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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

331 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 17

The Stanmore Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

An open verdict was returned at the inquest on Albert Dalton, whose body was found lying on the railway line near Stanmore, mutilated…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. a Painful and Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

A blacksmith named Henry Miller, met with a fearful accident this morning. While walking into the shop he stumbled over a piece of iron. Endeavouring to save himself he thrust one of his hands…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Three Men Drowned. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

A SAD boating fatality happened at Dorchester on the Frome yesterday. A party of four men, printers, went for a trip on the river in a boat Which…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 1

A girl named Belinda Berrigan, aged 16, bravely rescued a younger Hither from drowning the other day a Bywong. The boy fell into a water…

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The Eldorado Mining Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 12

Following is the full text of messages scratched on the billy cans of the victims entombed in the M'Evoy mine at Eldorado, the words being written on the side of the billy:—" Am getting faint, no…

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The Fatality at Redfern

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 3

The Coroner held an inquest to-day touching the death of the railway shunter named Edward Stewart, fatally injured at Redfern Railway yard during the progress of shunting operations on the…

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Another Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 5

A railway accident has occurred at Ohio. A bridge on the railway took fire, and a coal train dashed on to the burning structure before the danger was discovered. The train fell into the…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 1

A dreadful accident has occurred in New York When an eight-storey building, in course of erection in west [?] suddenly collapsed. Eighty…

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Wreck of the Catt[?] Inquest on Some of the Drowned. Second Officer Gives no Evidence

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

THE inquest upon the bodies of the three men recovered from the wreek of the steamers Catterthum was commeneed at Forster on Monday. Mr…

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Shocking Railway Accident Six Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

News has been received of a shocking railway accident in Ohio, United States. A bridge on a railway took fire, and a coal train before the…

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Terrible Accident in Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1895 · page 3

A shocking accident has occurred at Kiel, Germany. A number of workmen who had been employed on a vessel were returning ashore when the gangway collapsed, and eight of their number…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Thursday. Fatal Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 3

In a fearful colliery explosion in Germany, three miners were killed outright, and many were injured…

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Sensation Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 1

From Macedonia it is reported that the village [?] has been attacked and captured by insurgents, who [?] down the whole of the…

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Accidents to Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 11

Where the help is available it is always advisable (says Rural Australian) to send for a skilled veterinary surgeon if there is anything serious the matter with the animals…

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Accident to Mr M'Gowan

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

Mr L. M'Gowan is suffering from the effects of an accident which happened to him last Saturday. He was on horseback, and was getting a gun from Mr…

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The Greta Mine Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

Mr Jacob Gibson, who met with a serious accident in the Greta mine some few weeks ago, which necessitated the amputation of one of his arms, died on Monday afternoon…

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Sad Accident on the Elbe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 5

A boat, crowded with excursionists, was run down by a steamer on the Elbe, at Falknethol. The boat sank, and 17 lives were lost…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 1

The Cumry Hotel, one of the principal hotels in Denver, stale of Colorade, C.S.A., has been destroyed through the replosion of a boiler in…

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Football Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

The football field in its list of casualties has included Singleton. On Saturday Mr Spencer, while playing for Muswellbrook against our local Pirates on Victoria…

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Collision in the English Channel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1895 · page 3

An alarming collision took place in the English. Channel during a dense fog last night between the passenger steamer Seaford, running between Dieppe and Newhaven, and the steamer…

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