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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Railway Collision In Evel[?]igh Tunnel. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 3

A serious accident occurred in the Eveleigh tunnel on Saturday. About 6.30 p.m. a crash was heard in the tunnel, and on the men in the yard tunning to the place it was found that a collision…

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Drowned at Honeysuckle Point. Action Against the Railway. Commissioners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 2

ON Wednesday morning the case of Jones in the Now South Wales Railway Commissioners was heard before His Honor to Justice lanes…

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The Accident on the Railway Line. Two Valuable Horses Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—The 7.15 p.m. passenger train from Newcastle ran over and killed two of Mr A. A. Danger's valuable horses on Thursday evening. It appears that…

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The Fatal Accident to Mr John M'Millan. Inquest and Verdict

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 2

THE Inquest touching the death of John M'Millan was resumed at Shcehan's Club House Hotel on Wednesday last before Sir William Walker, District Coroner, and the…

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Horrible Accident. a Man Decapitated

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 2

A HORRIBLE catastrophe occurred to a medical student named King while he was going home to Moonee Ponds (Vic.) in the late Essendon train on Tuesday…

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Accident on a Victorian Railway Line. the Truth About the Affair. (Argus, July 3.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 3

The body of the young man who was killed in such a shocking manner on the Essendon line on Tuesday night, was yesterday definitely identified as that of Mr. Charles J. King, a son of Mr…

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Collision at Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 3

A collision occurred at Newcastle this morning between the Government tug, Ga[?]ymede, and the ferry steamer, Acme. The latter had a couple of planks stove in,…

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Collision Near Sydney Heads

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 3

Early this morning a collision occurred outside the heads near the gap between two steamers, the Hesketh from Bellambi, coal laden, and the Royal Shepherd, outward…

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A Serious Accident. Attended with Fatal Results

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 4

MR HARRY POULSEN, the sporting reporter of the Daily Telegraph, well known among journalists and sporting people, met with a very serious and critical…

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The Farley Railway Accident. the Driver and Fireman to Be Reinstated. Guard Irvine's Case

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners have decided to reinstate driver John Farnham and fireman David Buchanan, who were discharged from the service in…

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Collision Outside Sydney Heads

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 4

Shortly before 11 last night (says Tuesday's Echo) a collision occurred between the steamer Hesketh, inward bound from Bellambi, coal laden, and the steamer Royal Shepherd, resulting in the…

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Fatality near West Maitland. Found Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 4

AN inquest was held at West Maitland on Wednesday by Mr J. N. Brooks, P.M., coroner, respecting the death of a man whose remains were found in…

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The Recent Case of Drowning

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 6

At the Belmore Hotel, West Maitland, on Thursday afternoon, the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Richard Partridge was resumed before Mr. J. N…

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Stabbing Affray at Wollongong. a Young Man Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 4

AT the Freemasons hotel, Wollongong, between 11 and 12 o'clock , on Wednesday night, two young men named Henry Osborne and Wm. Waples had an…

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Railway Accident at Newcastle. a Man Mutilated

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 6

ABOUT half-past 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning a coal train going from Newcastle to the Lambton pit with three trucks of timber and a brake van ran over an elderly…

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Terrible Tram Accident. a Woman Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 4

OXFORD-STREET, Sydney, immediately in front of the Darlinghurst Courthouse was the scene of a frightful and fatal tram accident on Monday afternoon,…

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Accidentally Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 3

The wharf laborer, Frederick Glasson, who was severely injured through some cargo falling upon him while working on the Warrego, died this morning…

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Serious Accident to a Lad. a Fall of 60 FEET

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident happened on Thursday afternoon at the Lands Office, by which a boy named Vincent Williams. 16 years of age, was very seriously, if…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 4

Accidents seldom come alone. Here is a weeks record for such a little place as Cobar, on the authority of the local Herald:— Quite a chapter of accidents have occurred this…

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A Peculiar Accident. a Young Man Killed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 4

AT Tenterfield a farmer named James Drury was driving home on Saturday night, accompanied by his wife, when his horses bolted, upset the buggy, and…

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