The Strike. Biot in Sydney. Military Held in Readiness. Members of Parliament As Drivers. Police Charge the Mob. Several Injured. Fourteen Arrests Made. Large Number of Persons Offering As Special Constables. [By Telegraph Sydney, received Friday, 12.35
Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 2
There is great excitement here over the strike, Thousands of persons this morning followed the trolleys that were being driven by leading citizens, containing wool,…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 3
At the terrible railway accident which happened near Philadelhia on Saturday through three trains colliding, 21 persons were killed and 30 injured…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 8
The Bathurst Times of Tuesday gives the following particulars of a shooting accident near that place: The party left town about 7 a.m. on Friday morning—William and Albert Atkins, A.Schoe,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Railway Accident in Queensland
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 6
The Brisbane Courier gives the following particulars of a fatal railway accident near Brisbane. Shortly after the 8.45 train from Southport had entered the Stanley-street station on Friday…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 7
At Ashley, Pa., near Wilkesbarre, on the 15th of May, a sad mining accident occurred, by which some thirty miners lost their lives. While the men were at work in the various chambers, a sudden inrush…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Buggy Accident. a Horse Leaps with a Buggy Over Barricades
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 October 1890 · page 4
JAMES'KEFFE, a well-known farmer and grazier, residing at Guise's Fist, near Queanbeyan, was found dead on the road, seven miles from town, at 3 o'clock on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Buggy Accident. (By Telegraph from the Echo.) Queanbeyan
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1890 · page 8
James Keefe, a well-known farmer and grazier, residing at Guise's Flat, near Queanbeyan, was Found dead on the road, seven miles from town, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. An hour before the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 4
Great excitement prevailed at Conway on August 21 upon the discovery of an empty boat with the dead body of a man entangled in the bow ropes on the Llandudno shire of the Conway river. The…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 4
An accident of a terrible nature toot place on the Woods. Hall branch of the Old Colony Railway, near Boston, U.S., on August 19. The express train to which the adcident occurred consisted of…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 October 1890 · page 2
AN accident of a serious character occurred on Monday afternoon when a dray laden with portions of one of the cylinders for the Redbournberry bridge was pussing near the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1890 · page 6
On Friday afternoon a terrible accident happened on the railway line near the Honeysuckle Point railway station, by which a signalman named Joseph Augustus Sheridan was killed. The deceased was…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1890 · page 8
A frightful scene was witnessed at the Academy of Music, New York, on August 23, during a trapeze performance by the Hanlons. William Hanlon was performing some daring feats upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in the Channel
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 2
The ship Wellington, outward bound for Lyttelton, came into collision with a steamer in the English Channel. The bows of the Wellington were stove in, and she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. a Signalman Cut to PiECES
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 4
ONE of the most lamentable accidents that has ever occurred on the Great Northern railroad happened at Honeysuckle Point on Friday evening. At 28 minutes paste 6 o'clock…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 2
THE Wagga police on Monday received in telligence that a fatal shooting accident happened at Brookong Station on Monday last whereby a single man named James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident to a Cricketer
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1890 · page 6
Walter Wright, the well-known Kentish cricketer met with a shocking accident at Kennington Oval, on August 29, whilst playing for his county against Surrey. He was bowling from the pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident at Newcastle
Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1890 · page 2
ANOTHER terrible railway accident occurred at Newcastle 12.30 on Wednesday morning. After the departure of the goods train from Honeysuckle Point…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 October 1890 · page 4
A MAN named Edward Morris, employed at the Orange railway station as porter, met with a terrible accident on Friday night, which resulted fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident on a Race Course. (Herald's Telegram.) Melbourne
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1890 · page 4
A sad accident occurred in the race for the Oaklands Hunt Club Cup, by which one of the gentlemen riders lost his life, viz., Mr E. Farquharson, who comes from Ceylon and has been some time on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horrible Electric Light Accident
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1890 · page 7
Another horrible aceident from electric lighting wires occurred in New York on September 16. A lamp upon a high pole opposite the Park Theatre did not burn well. The company was notified, and…
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