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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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The Late Fatal Accident at Munni, Near Bandon Grove. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 5

SIR,—With reference to the recent painful accident whereby Mr. Richard Fisher, Bon of Mr. Robert Fisher, of Munni, on the Upper Williams, lost his life, I would crave the…

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Shocking Fatality. Two Women Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 4

A FRIGHTFUL collision between the troopship Iberia and Messrs. Huddart and Parker's steamer Nemesis, unfortunately marred the brightness of…

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Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1885 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a young man named Randall Acres was shot by the accidental discharge of a gun which a younger brother was incautionaly handling Acres had been…

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The Lord Lieutenant's Accidents

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1885 · page 6

Earl Spencer, while hunting with the Meath Hounds on Feb. 13, was thrown from his horse and had his shoulder dislocated. A aurgeon who was taking part in the hunt at…

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The Fatal Gun Accident [?] at Young

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 6

Following are fuller particulars [?] respecting the fatal accident at Young on S[?]turday, by which Master Reginald Harry [?] R. Bell, son of the manager of the Young [?]he branch of the…

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Shocking Fatal Accident in Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 16

A shocking accident occurred yesterday afternoon (says Thursday's Echo) in Bligh-street, by which a young man named Ernest Drewett, aged 19 years, lost his life. It…

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Pcculiar Result of a Mill Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 2

The Duluth Tribune makes the following statement: "It was mora than three weeks ago that John Johnson, a laborer in the Duluth Lumber Company's mill, was injured…

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Sad and Fatal Accident. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 2

TWO young ladies, Miss Williams and Miss Chapman, were going down a shaft to inspect a mine at Buninyong, when Miss Williams' dress caught…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 9, 1885. Terrible Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 4

A shocking accident—one that has occasioned deep and profound sympathy with the relatives of the sufferer—happened on the railway line at West Maitland, on Thursday…

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Shocking Accident. Maitland

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident happened here this morning on the railway line, to a porter named Michael Hickey. It appears that the unfortunate young fellow was…

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Steamboat Collision off New Zealand

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1885 · page 8

The New Zealand Herald states that about 4 o'clock a.m. of May 5 the s.s. "Wellington which left Auckland for Bussell and Northern ports the previous evening at 7 o'clock,…

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Accident to a South Australian Ministerial Party. (By Telegraph to Eche.) Terowie (S. A.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1885 · page 9

On Monday afternoon the Ministerial party visited several mines. On the way to the Appolyon mine, a distance of 10 miles, an accident occurred which was nearly attended with very serious results. The…

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Accident at a Newcastle Crane. (Herald of yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1885 · page 16

A little after ten o'clock yesterday morning a mishap occurred on the wharf at the steam cranes which might have resulted in the loss of half-a-dozen lives. It appears that the…

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Not Born to be Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 3

THE experience of the hon. P. Perkins, of Brisbane, is somewhat unique as[?]a traveller by sen. He was one of the passengers by the ill-fated steamer…

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Wining Accidents in Europe

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 19

M. Simonin has recently published, in the Journal de la Societe de Statisque de Paris, a review of the mining accidents in the principal European countries, and says that, according to the statistical records…

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The Railway Accident at Coota mundra

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 1

IN the case Adams v. Commissioner for Railways, the jury gave the following answers to specific questions left for their decision :—I. Were the culverts…

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Serious Collision with an Iceberg

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 6

According to information just to hand, the Inman steamer City of Berlin, while on her voyage from England to New York, came into collision with an iceberg, but escaped…

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Accident to the I. S. N. Company's s.s. Hunter. (From Wednesday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 13

A telegram was received in town from Wollongong yesterday morning to the effect that the steamer Hunter, belonging to the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company, had…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 August 1885 · page 2

ON Thursday at Warkworth Mr A. D. Browne, J.P., hold a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mary Mc Knight. The…

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Railway Accident at Rooty Hill. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Penrith, Monday, 11.30 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1885 · page 2

This evening, at about 8 o'clock, an accident occurred at the Rooty Hill railway station, two goods trains colliding and causing considerable[?]damage to the rolling stock. The…

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