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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Case of Drowning at Glen Innes. (Glen Innes Examiner.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 7

Much sympathy was felt when it became known that Mr. Edward Tuttle had lost his life by drowning. Deceased in company with a young man named Hines went to the races on Boxing Day and…

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Serious Turf Accident. a Steeplechaser Killed. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 3

THE steeplechaser Duromboi was killed [?]hilst training at Flemington this morning, and the jockey (Lartham) seriously injured…

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Collision at Sea

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

An unknown steamer collided with the iron barque Childwald, off Flushing, on the coast of Cornwall, and sank her. Sixteeen of the officers and crew of the Childwall were…

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The Oroya-fylla Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

After the collision in the English Channel yesterday between the Orient liner Oroya and the Danish [?]chooner Fylla, in which the latter vessel was sunk and the captain…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 2

A DISTRESSING occurrence took place near Goulburn on Tuesday evening' which resulted in the death of a man named Frederick Anderson, a bridge…

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Drowning Fatality at East Maitland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 6

SIR,—Will you, with your usual kindness, allow me, on behalf of the bereaved parents, to mention one or two facts which your brief report of the inquest leaves not quite clear?…

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Fatal Balloon Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1892 · page 3

In our previous issue we gave details of a most successful balloon ascent and descent achieved by Lieutenant Mansfield, who fell a distance of more than two miles attached to a parachute which he…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning. Molong

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 4

A MIRACULOUS escape from drowning took place at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. it appears that several children wers securing pieces of wood…

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The Late Narrow Escape From Drowning. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 8

SIR,—Referring to a paragraph in your issue of to-day re the perilous position of my son Harold, I consider that there are others besides Master C. Bussell whose courage deserves note, viz., Master…

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Accidental Poisoning. Two Deaths

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 4

NARRABRI, Tuesday.—A terrible case of accidental poisoning took place at the Narrabri Hospital this morning. Miss Weaper, a trained [?] who…

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A Terrible Accident. (Herold of yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 4

One of the most frightful accidents that has happened in the harbour for some time occurred on Tuesday morning, when two men composing the crew of the schooner Catherine agnes, were blown…

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Railway Accident. {Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 4

A railway accident, similar in character to that which nearly had the effect of wrecking the Sydney express at Culcairn a few months ago, happened on Saturday night at Yerong…

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Frightful Harbor Accident. Explosion on a Nightsoil Punt. Two Men Blown to Atoms

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

Anniversary Day was ushered in very gloomy this year, for no sooner and the day dawned than a frightful accident happened in the harbor which…

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A Ship Burned at Sea. a Sailor Jumps Overboard and Is Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 1

There was a scene of unusual excitement in Southampton Water on about 11 o'clock on the night of Dec. 22nd. The North German…

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Fatal Gun Accident. a Young Woman Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

FATAL gun accident occurred in the Carcour district on Tuesday. A young man named David Ogle inserted a cartrige in breach loading gun, and…

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An Alpine Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

An avalanche swept away three young men on the Gremmi, a pass in tbe Bernese A[?]ps, a few days since. They wished to cross over the pass on tbeir way home from the Berne…

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A Sad Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 1

As a gatekeeper named Daniel Fox, aged 65, was standing on Friday night with a lamp. to allow a train from Coburg (Vie.) to pass the Brunswick…

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Serious Railway Accident. (Newcastle Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

A very serious railway accident occurred at Adamstown on Wednesday afternoon, but fortunately no lives were sacrificed. Between 2 and 3 o'clock a train, consisting of an engine, 15 loaded…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Clergyman's Wife Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 4

A FATAL railway accident, resulting in the death of Mrs Tydeman, wife of the Rev. H. Tydeman, Rochdale, occurred at Arnelff (near Sydney) railway…

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A Melancholy Disaster Two Children Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from burrowa dated Friday last reports a very sad fatahty and parental bereavement:-Three girls, aged 13, 11 and 8 years…

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