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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 23

A Bicycle Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1897 · page 2

On Christmas Eve, Mr C. Pratt, of the local Post and Telegraph office, met with a rather exciting experience, and narrowly escapad being seriously injured. He was…

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A Strange Accident. Warning to Railway Travellers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1897 · page 3

A serious railway accident occured yesterday near Newtown Station, when a train from Parramatta was passing a funeral train travelling to the Ne[?]ropolis. Mr. P. H. Robilliard, a conveyancer, on his…

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