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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1883

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Serious Railway Collision Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 September 1883 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident occurred on the Newmarket-Essendon line last night the train left Spencer-street at 9.45 p.m. and consisted of two ordinary and…

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Railway Accident in Victoria. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1883 · page 5

A number of reports have been received respecting the railway collision last night; they show that the signalman at Newmarket junction was most to blame. He mistook the…

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Sport. Aquatics. Serious Accident to Laycock

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 September 1883 · page 2

On Thursday Elize Laycock, the well known sculler, broke his leg on Shark Island while jumping from one large piece of rock on to another, as he had often done before,…

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Serious Blasting Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1883 · page 3

Another serious accident which may be attended with fatal results, occurred (reports the S. M. Herald) on the works for the new line of railway between Homebu[?]h and the Hawkesbury, on…

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Plucky Rescue from Drowning. (Newcastle Herald of Friday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1883 · page 7

Early on Saturday morning a courageous rescue from drowning was made on the beach at the rear of the Newcastle Hospital. Several gentlemen were enjoying their…

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Dreadful Railway Accident near Berlin

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1883 · page 7

A terrible railway accident occurred at Steglitz on Sunday night, Sept. 2, which quite absorbs the entire interest of the place, all the victims being residents of this city. Steglitz is a favourite place of resort…

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[?]t Accident and Loss of Three Lives

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 14

[?] accident is reported from Napier, [?]land, resulting in the death of three [?]en, and accompanied by unusually [?]g details. It occurred in the Inner…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1883 · page 2

The following official report of the death of the late Mr. James Barr, sheep overseer for Mr. Wallace at Stockland, near Burnclutti, is from the Toowoomba Chronicle of…

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Railway Accident near Melbourne. (From the S. M. Heralad's correspondent.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1883 · page 6

A serious accident occurred to-day shortly after noon on the line to the Flemington racecourse. The traffic to the races had just got in full swing, when a second-class train…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 2

ON Sunday evening last, a daughter of [?] J. R. Smart, Dulwich, met with an [?] dental injury to her led arm through fall[?] out of a tree, causing a fracture of one…

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