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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 1

Relative to the death at Tocumwall of John Gosport Fraser, in which case. a verdict of murder has been returned against some person or persons…

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Fatal Accident near Jerry's Plains. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 3

An inquest was held before the coroner (Mr. William Walker) and a jury of twelve, on Thursday, the 22nd instant, at the residence of William Farrell, at Plashett, near Jerry's Plains, on the…

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Fatal Accident at Jerry's Plains. Thrown from a Horse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 4

MR W. WALKER (coroner for the district) held an inquest at Plashett, Jerry's Plains, on Thursday, touching the death of a youth named John…

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Railway Accidents. an Engine and Carriage Derailed. Several Persons Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident occurred on the Northern line on Saturday night, between Carlingford and Eastwood station. About 10.10 p.m. the engine…

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Serious Railway Accident on the Northern-Sydney Line

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 4

By telegraph yesterday forenoon we were advised by Greville's Company of a railway accident on the line between Newcastle and Sydney. We take the following accounts of the casualty from the Herald…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 1

On Saturday night a man while walking along Baxwell-street, Granville kicked against a bundle, and on picking it up he found it to contain a…

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The Carrow Creek Fatality a Melancholy Case

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 1

THE coroner for the district (Mr W. Walker) held an inquiry on Friday "at St. Clair, concerning the death of Lily Wilkinson, aged 25. The following…

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Smash on the Northern Railway. The Evening Mail Train Partially Derailed. Two Persons Injured. Miraculous Escapes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 4

AN accident of a serious nature occurred to the northern mail train which passed through Singleton at 6.2 p.m. last Saturday, on route for…

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An Unlucky Railway Day. Two Serious Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 2

THE railway smash which occurred at Carlingford last Saturday night, as reported elsewhere in our columns, was supplemented on the same night…

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Shocking Fatal Accident Near Rix's Creek. The Spindle of a Winch Penetrates a Man's Body

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 2

MR W. WALKER (Coroner) held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Singleton, yesterday morning, touching the death of a man named John Coyle, a…

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Fatal Accident Near Rix Cheek

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1892 · page 3

A young married man named John Coyle came to an awfully sudden death near Rix Creek on Monday evening by the upsetting of a dray, causing a winch in the dray to fall upon him, the spindle of…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 1

On Tuesday night a cabdriver found a newly-born female child in Hereford street, Glebe. The baby was well wrapped up and had a feeding bottle…

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Drowned whilst Bathing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 2

Miss Ramsay, a young lady aged 18, belonging to North Shore, Sydney, and who is a school teacher at Willa Willa, Upper Macleay, was…

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The Carlingford Railway Accident. Result of the Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 1

THE Railway Commissioners have received the report and decision of the board appointed to inquire into the circumstances under which the…

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The Recent Railway. Accident. a Singleton Passenger's Experience

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 4

MR. W. MANLY Has returned from Sydney in no way impaired after his somewhat sensational experience in connection with the railway accident…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 October 1892 · page 1

A Melbourne telegram states that a shocking railway fatality occurred at Caulfield last Friday morning. As the early train from Dandenong was…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 1

Alick Kelly, a lad 13 years of age, was hare-shooting at Wellington on Monday. He forgot that the gun he carried was loaded, and went through…

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Three Hundred Persons Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 1

We have brief news of a terrible calamity in Japan. The Occidental and Oriental Company's steamer Gaelie, which arrived recently at San…

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Parachute Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 1

A terrible accident, which shocked and stunned a crowd of thousands of people, took place at the Public Gardens, Columbus (Ohio). Mrs…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 1

The remains of three human bodies have been discovered in a cesspool at Whitcchapel. It is believed that they are those of persons murdered 20…

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