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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 1

A young man named Charles Adel Mann dropped dead in Wellmgton (N.Z) while singing at an entertainment…

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A Stewardess Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 2

ELIZABETH BENN, stewardess on the steamer Barrawong, was drowned in the harbor near the vessel this morning. It is stated that she was leaning…

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To-day's News by Wire. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney. the Fatality at the Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 3

At an inquest to-day respecting the death of Johanna Simonstein, an indoor patient at the Sydney Hospital, who was fatally injured at that institution yesterday by falling from the balcony of…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 1

An elderly woman named Johanna Simonstein received fatal injuries on Wednesday morning through falling from a balcony, 20ft. from the ground,…

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A Stewardess Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 13

Elizabeth Bean, stewardess of the steamer Burrawong, was drowned in Sydney Harbour on Tuesing. The circumstances are tragic and peculiar. The steward, Henry Hamilton, was sleeping in the…

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Dangerous Icebergs a Ship in Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 5

The German ship Lika, bound from Santos to Newcastle, put into Sydney this morning partially disabled. She anchored in Watson's Bay, but was…

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A Mine Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 3

At Bulli a set of waggons broke away from the South Bulli mine incline this morning at eleven o'clock, and crashed through the points at the railway station, blocking the line. The…

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A Rocket-firing Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 7

The steamer McGregor left Albany last Saturday afternoon for Esperance with a number of passengers on board, including Bishop Riley. On Taesday afternoon, when off Bremer Bay, rockets were…

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Strange Accident at Sea

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 6

The steamer M'Gr[?]gor left Albany last Saturday afternoon for E[?] with a number of passengers on board, including Bishop Riley. At…

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1897 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day at the inquest on the girl named Emily Moody, aged seven, who died from the effects of injuries received through jailing upon a bed post while…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 1

The widow of Dr. R. W. Dale, the eminent Congregational minister, has been burnt to death at Bath (Eng.), where she was residing. The [?]lity…

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A Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3

A man named John Beech, who was injured on the Parramatta Road owing to a train collision, died in the Hospital early this morning…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 1

News from Havnnnah state that General Weyler, the Spanish commander in Cuba, has forced 40,000 women and children belonging to the…

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A Fatal Lift Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest to-day on the body of a boy named James Smith, who was killed in a lift accident in Wynyard Buildings yesterday, the jury adding a…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 1

The exodus from Bombay in consequence of the spread of the bubonic plague amounted up to the end of February to 377,876…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 1

At the Sydney Sessions on "Wednesday last, a sentence of five years penal servitude was paused upon George Morris, who had been…

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Deaths from Bicycle Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 12

A young man named William M'Farlane, met his death in a very simple manner on Friday morning while on his way to his work. He was riding a bicycle, and bad safely negotiated what is known…

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Wabialda. Two Fatal Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 5

Two fatal accidents occurred here this morning, Mrs, Miller, of the River View Hotel, Bingara, be-ing thrown from a buggy and killed and a son of Mrs. Thomas Lanagan, of the Commercial Hotel,…

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Tamworth. Accident to Archdeacon and Mrs. Paddington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 5

A serious accident happened to Archdeacon Pid-dington and Mrs. Piddington yesterday evening, They were returning in a buggy from Moonbi, and when within a few miles of Tamworth…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1897 · page 1

A young man named Albert Thompson, employed in the Custom-office, was riding a bicycle along Wolloougabba, Queensland, when ho came in…

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