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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Strange Shooting Fatality. MELBOURNE

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1893 · page 3

A STRANGE shooting fatality was reported to-night from Moonee Ponds. It appears that a man named William Henry Main, aged 27, a produce…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 1

The Hon. F. C. Howard, brother of the Earl of Eaffingham, has committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver while suffering from…

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An Ex-miners' Secretary. Killed by Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 2

Mr THOMAS Dix, formerly miners secretary, while working as shiftman in the Wickham and Bullock Island pit on Monday, was removing a side of…

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Fatal Coach Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 2

A THREE-HOUSE coach loaded with passengers, returning to Steiglitz, Victoria, from the railway station, upset at Moorabool River bridge on…

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A Serious Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1893 · page 3

At about 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning an accident happened to a wool train on the northern line, by which considerable damage was done to the rolling stock. The train…

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Sation, Fatality & Crimt

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

At the Parratmatta Police Court on Wednesday William M'Monigal, [?] of Granville, was fined £10 5s costs for having in his possession…

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Ensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 1

At North Murchison David Langlon, aged 10 years, accidentally shot [?] little brother Albert, aged 3. He [?]d taken a loaded gun down from a…

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Sensation,fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 1

White a party of natives were crossing Lake Rotorua, New Zealand, on their return the burial of a Maori chief, the boat capsized within…

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Boys Want a Rile. Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 5

A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Stawell, Victoria, on Tuesday evening, by which a boy named Swalwell was killed, and another named Calter so…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 November 1893 · page 1

An epidemic designated " German measles" is prevalent at Molong. Two children have died from the complaint…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 1

The Servian Envoy to Paris, M. K. Georgievitch, has been stabbed while attending a banquet at the Paris Opera House…

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Accident to Mrs A. J. GOULD. Narrow Escape from Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 6

AN accident which, while it did not cause any loss of life was yet far more serious in its possible dangers than any which has been known in Singleton for some considerable…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1893 · page 1

The Spanish Government has directed the Judges to severely punish Anarchists who are brought before them…

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Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 2

A SAD fatal accident happened to a son, between five and six years old, of Mr. J. Jones, of Guernsey-street, on Tuesday afternoon last, about 5 o'clock…

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Singleton, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 1

On Wednesday a serious accident occurred at the Eleanorn Company's mine at Hillgrove, when two men named A. Wearmouth and G. Page…

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Drowned on Land

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 5

Strange as it seems, a fish may suffer death by drowning. When a stream is suddenly swoollen with water that has fallen upon and drained from surrounding soil which has been exposed for some…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 1

On Friday a little girl named Coral Learoyd, aged 10 years, was burned to death at Stroud. The child, whose parents live in Melbourne, was on a…

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Sensational, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 1

A Chinese restaurant-keeper at Hay has been fined £3O for Belling liquor without a license. George Cor, a butler, has been…

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Accident to a Constable

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 5

Senior-Constable Jeffcs, well-known as the children's shepherd, accidentally fell through the roo; of a shed at his private residence. He received…

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Fatal Bathing Accident. Two Brothers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 1

Two brothers named Walter Augustus Bussell, aged 9, and Albert Ernest Bussell, aged 11, were drowned on Friday afternoon in a dam about 10ft…

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