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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 1

[?] was held on Wednesday Park Asylum, Sydney, [?]of Charles Henry Mallan. [?] from injuries to…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

A terrible railway accident has taken place at Chauny, in Prance. An express train from Paris to Cologne came into collision with a goods train. Ten passengers were killed and 20 were injured…

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Shocking Accident in France

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

Telegrams from Paris give particulars of a shocking accident in the Department of Orne. While a number of quarrymen were at work a terrible explosion occurred, and four workmen were…

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S[?] Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 September 1894 · page 1

A lan[?]ble accident happened at Gunneda in Saturday morning. A selector [?]ed Roberts was doing some burning off, when his little…

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Fatal Collision on the Railway at Waratah. Newcastle, Thursday forenoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 September 1894 · page 3

A shocking railway accident occurred at Waratah station this morning at 10 minutes to 6. An empty stock train from Homebush for Singleton on arrival at Waratah found the signal against it, owing to…

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[?]atal Railway Accident at Waratah. a Fireman Killed and Others Seriously Injured. Newcastle, September 20

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 September 1894 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at Waratah Railway Station at ten minutes to 6 o'clock this morning by which a fireman named A Robertson was killed, the…

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Sensation Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 1

An agrarian tragedy is reported to have occurred in Ireland. Two men Were killed and three others were injured at Ballinderry, county Tipperary,…

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How a Girl was Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 7

An extraordinary story was told on Friday, August 3rd, at an inquest on ail eight-years-old girl named Ross Adams, daughter of a carman living at…

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Fatal Railway Collision at Waratah. Three Men Killed Residents of Singleton Suffer. Heavy Damage to Rolling Stock

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 4

SINGLETON was more than started, it was placed in a position of intense anxiety. on Thursday morning by news of a fatal railway collision at Waratah…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Waratah

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 7

A shocking railway accident occurred at Waratah station on Thursday morning at 10 minutes to 6. An empty stock train from Homebush for Singleton on arrival at Waratah found the signal against it, owing…

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Colliery Accident. Fearful Fall. A Brave Re[?]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 7

WHILE the men engaged in sinking the now shaft for the Stockton Coal Company, Newcastle, which has for some time been in course of constraction…

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Railway Collision. One Man Killed. Smash on the Northern Line

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 4

A railway collision of a serious character, involving the death of one official and injury to three others, and…

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The Accident at Waratah. Death of the Engine-driver and Guard Maher. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

This morning, anticipating the approaching demise of Henry Cousins, late engine-driver, who was seriously injured in the railway collision, his statement…

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Sensation Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 1

A young man named Hamilton was drowned at Walla Walla, near Forbes On Saturday. It is supposed that he clipped in while dipping a bucket for…

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Sensation Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 1

A cyclone has devastated a large district in the South of Japan, and about 300 lives have been lost. Many wrecks also occurred…

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Collision at Horstsey

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 4

At about half-past 3 o'clock on Thursday, morning a railway collision occurred at Hornsby, on the Great Northern line, but fortunately its…

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The Waratah Railway Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 4

The inquest into the cause of death of Alexander Robertson, the fireman who met his death in such a tragic manner in the recent railway collision at Waratah, was continued and concluded at Waratah…

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The Fatel Railway Collision. Coroner's Inquest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 6

ON Tuesday morning, District Coroner Martin, J.P., resumed the inquest at Fisher's Robert Peel Hotel, Waratah, upon the body of Alexander Robertson…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 1

A farmer named Milford was badly burned about the face and head on Monday morning at Castlemaine, Victoria. He was frying chops when…

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Sensation Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 1

A gunpowder explosion has taken place at the millitary barracks at S[?] Juan del Sul N[?], Central America. One hundred [?] were…

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