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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Accident to Mr L. A. Lamb

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 2

A rather painful accident happened to Mr L. A. Lamb, of Baroona, on Sunday morning last. It appears he was driving from Baroona to Neotsfleld,and dismounted…

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Accident to a Shunter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 2

On Wednesday evening a wheeler at the East Greta Colliery, named James Ryan, was engaged in shunting on the railway line, when by some means his hand became…

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A Terrible Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 5

A report has just reached the city of a terrible sewer accident at North Shore, in which two men were killed and others injured. The details so far are very meagre…

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A Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 5

A labourer named Nicholas punch was knocked down and severely injured by a tram on the globe road this morning, and when admitted to the hospital he was found to be suffering from concussion…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 1

A British vessel has been pillaged in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Morocco, by Riff pirates. It is reported that the German…

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The Blasting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 5

Robert McGewen, one of the men injured in the blasting explosion at North Shore yesterday, was greatly improved this morning and it is now thought he will recover…

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Carriage. Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 5

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have been injured by a carriage accident…

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Accident to a Boy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 2

On Monday evening last while a little five-year-old son of Mr Sparrow, of South Singleton, was amusing himself by running along the roadway he fell and struck his…

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A Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1896 · page 3

A shocking fatal accident occurred on the Illawarra railway line this morning. It appears four permanent waymen named Dwyer, Butfield, Gallagher, and Thomas Brown were working on the…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 1

A boy named Charles Clifton, five years of tell into a pot of boiling water at the residence of a registered nurse in Yarraberg, near Melbourne,…

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Fatal Team Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 3

A young woman named Mary Pickering died in the hospital to-day from effects of injuries sustained by being knocked down by a tram on the 9th inst…

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A Shocking Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 3

A shooting fatal accident occurred on the Illawarra railway line on Thursday. It appears four permanent waymen named Dwyer, Butfield, Gallagher, and Thomas Brown were working on the…

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Fatal Blasting Accident at North Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 7

A blasting fatality occurred in the sewerage works in course of construction in Lavender-street, North Sydney, on Monday, whereby a married man named Thomas McNamara, aged 36,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 5

At St. Louis, United States, two trains came into collision end wore wreeked. Nine persons were killed on the spot, and twenty others were badly injured…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 1

Captain Pandorf, of Fowlers, New Zealand, shot himself in his house on Monday. He was a well- to-do settler, single, and aged 10. The cause of…

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Fatal Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 2

A serious railway collision occurred at St. Louis, United States, to-day. Two trains came into collision, and were wrecked. Nine persons were…

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Shocking Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 2

A blasting accident occurred at Dargan's Crook deviation, near Lithgow, to-day. A man named Shea had both eyes blown out, and his nose…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 1

From Now York it is reported that two elevators at Chicago, containing over 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday…

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A Maitland Councillor Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 4

COUNCILLOR JAMES O'HEARN, of the Maitland District Council, met with a very severe accident on Wednesday afternoon. He went to Morpeth on business in the…

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A Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1896 · page 5

The Right Hon. G. J. Shaw-Lefevre, formerly M.P. for Central Bradford, has been seriously injured through a bicycle accident…

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