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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Omnibus Accident. Twenty Persons Injured. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 2

A SHOCKING disaster occured in the city to-day when an omnibus, crowded with passengers, overturned near King's Cross Railway station…

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Fatal Fall of Earth. One Man Killed and Four Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 4

A HEAVY fall of earth resulting in the death of one man and injury of four others took place on Saturday near Broadford, on the North Carlton railway line, Vic, where…

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A Peculiar Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 2

A PECULIAR accident happened a warder named Bariff Tucker, at the Bathurst Gaol. He was carrying his rifle, and stooped to lift up a bucket of…

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Another Boating Fatality. Three Young Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

ANOTHER boating accident in the harbor on a holiday. It appears that the 24ft half-decker Tennyson, belonging to R. Banks, left Rushcutter's Bay…

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A Rescuer Drowned. a Fatality in the Centennial. Park

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

CAPTAIN DREVAR, whose name is so intimately associated with improved appliances for saving life at sea, met his death by drowning in the Centennial…

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Terrible Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

A terrible fatality occurred at Otago, New Zealand. A hut occupied by a man named Ashwell and wife and two children took fire, when all the…

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Another Harbour Fatality. Three Youths Missing. (Herald of Thursday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

A sad harbour calamity, whereby it is feared the lives of three youths have been sacrificed, occurred shortly after 6 o'clock last evening. It appears that a party of eight yesterday proceeded to…

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Shocking Fatality in Otago. a Whole Family Burnt to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 3

A SHOCKING fatality is reported from a Country district in O[?]ago, N.Z. A hut occupied by a man named George Ashwell, his wife, and two children, tock fire on New…

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A Shocking Occurrence. Three Girls Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident in reported from Carcoar. Three young girls two of them named Arthur, aged 9 and 6 years, and the other…

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Boating Accident

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

A large boat containing 16 young men capsized between the Heads Yesterday. The whole crew were rescued…

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Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

At the inquest on the jockey Wilkins, who was thrown during the running of Pattersall's Cup, and died from the injuries received, a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Fatal Railway Collision in Victoria. (Herald's Telegram.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 4

An accident occurred at the Oakleigh railway station on the Gippsland line early this morning. A goods train from Warragul came into collision with another train standing near the Oakleigh…

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Drowning of the Rev. A Carnegie

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 1

THE Rov. A. Carnegie, Wesleyan minister, in charge of the Shepparton district, Vic, was drowned in the Goulburn River on Monday morning whilst bathing alone. He…

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Drowning at Manly. Drawn Into the Beakers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 3

A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Manly on Sunday afternoon. A young man named Frank Greaves, with seven or eight companious, went down to Manly from Sydney…

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Railway Collision in Victoria Narrow Escapes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 3

A FATAL railway collision occurred near Oakleigh station, on the Gippsland line, at 10.30 on Sunday morning. Two milk trains left Dandenong for the metropolis within a…

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Boating Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 1

ON Sunday three young men, named William Tuckey, Stephen Tuckey, and E. C. Evans, arrived in a sailing boat at the South Passage, near Freemantle, from Mandurrah,…

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Shocking Accident. a Young Girl Mangled

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 3

A TERRIBLE accident occurred at the Standard Hat Factory, North Fitzroy, on Friday. One of the, employees, named Emily Adams, aged 16, during…

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The Hotel Accident. Corporation Officials Censured. [By Talegraph] SYDNEY,Tuesday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

At the inquest on the two people killed in the recent accident the jury found that Susan Hogan, barmaid, and Nathaniel Wedd Cook, solicitor, were accidentally…

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Fatal Accident to the Hon. John Lord, M.L.C.

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 3

THE Hon. John Lord, M.L.O., was killed in Hobart on Monday by being thrown out of a cab. Being in ill-health, he was in the habit of going for a drive every afternoon…

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Terrible Floods in Queensland. Several People Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 2

QUEENSLAND has been visited with a series of floods. Last week the gold miners at Croydon were swamped. Traffic was everywhere impeded. A…

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