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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 3

John, William Wiley, Council Clark at Berry, who while out quail' shooting yesterday with his nephew was accidently shot in the head, died this morning. The deceased leaves a widow and…

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Albury. an Old Resident Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 July 1897 · page 5

Information reached the police last night that the body of W. H. Easterby, J.P., one of the leading residents of the districts was found in the river Murray yesterday near Howlong It appears…

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Serious Tram Accident in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 July 1897 · page 2

A serious tramway accident occurred last evening about seven o'clock in Oxford-street, Paddington, at the bottom of Barrack-hill. Two trams travelling on the same line to Sydney collided, and a…

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Unga[?]ie. Serious Gun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 July 1897 · page 5

A painful accident happened yesterday to a young man named Fred, Lawrence He was out shooting when his gun buret splitting his head open…

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A Cycling Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 5

A young man named Leo Lewis was seriously injured to-day through being thrown from a bicycle in Cleveland-street…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 1

A number of fires, supposed to be the work of incendiaries, have occurred in the Crookwell district, and the residents are becoming alarmed…

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Latest News by Cable. Terrible Railway Collision. London, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 5

A terrible railway accident has occurred in Denmark. The Helsingor express came into collision with a passenger train at the town of Geoentofte. Several care were wrecked. Forty persons were…

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Alpine Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 3

Since the year 1860 nearly 200 fatal accidents have occurred upon the Swiss Alps alone. of these how many were occasioned by maladriot, feeble, or timid climbers? The…

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A Terrible Tram Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 4

A very serious tram accident occurred on Sunday night, when the Waverley trains took it into their bunds to dash into one another. There…

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Buggy Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

While Mr and Mrs H. Bourke were returning home in their buggy from Singleton to Choshunt, Warkworth, a few days age, they met with an accident,…

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Accident on the Showground

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

Last Saturday morning, while Mr Fred. Higgins, the contractor for erecting the new cattle yards on the showground, was placing a piece of capping into position,…

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The Recent Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 5

The Government offers a reward of £50 for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who tempered with the air brakes of two tram cars on last Sunday, whereby a…

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Serious Tramway Accident in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 11

A serious tramway accident occurred on Sunday evening in Oxford-street, Paddington, at the bottom of Barrack-hill. Two trams travelling on the same line to Sydney collided, and a third,…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

A three-year-old child of Mr Reg. York's, Bulga, fell off a stool on Tuesday and broke its right arm. Dr. Bowman was sent for and attended to the injured limb…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 1

Last week the wife of Mr Donald Cameron, of Pyrmont, gave birth to triplets. Two of the infanta died. Miss Clara Blanch, on the eve of her…

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Serious Runaway Accident One Person Killed and three Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 3

At about 9 o'clock on Saturday night a serious runaway accident occurred in Hunter-street, Newcastle, resulting in the death oi a young woman and…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 5

Two workmen named Alexander Colleston and John Walker, aged 86 and 43 respectively, wore seriously injured this morning by the fall of a heavy iron girder at the works of Messrs. Tulloch and…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 3

The captain of the ship Estrella found the body of a young woman floating between the Heads about noon to-day, and the corpse was removed to the morgue…

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Accident to Lady Brassey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 2

On Thursday, as Lady Brassey, accompanied by the Honourable Dorothy Brand, was driving in a Victoria along Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, a horse and cart, apparently out of the control of the…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 1

A prospecting party at Talbot, Victoria, picked up a nugget of gold weighing 105oz. A little girl named Lily Bowden…

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