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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

331 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 17

Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 3

A lift boy named William Fletcher was taken to the Hospital this morning Buffering from internal injuries. He was employed at Dalgetty's store, and the lift in which he was at the time fell from the…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 1

A young unmarried woman, named Lillie Louisa Mitchell, has been renamed at the Newcastle Police Court on a charge of wilfully murdering her…

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Fatal Accident in a Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 3

Frederick Sharpe, a drummer belonging to the Criterion Theatre orchestra, who was injured by falling down the theatre cellar, yesterday, died this morning…

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Lord Beaumont Killed. Accidentally Shot in the Head. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 3

LOARD BEAUMONT was out shooting at Carlton Towers, Yorkshire, to-day, and was afterwards found dead, he having been shot in the head. It is…

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Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 3

A boy aged about six years, named Royden Burns, was picked up unconscious on the railway line, near Eveleigh, this morning, clothed in a shirt and trousers, and bleeding from a fearful wound on…

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Fatal Collision Off Cuba. Officers and Men Drowned. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 5

THE Spanish cruiser Sanchez Barcaisgan, has been wrecked, after colliding with a steamer near Havana, the capital of Cuba. The captain and 116…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 1

A Charters Toners (Q.) telegram states that a man named David Strain was killed on Thursday through a bicycle running into him. Emmerson,…

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Railway Accident. a Boy Injured. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 5

AT an early hour this morning a boy namad Royden Burns, aged about six years, was picked up in an unconscious state on the railway line near…

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A Seaman Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 5

William Wells, third officer of the steamer Wendouree, was drowned at an early hour this morning. Deceased and two seamen went ashore yesternight, and when they returned to join the vessel at the…

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An Injured Athlete

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 5

The man Placke, who was seriously injured yesternight during a fight with the pugilist Barter still lies in the hospital in a critical condition. It is understood he has sustained severe internal…

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Drowned in the Harbour. Miscalculated his Distance. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 3

WILLIAM WELLS, third mate of the steamer Wendource, was drowned in the harbour the morning. The deceased was endcavouring to jump…

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Sensation , Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 1

Whilt endeavouring to stop a coach the for horses of which had bolted, at Windeyer, near Mudgee on Wednes a Chinaman was knocked down…

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Coal Hulk Foundered. Two Men Drowned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 5

The coal hulk Gem, whilst being towed from Newcastle to Sydney last night, foundered during the heavy weather. Twomen, named E. Larsons…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon last, about 5 o'clock, whilst Edward Ransley, son of Mr Thomas Ransley, of Liandille, was driving in some cows, he picked…

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Albury. a Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1895 · page 5

A young man named Clark met with a terrible accident at Fallon's wine cellars this morning. While he was removing a hogshead he accidentally fell, and the barrel rolled on to his legs. Both…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 1

A shocking tragedy has been pordetrsted at Lichfield in Staffordshire. A madman who had Just been released from the local lunatic asylum…

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The Bishop of Naples Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1895 · page 3

Cardinal G. Sanfelice, Bishop of Naples, has been accidentally drowned in Lake Nyassa, Central Africa…

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Glen Innes. Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1895 · page 3

A youth named Byron, employed at Co-operative Stores here, met with a very painful accident to-day. He was in the act of handling a gun he was about to purchase from a companion when…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 14

The circumstances surrounding the death of Annie Maria Bloomfield, whose mangled remains were found on the railway line close to Eveleigh station on Friday night, formed the subject of an…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 1

A thunderstorm occured in Bega on Sunday evening. A horse was struck dead under a tree. The owner, who had just fed the horse and was…

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