Fatal Fishing Accident in Victoria
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 3
Early on Wednesday a constable patrolling Brighton Beach found a naked boy lying on the rocks close to the water's edge and some short distance away a fishing boat was found with the lad's…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 2
At the Public Schools Sports on day," a 13 year old son of Mr Richard Jarman, named Bertram, met with an accident. While running across to see the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 5
A cabman named Joseph Flavill was run over by dray a in Sussex-street yesterday and seriously Injured…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 5
A man whose name is at present unknown was kncoked down and run over by a goods train about ono o'clook this morning between Granville and Merrylands. He was walking alongside the line,…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 3
Two miners, Wm. Taylor and Wm. Chappie were killed in the South Star mine at Sebastopol (Vic.) by foul air in the workings…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 3
A train was derailed at Rockenhof, Russia, and 100 soldiers were killed and 60 injured. From returns received from the…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1897 · page 1
A Lismore woman—heaven save the mark—was fined £2 and costs for cruellv ill-treating a girl of between live and Bis years of age…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1897 · page 5
Ex-alderman Patrick Browne, a native, and an old resident of Moruya, was killed on the road near Bergalla last night. Deceased was driving in a sulky from Bodalla to Moruya, and drove over a…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1897 · page 2
SIR,—Kindly allow me correct a few errors which appeared in your report of a boating accident in last night's Merc[?]ry. The facts are these in company with R. Winter, I was pulling on the river in…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 1
Four more earthquake shocks were felt at Kingston. Some people still refuse to sleep ie the stone buildings, and families are living in tents and…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 8
An accident happened on Tuesday night in Melbourne, a well-known journalist named Hamilton M'Kinnon being shot through the body. Mr. Matthew D. Aikman, the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 May 1897 · page 3
A cablegram was received in Sydney this morning stating that Charles Cavill the Well-known Sydney swimmer. was drowned at Sun Francisco yesterday. Writing to his parents from Honolulu…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 1
A burning accident occurred at Temora. The infant daughter of Mr John Phillips was severely scalded through the capsizing of a cup of…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2
A FATAL accident occurred on Saturday night near Ironbark Creek to James Henry Rees Williams, employed as a night watchman during the erection…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 3
Whilst out riding his horse threw Captain Brassey as maidstone, but the injury which he sustained to his leg is not expected to prove serious…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 1
The Melbourne detectives are still in the dark about the Taiyuan gold robbery. A terrible shooting accident is…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 15
On Saturday night a fatal accident occurred near Ironbark Creek to a man named James Henry Rees Williams, employed as a night watchman during the erection of a new bridge over Ironbark Creek…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4
Yesterday a man employed at Jerry's Plains by Mr York met with an accident by being thrown from his horse. He was picked up by a man named Arthur Tudor,…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4
On Thursday night, while engaged in his bakehouse, Mr James Harborne slipped and fell against the even, burning his right arm rather severely, and also…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 May 1897 · page 5
Six petty officers of the warship Collingwood have been drowned in Bantry Bay by the capsizing of a boat…
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