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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1881

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1881 · page 4

We regret to record that the unfortunate man Peter Bous, who was admitted into the Maitland Hospital on Wednesday evening, suffering from extensive injuries through…

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Chapter of Accidents. Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 April 1881 · page 2

A PAINTER, named Baglee, nearly [?] two fingers of his right hand off yesterday, by letting fell a case of glass which he was lifting…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1881 · page 7

A serious accident happened on the Western line of railway yesterday morning, says Tuesday's Echo. As the mail train, which left Dubbo the previous evening, was…

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Saved from Drowning. (From the Richmond River Express, April 30.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1881 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last, just before dusk, as Mr. Geo. Walker (foreman at Mr. Gulley's store) and Mr. Morgan (draper's assistant in Mr. Crouch's) were out shooting…

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The Accident to the City of Ne[?] York

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1881 · page 2

The Alta California of April 9 contains th[?] following account of the accident to the P.M.S.S. City of New York:- At 10 minutes before 6 o'clock last night…

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Sad Death from Drowning. (From the C. and R. Examiner, May 14.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1881 · page 8

An inquest was held at the residence of Mr. John M'Callum, at the Coldstream, on Tuesday last before the Coroner, Mr. Alfred Lardner, and a jury of twelve touching the death of a girl named Caroline Gale,…

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[?]ee Men Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 7

[?] afternoon an accident of a very [?] are (the Hobart Mercury reports) [?] Dorw[?]nt, which resulted in the [?] persons by drowning. The steamer…

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Accident to the Orient Liner Potosi. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 3

Another accident has been added to the series of mishaps that has attended the vessels of the Orient line during their career in the Australian trade. The Potosi, when…

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Local Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1881 · page 2

ON last Monday a son of Mr. Arndell, of Broke, fell from his pony and received an injury to his shoulder. A difference of opinion as to the nature of the injury…

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Terrible Steamboat Accident in Canada. London, May 25

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 4

NEWS of an appadling stesmbost disaster has been received from Canada. An execution steamer, name the Victoria, Was capsized on the River…

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Fatal Accident at the Redfern Railway Terminus. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 3

An accident of a serious nature, which has since resulted in the death of a man named Bedford, occurred in the railway yard on Saturday morning. A small shunting-engine…

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Three Persons Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 3

The Wangaratta correspondent of the Argus gives the following particulars of the sad calamity which occurred in that district on Monday last:—Dr. Angus Munro (who…

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The Accident to H.M.S. Bacchante. (By telegraph to the Herald.[?] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1881 · page 6

H.M.S. Bacchante and H.M.S. Cleopatra came up to their anchorage on Saturday evening, after a good run from Albany. The accident to the Bacchante happened, as has…

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A Dreadful Gun Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1881 · page 7

A wonderful escape from death by a father, and the death of his daughter, through a gun accident, is related in the Brisbane Courier. It appears that, on the 6th instant, John…

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Accidents with Hoisting Appliances. (From the Echo of Friday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 7

Accidents with "travellers," jib cranes, and other hoisting appliances occur so often as to suggest the desirableness of an officer being appointed to inspect all such…

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Dreadful Mining Accident at Stawell

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1881 · page 2

The correspondent of the Argus gives the following report of a terrible and fatal accident which occurred on Friday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the claim of the Wonga…

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Original Correspondence. "That Sporting Accident." (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1881 · page 5

SIR,—I see you've got my mishap in the paper, and it has been wired in consequence to all quarters of the colony—one provincial paper going so far as to say that although…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 4

A man named Hugh Byrnes, aged about 63 years, met with a violent death in the neighbourhood of the Upper Paterson on Thursday evening. It seems that the unfortunate man was engaged burning trees on the evening in question, and his son…

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Fatal Accident on the Southern Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1881 · page 2

A man named Gavin Henderson (the Goulburn Herald states) met with his death on Friday last at Mittagong under the following circumstances:—It appears that about 8 o'clock in the evening the No. 15…

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