The Accident to Stanbury on the Thames
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1896 · page 5
James Stanbury, the Australian champion sculler, met with an accident with an accident while practising on the Thames yesterday for his match with C. R. Harding, the English champion, for a stake of £500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Accidents
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 June 1896 · page 2
A young man named Leslie Turner, in the employ of Mr H. M'Fadden, jun., coachbuilder, of George-street, met with a severe accident on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidentally Killed
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 3
A man named Speedy Murray fall down the hold of the stemmer Rosshire, to-day, and was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 1
On Wednesday George Love was found guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney of the murder of his wife, Julia Love at Newtown. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Shooting Accident. Coroner's Inquest
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 6
MR HARRY PINCHIN, District Coroner, held an inquest at Mr W. Richards, Goorangoola, on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock on the body of James…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Railway Accident
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 6
A sHOCKING accident occurred early on Thursday morning by which Robert Wickham, the driver of the passenger train from Sydney, to Newcastle lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Serious Railway Accident. Two Men Severely Injured
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 5
About 3 o'clock this morning the engine of the mixed mail train to Cooma ran off the line and fell over an embankment near Goulburn, taking two trucks with it, and seattering the goods about in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 1
For making false statements while taking out an elector's right a Swede are on Monday prosecuted in Sydney, found guilty, and remanded for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Tivoli Theatre Accident Fatal Results. Charge of Manslaughter. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 2
MR. A. L. NEANDER, whose spine was fractured by a man falling upon him from the gallery, of the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, on Saturday evening, died in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Acrobat's Accident
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1896 · page 3
Edward Banvard, of the Banvard Troup of Acrobats, while practising a somersault on a mattress at the Lyceum Theatre to-day, broke his left leg close to the ankle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 1
A terrible disaster has occured in the northern province of Japan, where 150 shocks of earthquake were experienced in 20 hours, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned While Crossing a Creek. Off the Track. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2
G. F. SIMPSON, owner of Gun Swamp and Nowranie stations, near Jerilderie, has been drowned whilst crossing a creek in his buggy through his horses…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 14
About 3 a.m. on Monday the engine of the mixed mail train to Cooma ran off the line and fell over an embankment near Goulburn. The train was travelling at a high rate of speed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sad Accident at a Theatre
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 12
A new and exciting feature has been added to the varied bills presented by some of the Sydney threatres, but the innovation is scarcely likely to become pleasant or popular. A few months ago a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Accident on the Cessnock Road
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1896 · page 2
A man named Thomas O'Neill, 32 years of age, a labourer, residing at Cessnock, met with a terribly sudden death on Saturday night through colliding with a telegraph post at Mother Duff's Hill, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 1
The heaviest snowstorm known for 25 years occurred at Bowral during Sunday night and Monday. At Lawson huge branches of trees broke off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Donnan Injured
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 2
Donnan, whilst fielding a ball injured his finger and had to retire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on a Warship
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1896 · page 3
A serious accident took place on board H.M.S. Blake, a twin-screw cruiser of the first-class, during a trial trip yesterday White the Blake was steaming at full speed one of the exhaust pipes burst,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 1
A man named James Tribe committed suicide at Narrabri on Thursday morning by blowing out his brains with a double-barrelled gun at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fatal Tram Accident
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 3
An inquest opened to-day in circumstance attending the death of Christian Schwerdtzmann, who was fatally injured three weeks ago through being run over by a tram, of which he was…
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