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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1891

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Sad Case of Drowning

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 2

ON Sunday evening news reached Scone, that Mrs. Gardiner, a woll known resident of Aberdeen, had been accidentally drowned in the Hunter…

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Drowning Case at Aberdeen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

AN inquest was held at the Australian Inn, Aberdeen, on Monday, 20th December, 1890, before Mr W. F. Parker, coroner, touching the death of Mary…

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Great Fire in Melbourne. Five Firemen Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

A DISASTROUS fire broke out at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning at the Mutual Store, Flinder-street, Melbourne, a fourstoried building, crammed with goods…

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A Balloon Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 7

An ascension of the balloon Patrie took place from the Avenue de la Defense de Paris, at Courbevoie, at four o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, August 31. Mr. Paul Leprince, the aeronaut, and…

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Restoring the Apparently Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

A remarkable story of the restoration of a man who had apparently lost his life by drowning came before Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for Essex, at an inquest held at Rainham lately. On Sunday,…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

The Mildura correspondent of the Melbourne Age reports that an extraordinary chapter of untoward occurrences was chronicled in Mildura during the holiday week. There were a suicide,…

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Fatal-accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 2

The flagman, Thomas Bission, who was run over by on engine at Darling Harbour last Tuesday, died this, morning from the injuries received…

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CABLEGRAMS. London, Monday. Disastrous Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3

A disastrous collision has taken place between two steamers in the Firth of Forib. The details of the collision are not yet to hand, but it is known…

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Elevated Railboad Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3

A collision has occurred on the New York elevated railroad, by which the engine of one of the trains wee precipitated into the street below…

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Supposed Case of Drowning. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 6

What appears to be a very mysterious case of drowning was reported to the Manly police on "Wednesday night last. Fiom the information given by a resident of Manly named Mr. Benjamin, it seems…

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Shocking Bathing Fatality. Three Ladies Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Adelaide on Friday afternoon at Bryan's Creek, near Morgan, to a picnic party. Four ladies want bathing in the creek,…

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Accidentally Hanged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 2

At the inquest on the body of the boy William Milliner, who was found hanging in a shod at Newtown on Thursday morning the jury found that death was…

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Collision in the Harbour. the Namoi Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 2

A COLLISION took place in the Darling Harbonr this morning. The steamcollier Timaru, while coming alongside the steamer Rodondo at Mr Howard…

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Drowning of a Clergyman

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 2

News has beenn recived at Kempeoy that the body of the Rev. Mr Hanton was recevered whilst floating over the falls a little below the [?] of the…

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Serious Accident on the Railway the Sufferer Conveyed to Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 2

MR J. HINDE, who was formerly a resident of Singleton, and connected with the Railway Department, met with a serious accident at Murrurundi on…

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An Infant Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 2

The body of an infant, with marke of violence on it, and wrapped in a table cover, to which was tied a heavy stone, was found this morning near the water's edge of…

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The Drowning of the Rev. T. A. Hanton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 4

From our late Macleay files we learn the following particulars re the sad end of Mr. Hanton. The rev. gentleman was appointed to conduct service at Dondingalong on Sunday, January 25, and went to…

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Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1891 · page 4

Norwalk (Q), December 10th.—A serious accident yesterday afternoon to the southbound mail train on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Line. While a crossing a bridge near…

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Buggy Accident

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 2

An accident, though serious, fortunately not as serious as it might have been, befell Mr. and Mrs. W. Cooper, and two members of the family, while…

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Accidental Fires

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 4

In calling attention to fires and pointing out some of the causes of these accidents, for most of them are accidental, one cannot help wandering in the carelessness exhibited in the…

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