers were killed by an accident which occurred on March 6, at the battery of the 1st Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteers, at Irvine, on the coast of…

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Dreadful Accident at Talbot, Victoria

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 12

From the Maryborough Advertiser we obtain further particulars concerning the shocking accident at the Talbot railway station, reported by telegraph in The Argus of…

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A Fearful Blasting Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 16

On March 6 a fatal accident occurred at the Craig cutting of the Arbroath and Montrose Railway, about two miles south of Montrose. The cutting being mainly through…

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Coroner's Inquests. Terrible Accident on the G. N. RAILWAY

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 2

THOSE who were present at the Singleton Railway Station on Thursday morning on the arrival of the morning mail were horrified to learn that the…

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Extraordinary Escape from Drowning

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 3

MR. King, well known in Newcastle as second mate of the steamer Kambla, met with am almost unprecedented escape from drowning…

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Shocking Accident near Hinton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1880 · page 5

An accident, attended with serious consequences, occurred to Mr. J. Minslow, of Bowthorn, near Hinton, on Monday last. From the particulars supplied to us it…

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Sad Fatal Accident at West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1880 · page 4

A very distressing accident, attended with the loss of life, occurred at West Maitland on Tuesday forenoon. Between 8 and 9 o'clock a.m., Denis O'Keeffe, a carrier, who has lately…

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Serious Accident to Dr. Glennie

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1880 · page 2

AN accident of a very serious character —especially to a person of advanced years—happened to Dr. Glennie, on Monday evening. He had been out to…

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Fatal Accident in East Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 6

The unfortunate boy Warbrooke, who was so severely injured a fortnight ago by a loaded dray passing up his left leg, and crushing the flesh, muscles, &c., from the bone,…

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Curious Fatality

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 6

Last September, Francis H. Kelly, James and Henry Briggs (brothers), William Barkley, and Thomas Gunn, five young woodsmen, came from New Brunswick to work in…

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The Fatal Accident to Dr. Tarrant

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1880 · page 3

The particulars of the lamentable accident which occurred on the Kiama Road on Thursday last, and resulted in the death of Dr. Tarrant, one of the candidates for the…

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The Accident to the Princess Louise

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 2

THE Court Circular says the following is an extract from an accout received by the Queen of the recent accident to Her Royal Highness Princess Louise:-"Her…

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Coach Accident near Narrabri. [By Telegraph From Our Own Correspondent.] Narrabri. Monday forenoon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1880 · page 5

A serious accident happened yesterday to the Sydney mail coach coming from Gunnedah to here. At daybreak the coach arrived at Deep Creek, about five miles from town. The horses, after passing the…

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Mail Coach Accidents. (From the Echo of Monday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1880 · page 6

It has frequently happened that serious acidents have occurred in the interior of the clony through the bolting of the horses atached to mail coaches, while the driver has…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1880 · page 2

The Age reports that shortly after nine o'clock on the evening of July 6, the driver of an engine running from Spencer-street to Hobson's Bay railway station reported to Mr…

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Fatal Accident at [?]nglewood, near Cooranbong. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1880 · page 7

Towards the close of the week ending on the 10th of July, a painful feeling was excited in the breasts of many hundreds of persons, in the Brisbane Water and Newcastle…

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Sad and Fatal Accident at Broke

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 August 1880 · page 2

WHILST a coursing match was proceeding at Broke, on Saturday last, a fatal accident happened of a very distressing character. The victim, a bright-eyed,…

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Accident to Dr. Glennie

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 2

ONCE more fate has overtaken Dr. Glennie, and on Sunday last between 9 and 10 a.m. he met with another very serious accident opposite the Hospital in…

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Child Drowned at Wattle Ponds

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 2

A SAD accident happened at Wattle Ponds,— about five miles from Singleton,—early on Wednesday morning, to the little grandson of Mr. John Cox, who is known to many in…

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[?]Ail Extracts. Bathers Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1880 · page 4

On Sunday a sad bathing fatality happened in the M[?]rsey, at Seaforth. Two young men, named Davies and [?]oynton, the former employed a[?] shop-man and the latter as baker by Mr. Hampson, of…

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