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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

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Accidentally Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 2

Mr Curnow and his wife, while attempting to cross Pipeclay Crook, near Madgae, in a buggy yesterday were wasned down the crook, and both were…

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Harbour Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 2

Owing to the dense fog which provailed last night, two accidents happened in the harbour. The Manly steamer Brighton, while on her way from Manly…

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The Injured

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 3

Reports as to the condition of the injured continue to be of a satisfactory character. The only sufferer from the Peat's Ferry disaster remaining in the Sydney Hospital is Mr. Potter, who is…

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Fatal Collision at Sea

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 8

A serious and fatal collison between two steamships of the White Star Line—the C[?]tic and Britannic—occurred on May 19. The accident happened 350 miles east of New Yor[?]. Both…

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Found Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 3

The inquest on William Brown, who was found in the harbour under aus[?]ons circumstance, an open verdict are returned…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. the Inquest

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 15

The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at tho Hawkesbury on the 21st ultimo, was resumed on Tuesday morning…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. the Inquest

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1887 · page 3

We continue from tho S. M. Herald the report of the inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. the Inquest. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 6

The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st ultimo, was resumed on Monday morning…

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The Injured

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 15

There is nothing new to report as to the condition of the injured except to express satisfaction that they are all getting on well. Four still remain in our public hospitals, viz.:—Mr. Potter, in the…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. the Inquest

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 15

The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st ultimo, was resumed on Tuesday…

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Late Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

The Board of Inquiry appointed [?] Commissioner for Railways to in[?] the case of the Peate's Ferry railways [?] dent, report that the accident [?]…

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Accidentally Shot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

Two young girls, named Gilbse [?] Parker, whilst walking new Jer[?] lighthouse came to an empty [?] they found a gun. They began [?]…

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Railway Accident at Wallerawang

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 4

The S. M. Herald gives the following particulars of the accident in the railway-station yard at Wallerawang:—It appears that the unfortunate lad William Ritchie held the position of goods clerk…

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The Mailland Mercury. Tuesday, July 19, 1887. the Railway Accident and Two Verdicts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 4

If our readers have taken [?] [?]rou[?]le to read the evidence re[?] in the lengthened inquiry into the [?]m[?]ces of the death of Mr H[?] by the Pe[?] Ferry railway…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. Report of the Departmental Board. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 6

The report of the board of inquiry appointed by Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, to investigate the caus[?]s and circumstances co[?]ted with the deplorable railway accident which occured at…

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Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1887 · page 2

The mangled remains of a man is yet identified, were found on the [?] line near Ashfield this morning…

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Fatal Railway Accident a Man Eilled

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 2

AN elderly man named Francis Blackwell was killed on Thursday night last —presumally by the goods train from Newcastle —near the Rix's Creek station. The…

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The Accidental Shooting Case at Cape St. George

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1887 · page 5

On Thursday evening Harriet Parker, a girl nineteen years of age, daughter of the assistant lighthouse keeper at Cape St. George, was shot by a companion, the daughter of the principal…

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Cablegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] London. Monday. Accident on a Gunboat

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 3

DURING the jubilee Naval Review at spithead on Saturday last, a serious accident occurred on board the gunboat Kite. A cartridge exploded, killing one of the crew…

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Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 4

A coal lumper named Henry Britts while working on a plank aboard the steamer Tasmania this morning, fell down twenty feet to the ground. His…

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