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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1891

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Drowning a Boy for his Clothes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 2

Two boys named Crawford and Shearon, charged at Liverpool with drowning a boy named Eccles in some empty premises in Victoria street, have…

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The Floods in Spain. Slepepers Crushed and Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 3

An English paper dated September 26 gives the following account of the recentdisastrous floods in Spain:- The Spanish province of Toledo has…

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Fatal Accident to Forest King

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 2

The racehorse Forest King, who ran second in the Canlfield Cup, met with a serious accident while performing a Cup gallop at St. Albans yesterday. In…

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Latest Sporting News. (By Telegraph). Melbourne, Friday. Reported Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 2

PARIS and Malvolio were reported to have m[?]t with an accident on the training tracks this morning, and in consequence receded greatly in the betting…

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Drowned in the Harbour. the Body Identified [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 2

THE body of the woman found in the harbour last evening has been identified as Mary J. Thomas, a married woman who lived spart from her husband…

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A Mining Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 3

A serious disaster has occurred at the Aunconda mine, in Montana, America. While a cage was being lowered into…

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Supposed Drowning of an Ex-Bushranger

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 4

IT is believed that, the body of the man which was found a few days ago in the Murrey, at Tyntynder, is that of the notable Harry Power, whose…

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Fatal Gun Accident at Stewart's Brook

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 3

On Monday last news reached Scone that a fatal gun accident had happened at Stewart's Brook the same morning, the victim being a boy ten years old,…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Crushed by a Train. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1891 · page 3

SYDNEY EASTON, aged 22, whilst acting as night officer at Carlingford nailway station, was handing some papers to the enginedriver when he fell between the train and…

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Terrible Accident at Sea. (Tuesday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1891 · page 6

The Belgian steamer Prince Baudouin ia due from Antwerp to-day. She is reputed to be the pioneer steamer of a line between Antwerp and Australia. Taking part cargo at Antwerp, she left on Sept. 7, in…

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Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon, as Mr Edward Alford was reluming home from Singleton in a vehicle, a pony ridden by a boy shied at something in John-street…

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Disastrous Railway Collision. (Herald's Telegram.) Orange

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 4

At three o'clock this morning a collision between two trains occurred at Kerr's Creek platform, 20 miles west of Orange. A live stock train (No. 8), which was going up, was taking water on the main…

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Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 2

Mr Boyd, stipendiary magistrats at Franklyn, was killed yesterday by a fall from a horse. Boyd was the last commandant of Port Arthur, having held the…

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Three Lives Lost Through a Lamp Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 2

There lives have been lost and a fourth imperilled by a lamp accident in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, As John Brown his wife Mary, and their two…

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The Boating Fatality. the Body Recovered, [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1891 · page 2

The body of the young man named John M'Queen, who has been missing since the capsize of the boat Flyaway on Thursday last, was to-day found…

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Sad Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1891 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Warislda to Inverel states that a fatal shooting occurrence took place on Saturday afternoon at Oaky Creek, near Warialda. D. G…

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Terrible Collision Off the Eddystone Lighthouse

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 5

A collision occurred early in the morning on Monday, Oct. 26, off the Eddystone Lighthouse, resulting in the sinking of a ship and the drowning of fifteen persons. It occurred between the…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 December 1891 · page 2

A youth named Lanon, in the employ of a railway contrector, was knocked down by a train at Newtown this morning. The wheels of the engine…

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British Soldiers Killed in a Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 2

A Bombay telegram sent on Nov.12 says a terrible railway accident occurred that morning [?] Nagpur. A train conveying a number of British and native…

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Strange Shooting Case. Accident or Practioal Joke

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 2

A STRANDE shooting casw occurred at the Williamatown (Vie) rifle range on Saturday afternoon. It is [?] that Lance-[?] Filloteon fired a blank…

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