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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

262 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 14

Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 1

A fatal case of snakebite is reported from Caramut. near Warrnambool, Victoria. Mr Winton, wife of a farmer was [?]itten by a snake. The…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 1

the appeal of Vadlant, the perpetrator of the dynamite outrages in the French Chamber of Deputies, against the death sentence, has been…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 1

The ship Loch Shiel, bound from Glasgow to Adelaide, has foundered off Milford Haven, in Wales The crew was saved…

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Sydney Burglars. a Murderons Affray. Five Constables Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

ABOUT a quarter past 2 o'clock on Friday morning a serious affray took place in Bridge-steet, Sydney, between three police constables and…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 1

A Jewish family of 13 persons has been wilfully poisoned at Minck 430 miles couth-west from St. Petershurge. Saveral argemts have been made…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 1

A great storm has passed over England, and the weather along the coast is very boisterous. Princess Ena, aged 7, daughter of…

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Among the Ice. the Wellington in Collision with a Berg

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

Particulars are to hand from Rio of the serious collision with an ice island of the ship Wellington, bound from New Zealand to London with a freight…

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Anarchists in France. Another Horrible Outrage. a Bomb in a Crowded Cafe. Terrific Explosion. Twenty Seriously Injured. London, February 13

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

ANOTHER bomb outrage has been perpetrated in Paris by an anarchist. The scene of the outrage was the Cafe L[?]zire, which is connected with…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 1

Mr F. W. Wilson, of the firm of Wilson and Co., biscuit manufacturers, Brisbane, committed suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself…

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Collision with an Iceburg. Terrible Deaths

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 1

PARTICULARS are to hand of a terrible collision with icebergs by the ShawSaville liner Wellington, while on her voyage from New Zealand to London…

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Trident Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

A telegram received from Bathurst is to the effect that the celebrated stallion Trident met with a serious accident by either being kicked by another horse or getting his leg in iron…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 1

Thicman, who was seriously injured in a lion's cage at San Francisco, is dead. A terrible accident occurred on…

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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Fatal Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 3

A miner named Thomas M. Queen, was knocked down by a train in Flinders-street Station to day while crossing the line. He died on his way to…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 1

The people of a small village in Hungary have crueified a woman whom they accused of being a witch. Mr Wotton, P.M.. held an inquiry…

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A Rageecouese Accident. Four Jockeys Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

An extraordinary accident happened at a race meeting held at Boileu, about form miles from Echuca, Victoria, on Wednesday. The Boilcu Handicap…

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Fatal Horse Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

MR JAMES STEWART of Yathella, Harefield, near Wagga has been killed by a fall from his horse. Arrangements had been made for a…

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Sensation, Fatality & Grime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 1

The body of a swagsman has been picked up four miles from Trentham (V.), half eaten by ants. During a cyclone in Mauritius a…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 1

While out riding at Lyndhurst, in the Warwick district, Queensland, on Sunday, a young man named Lenox Mackenzie Was thrown against a tree…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 1

Arthur Williams, a trucker, 10 years of age, was killed at Bendigo (Vie.) on Friday by a shoot which fell upon him. Another man named Win…

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Late Sporting Hews. a Fatality at Flemington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 3

During the race for the Bourke Handicap yesterday four horses fell, and the well-known jockey P. M'Gowan was killed, whilst Buxfcou (who was on Broken Hill in the Cup) and Walker were badly…

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