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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Sad Fatal Accident. a Roy Buried Alive

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Adelaide states that a sad fatal accident occurred there on Saturday. A number of children were playing in a saudhole in Pirie-street…

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Bathurst Railway Accident. Extra Hands for Raglan

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 3

IT is understood that two extra hands have been sent to Raglan railway station, whose duty will be to sprag the wheels of all trains stopping at that…

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Collision in the English Channel

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 6

A serious collision, but fortunately without loss of life, occurred in the Channel off Margate on Wednesday, March 26, between the sailing vessel Royal Sovereign, outward bound from the Thames,…

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Baseballers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 3

While a ferry boat was crossing a river in Virginia the vessel upset, and twelve baseballers were drowned…

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How a Parrot caused a Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 4

The usually trustworthy Philadelphia Times is responsible for the following remarkable story: Out in the far west on one cold night in January a horrible accident occurred. Snow several feet in…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Two Persons Killed. Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 4

LATE on Monday afternoon 'a terrible accident took place at the 'building' in course of erection as addition to the Lands Office, Sydney, whereby two…

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Railway Accident at Farley. Two Mail Trains Collide. One Person Killed. Eight Others Injured. a Racehorse Killed. (By Our Own Reporter.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 2

SCARCELY a week has elspsed since the comfortable sense of security from railway accidents on the Northern line was encouraged by reference in the columns…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Farley. Collision of Two Mail Trains. Loss of Life. an Inquiry Into the Circumstances

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 6

As we stated in the extra we issued on Tuesday afternoon, after a very considerable period of immunity we have to record an accident, attended with the loss of life, on the Great Northern railway…

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The Fatal Accident at Farley Resumption of the Inquest

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 4

Yesterday at 10 o'clock a.m. the inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard M'Fadden, who was killed on the occasion of the railway collision at Farley, on Tuesday morning,…

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The Railway Accident at Bathurst

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 3

Messrs. Jumes Angus, Acting Engineer for Existing Lines W. Thow. Locomotive Engineer, and D. Kirkcaldie, Chief Traffic Manager, the Board of Enquiry appointed to examine the circumstane[?]s of the late fatal railway accident at Bathurst,…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 17, 1890. the Fatal Railway Accident at Farley. the Inquest Continued

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

Yesterday the Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard Mc[?]adden, killed at Farley on the occasion of the railway accident, was continued before Mr. Brooks. As on the previous days the court was pretty well…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Farley. the Inquest Resumed. the Scenere-visited

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 7

Pursuant to arrangement, the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard M'Fadden, who was killed on the occasion of the railway accident at Farley early on Tuesday morning, was continued before Mr. J. N. Brooks, coroner. on…

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The Farley Railway Accident. the Inquest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

ON Wednesday, at 10o'clock.a.m. the enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard M'Fadden, who was killed on the occasion of the railway collision at…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Farley. the Inquest Resumed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 4

Yesterday, at the Courthouse, West Maitland[?] the inquiry concerning the death of Bernard McFadden, who was killed on the occasion of the railway accident at Farley on the morning of the…

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Serious Accident to Sir Henry Parkes. (Herald of Yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon Sir Henry Parkes met with a serious accident, which only by a miracle escaped being worse than it is in result. The Premier, with Lady Parkes, left his residence, Hampton, at…

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Accident to Sir Henry Parkes. His Leg Broken

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 May 1890 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident be[?]el Sir Henry Parkes on Sunday afternoon. The Premier and Lady Parkes came over from Balman a little before 3o'clock in the afternoon with the…

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The Farely Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 May 1890 · page 4

IMPORTANT evidence was adduced Monday at the inquest being held at Maitland on the body of Bernard M'Fadden, the young jockey killed by the railway…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Farley. the Inquest Resumed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 7

On Tuesday, at the Courthouse, West Maitland, the inquiry concerning the death of Bernard McFadden, who was killed on the occasion of the railway accident at Farley on the morning of the…

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The Accident to the Premier

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 4

In the Assembly on Tuesday night Mr. Bruce Smith said he regretted to have to announce to the House, what they had already learned through the press, that a very serious accident happened to the…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Farley. the Inquest Resumed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 4

Yesterday, at the Courthouse, West Maitland, the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard McFadden was continued before Mr. Brooks, P.M., coroner…

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