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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 13

One of the narrowest escapes from drowning ever known in Port Jackson formed a terribly exciting scene between the Heads yesterday. Henry Cooke and an assistant were engaged making an…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 1

Mr J.W. Drow, editor of the Geraldton Express (West Australia), has been sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for contempt of court for…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 1

A despatch from Florid, United states, gives particulars of a shocking case of lynching which has occurred there. A white woman was indecently…

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A Collision in Sydney Harbour. a Ferry Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 3

About 5.30 this morning as the North Shore Ferry Co.'s steamer Camraaray was proceeding from Milson's Point to Sydney, the Newcastle steamer Sydney, inward bound, collided with her…

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The Collision Between the Elbe and Craithie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 5

The Board of Trade has found that the collision between the Elbe and the Craithie was due to improper navigation of the latter vessel, whose mate was alone to blame…

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A Fearful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Stearne's flour mill, Goulburn, to-day. A young man named George Boyce was engaged putting belting on a pulley when he became entangled in the belt, and as…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 1

Mr Lodge, Braemar, near Balmoral, the residence of the Duke and Duchess, of Fife, has been destroyed by fire. Her Majesty the Queen, who was…

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Shocking Fatal Accident. Crushed in a Flour Mill. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident happened in Wearne's Flour Mills, Goulburnstreet, to-day. A young man named George Alfred Boyee, aged 22,…

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The Sydney-cammeray Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 3

The Marine Board commenced an investigation to-day with regard to the recent collision between the Sydney and the Cammeray…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Wednesday. Another Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 3

Six men have been drowned at Lisbon owing to a mine becoming flooded…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 13

Early on Saturday morning as the North shore Ferry Co.'s steamer Cammaray was proceeding from Milson' s point to sydney, the Newcastle steamer Sydney, inward bound, collided with her…

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Curious Accident and Narrow Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 11

A few mornings ago a curious accident occurred in connection with the clock at the Town Hall, Glenelg, S.A. The heavy weight which controls the striking mechanism, and which…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 1

A desperate street fight took place at Cork on Sunday between the partisans of W. H. Redmond and John Dillon. The police had the…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

Mr W. Dudding jun., met with a rather painful accident on Sunday. While vaulting a fen[?] slipped and fell, dislocating his elbow joint. Dr. Read reduced the…

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Accident to Mr Ebswerth

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

Cricketers in Singleton bare cause to remember Mr Ebsworth. the captain of the Robertson eleven, who gave them such a day's leather-hunting on Victoria Square…

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Horrible S[?]ding Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

A terrible sealding accident happened at Vere on Sunday, when little boy 5 years of age, son of Mrs Suape, apset a kettle of belling water over himself sealding his…

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Sensation, Fatality, & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 1

A respectable woman has been fined 1s with 19s costs, at Wellington (N.Z ), for refusing to " move on" when requested to do so. She was…

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 3

A man named Thomas Charlton, who sustained shocking injuries at Wollongong through a horse he was riding colliding with a buggy, died this morning…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. Terrible Fatality at Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1895 · page 3

The ship Argus which arrived to-day from Glasgow reports that on May 23 the third officer fell overboard, and the mate together with five of the crew went away in a boat to attempt to rescue…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Monday a Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 5

Four men have been suffocated to death by foul gases whilst clearing one of the London sewer shafts…

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