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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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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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Accident to a Boy

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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A Cabman Injured

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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Fatal Railway Accident

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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Mining Accident

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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Railway Accident

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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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

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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Moruya. a Fatal Accident

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 Boating Accident

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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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

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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Strange Shooting Fatality

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 Drowning of a Swimmer

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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Sensation, Fatality &, Crime

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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Fatal Railway Accident

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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Accident to Captain Brassey

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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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

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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Fatal Accident

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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Accident

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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Accident to Mr J. Harborne

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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Naval Officers Drowned

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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