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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Terrible Boat Accident. Thirty Persons Drowned. Heartrending Scenes. London, June 14

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 3

A TERRIBLE boating totality took place at Westport, county Mayo, Ireland, today A passenger boat containing a large…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1894 · page 1

AT the Launceston [?] criminal [?] on Friday, George Bryant, aged 21, who was charged with the murder of his mother by shooting at…

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Sensation,fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 1

At the Bundaberg (Queensland) Police Court on Tuesday, in the course of the investigation into certain charges against a Chinaman, it…

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A Fatal Shipwreck. Captain and two Seamon drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 4

THE Sydney-owned barque Alexander Newton, with a cargo of piles from Fort Stephens, bound for Napier, has been wrecked on the New Zealand…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 2

It is with feelings of regret that we have to report a gun accident of a very serious and painful nature, the victim being Master A. Wiseman, age about…

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Sensation,fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 1

Mrs. James' Moore, of Talbot (Vie-), committed suicide in Melbourne on Friday by cutting her throat with a dinner-knife…

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Sensational, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 1

At the General Post Office, Perth (W.A); on Monday night, a fire occurred in the night mail basket attached to the entrance doors,…

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Sensational, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 1

News from Gympic (Q) states that a young woman named Ellen Philip, aged 20, poisoned herself on Friday by drinking a quantity of carbolic acid…

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Sensational, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 1

A youth named Charles Neaves, aged 16, accidentally, shot himself at Harrow (Vic.) on Monday, while blowing down the barrel of a gun…

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District Telegrams. Newcastle. Monday afternoon.. Death by Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1894 · page 3

On Saturday the body of a well-known stevedore, John Augustus Robinson, was discovered in a patch of water and mud in Carrington, neat the Wickham and Bullock Island pumping shaft. On Saturday…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 1

A train ran off the line at Bilbao, in the north, of Spain. Twelve passengers wore Killed and 16 injured. From St. Petersberg it is reported…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 1

A destructive fire has occurred at the [?] at Toulon, in'the. south of France. the fire carused a great loes. A terrible collision has taken plece…

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Lady Hopetoun's Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 5

Telegrams from Melbourne state that Lady Ho[?]etoun continues to improve from the injuries she sustained. through her horse failing…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 1

The Federal Judge of Argentina has declared that the extradition treaty with Great Britain does not apply to Jabez Spencer Balfour, the…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 1

The Federal Judge of Argentina has declared that the extradition treaty with Great Britain does not apply to Jab[?]x Spencer Balfour, the…

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A Fatal Accident. Fall from a cart. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 3

AN accident happened at Watson's Bay this morning which, resulted in a man named Samuel .Jamieson losing his life. Jamieson was a carpenter in…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 3

Shortly before eleven o'clock last night a lad, James Bunker, employed as call boy in the locomotive department, whilst walking down the railway line at Wickham, was knocked down by a shunting…

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[?] Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 1

[?] [?] murder has been committed [?] Mackay (Q.) A Japanese was [?] from the Palms plantation…

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A Terrible Accident. There Men Blown to Pieces. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 4

A snocking dister has occurre whilst the local marine officials were exploding a sunken yacht off the Isle of Wight. The boat conducting the…

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Aberdeen. Sad Fatal Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 2

A FATAL accident occurred at Aberdeen on Sunday night, which has thrown quite a gloom over the place. It appears that several residents were…

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