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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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The Boxing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 3

The Grand Jury has refused to proceed with the case in connection with the late boxing fatality to a puglist named Turner, who died after a contest at the National Sporting Club…

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Sad Shooting Fatality. a Peculiar Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 3

A and shooting accident occurred yesterday at Sand Flats near Coolangatta, on the Berry Estate. A young man named Harvey D. Hay, brother of Dr. Hay and Mr. John Morton were spending a…

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A Harbour Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

A COLLISION accurred in the harbor between the erry steamer Wallaby and the Government launch Lava, resulting in the sinking of the latter…

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Sad Shooting Accident. a Coolangatta Episode. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

A SAD shooting accident occurred yesterday afternoon near Coolangatta on the Berry estate. A young man named Harvey D . Hay, brother to [?]…

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Brunel's Singular Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 2

On May the 13th, 1843, un uncommon accident o curred to Mr. Isambard Kingdom most distinguished engineers. While entertaining the children of a friend by pretending to…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 10

A sad shooting accident occurred on Tuesday. Sand Flats, near Coolangatta, on the Berry Estate. A young man named Harvey D. Hay, brother of Dr. Hay. and Mr. John Morton were spending a…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

WHILST Mr. I Gallimore was procceding homewards on Thursday afternoon he had the misfortune to fall out of his vehicle when near Mr. Kenny's…

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Accident to a Cricketer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

AN accident befel Mr Firth, treasurer of the New South Wales Cricket Association, to-day. While he was in the act of recovering himself after…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

A man named James O'Brien, of Glennies Creek, met with a painful accident on Wednesday last. He was engaged working a stripper, and some of the machinery…

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Car[?]oar. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 November 1898 · page 3

A serious accident happened at Carcoar yesterday. Mrs. and Miss Donnellan, with the former's little boy, were driving down Coombing Hill, when part of the harness broke, causing the horse to…

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Accident to a Prince

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 3

Prince Louis of Battenberg fell into the shell room through the hatch of the Majestic and injured himself…

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Injured in Gaol. Responsibility of the Government to Prisoners. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 3

An action of a novel character came before Justice Owen and a jury of four to-day, when Samuel Gibson sued the Government to recover £1000 compensation for the loss of an eye caused…

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A Plucky Lad Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 2

On Saturday a number of boys, amongst whom were Tommy Mick, and Frank O'Brien, Went out to the Beardy Waters, Glen [?] for a bath…

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Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 3

A young woman named Sarah Stoope, was engaged in washing clothes this morning at her residence, Erskineville, when her frock caught fire. Before the flames could be extinguished she was…

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Serious Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

A SERIOUS accident, which might have proved fatal, occurred on Wednesday to Mr. E. Dann, of Wybong. From particulars to hand we learn…

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Burning Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

ON Thursday morning last Mrs. Smith, who resides with her mother at the corner of Sydney and Maitland Streets, was rather severely burnt about…

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Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

Master Reginald Reeve, son of the Rev. G. A. Reeve, Wesleyan Minister, of this town, met with a nasty accident on Wednesday last. It appears that he was climbing a…

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A Nasty Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

A few days back (says the Scene Advocate), as Mr. W. Bridge was driving his waggonette over a culvert spanning a gully on the Gundy-to-Timur road, a portion of…

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Startling Accident. Sudden Fall of Scaffolding in Sydney. Five Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 3

An accident of a startling character, fortunately unattended with loss of life, occurred thin morning at the A.M.P. Society's Building, Lower Pitt-street. The work of painting and decorating the…

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Accident to Mr Bartrop

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

We learn from the Scene Advocate that rcently Mr W.H. Bartrop, of Singleton, while engaged in the erection of a new corner stone to the St. Luke's Church…

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