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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

386 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 20

A Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 3

Richard Vickers, a cabman, who was injured on Sunday, owing to a collision between his vehicle and a tram, died in the hospital to-day…

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A Fearful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 3

A carrier named Richard Ryan was the victim of a terrible accident this morning. He was with others on one of the wharves raising a mill stone on to a waggon, when at a critical moment the…

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Accident to H.m.s. Dido

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 3

H.M.S. Dido, a twin-screw cruiser of the second class, 5600 tons, while being launched at the ship-building yards at Govan on the Clyde, stuck on the ways and canted over. It is hoped that the…

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Terrible Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 2

A serious blasting accident occurred in Centennial Park this morning. A labourer named Thos Noble was terribly…

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Moree. Drowning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

A man named Matthew Henry, whose mother lives at Haydenton, Murrurundi, was bathing in the river near the bridge yesterday evening with his shirt and trousers on. The trousers slipped…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 1

A married man named H. Turner was killed at Roache's sawmills, Narranders, on Tuesday. The unfortunote man was drawing logs, and the…

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A Street Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

A widow named Hannah "Wilson, was knocked down and run over by a cart this morning, sustaining injuries which probably will prove fatal…

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A Serious Blasting Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 7

A serious blasting accident occurred at Centennial Park on Thursday, when a labourer named Thomas Noble, employed excavating a new reservoir, was severely injured by the…

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Fatal Tram Accident. a Cabman Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

E.RICHARD VICKERS, cabman, who was injured on Sunday owing to a collision between the vehicle he was driving and a Coogee tram, died…

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Terrible Accident. Crushed by a Millstone. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident happened to a carter named Richard Ryan this morning. He was at work with other men on one of the wharves raising a…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 5

A scaffolding accident of a serious nature occurred to-day in Pitt-street at the Palace of Varieties, now in course of erection. An immense platform, forty feet long and seven feet wide, was erected on…

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Sensation. Fatality &. Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 1

A man named John Keor, station master at the Brisbane racecourse station, was killed at 7 o'clock on Sunday night. Ho was engaged…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

Stanley Gordon Shepherd, aged 11 years, son of the Hon. P. L. C. Shepherd, M.L.C., met with a serious gunshot accident at his parents residence, Colo Vale, yesternight. The lad was out shooting…

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Riding Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

0n Monday the services of Dr. Bowman weè required at Broke to attend a little girl eight years of age, who had been thrown from a horse when riding. The…

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The Kennelville Railroad Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 2

Getting on and off a moving train is an art very difficult to manage. There is certainly a limit to human possibilities in that direction, though if you have over heard a little circle of…

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Sensation. Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 1

Messrs Huddart, Parker, and Company's R.M. Warrimioo, which arrived it Vancouver from Sydney, on the 22nd instant, reports that a terrible…

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A New Zealand Fatality. Terrible Colliery Explosion. Sixty Men Entombed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 5

AN appalling disaster has occurred in the Brunner coal mine, near Greymouth, on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. About…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 2

A scaffolding accident of a serious nature occurred in Pitt-street, Sydney, at the Palace of Varieties, in course of erection. An immense platform, forty feet long and seven feet wide, was erected on…

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A Fearful Accident. Albury

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 2

A shocking fatal accident occurred on the railway line near here at an early hour this morning, when in elderly woman named Bridged Davey, a nurse, was cut to pieces by an engine. The woman with…

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A Fearful Fatality. Five Children Burned to Death Near Cabramatta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5

A fire occurred on Saturday, night near Cabramatta, when the dwelling of Mr. Bonarius was totally destroyed by fire. Five young children, whose ages range from 6 to 10 years, were in the…

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