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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Accident to Mr R. Burnett

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 2

AN unfortunate accident, in which serious, consequences were happily averted, happened to Mr Richard Burnett, news agent, of John-street,…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 1

A disastrous explosion of gunpowder has taken place at the arsenal in San Francisco. Eleven personal were killed, and many others wore injured…

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Accidental Death of Lord Ancram. (Herald of yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 4

A telegram was received at Government House on Thursday evening by Mr. Goschen, the private secretary to Lord Jersey, announcing the death of the Earl of Ancram, A.D.C. to his Excellency the…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 1

At the Criminal Court, Melbourne, on Friday lust Elizabeth Perry was charged with manslaughter. The evidence showed that on May 14…

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The Death of Lord Ancram. the Coroner's Inquest. How the Accident Was Caused

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 4

LATER particulars of the death of Lord Ancram, briefly reported in our last issue. go to show that he was accidentally shot by one of the party out…

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A Tram Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 3

A boy named Maurice Lovy, aged 15, whilst crossing between at Gippes-street to-day was Mocked down by the motor, which passed over…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1892 · page 1

On Wednesday last the bodies of two dead infants were found in Sydney one in the water at Blackwattle Swamp, and the other in a sack, near…

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The Chapter of Accidents

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1892 · page 7

"All but the impossible may come to pass at last," sings the poetess; and every year's experience makes us less inclined to define what is "impossible." Moralists blame the careless folk who…

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A Cyclone in Victoria. Accidents and Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1892 · page 2

A TERRIFIC hurricane blew at Ballarat on Wednesday last, and in other parts of the colony the weather was exceptionally heavy. The cyclene at Ballarat did…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 June 1892 · page 1

Last Friday afternoon, at about 3 o'clock, two-girls, named Maud Wright and Mary Ellen Candon, both 11 years of age, made a shocking…

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Another Drink Fatality

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 June 1892 · page 3

A main named Daniel M'Coll died at the Sydney Hospital last night from the effects of burns received through the tent in which he was…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 1

Particulars of the shooting case which occurred in the Bourke district, last Saturday, and which was briefly referred to in our last issno, show that…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1892 · page 1

It is reported that since so many newborn infants have, of late, been discovered cruoelly murdered, the Sydney police have been exceptionally…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1892 · page 4

On Sunday morning the body of a man was found terribly, mutilated on the railway lino about one-eighth of a mile on the Sydney side of Mount…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 1

A fire was discovered in the sacristy of St. Patrick's Church, Parramatta, early on Wednesday evening. The priests and acolytes' gowns are stowed…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 July 1892 · page 1

During the riots which took place at Astrakhan in consequence of the cholera panic, and the attempts of the police to prevent the people fleeing…

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Sensation. Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 1

Further details of the disaster caused by the fall of a glacier at St. Gervais (France), state that it is impossible to identify numbers of the victim owing…

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A Jockey Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 3

Alfred Drew, a young jockey living at Newtown, was thrown from his horse this morning. His skull was fractured, and he now remains in an…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 3

A serious railway accident occurred late on the afternoon of June 2nd to the 210 express train from Euston to Birmingham. The train was due at…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 1

A Newcastle tolegram states that considerable excitement was caused at the Honeysucklo Point Railway Station last Thursday evening. It…

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