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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Serious Accident at Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 3

A serious accident occurred on board the steamship St. Louis which came into Wooloomooloo Bay this morning. Yesterday while at sea a rocket explosion took place, when a seaman named…

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A Strange Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

Last Monday evening, Mrs Kohler, of William-street, met with a strange accident which, although painful injuries resulted, might easily have had fatal…

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A Series of Accidents

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

A young man named Leslie Lord met with a series of accidents near Quiriodi on Monday last It appears that he was engaged harvesting near Spring Ridge, driving a…

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Nasty Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 3

Aa employee of Warrah Station named James Henry met with a painful accident on Saturday last. From what we can learn it appears that he was in the act of skinning a…

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A Startling Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 11

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

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 3

The body of a man found drowned in Darling Harbour on Sunday has been identified as that of Stephen Everett, aged 60, a blacksmith, lately residing at Victoria Place. When last seen alive…

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Sad Burning Accident. Death of Mrs John Smith, of Carrow Creek

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 3

LAST Saturday a most distressing case occurred at the residence of Mr John Smith, Carrow Creek, when Mrs Smith met with an accident which,…

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Sad Drowning Fatality a Gallant Policeman's Death. Mournful Occurrence at Merriwa. Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred here yesterday evening. Constable W. H. Pearce was returning to town on horseback and after crossing Merriwa Bridge his attention was directed to a boy…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday whilst Mrs. Claydon, son, was proceeding with the mail to Kayuga, in a sulky, the horse attached to the vehicle stumbled on the Kayuga…

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Drowned in the River. a Policeman's Sad Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 3

A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Merriwa on Tuesday evening. Constable W. H. Pearce was returning to town on horseback and after crossing…

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Constable Pearce Drowned. Brave Attempt to Rescue a Boy. Both Have a Watery Grave

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Merriwa on Tuesday evening. Constable W.H. Pearce was returning to town on horseback and after crossing…

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A Police Constable Drowned

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

A sad drawing fatality occurred at Merviwa on Tuesday evening. Constable W. H. Pearce was returning to town on horse-task and after crossing Merriwa Bridge his…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. a Nas[?] Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 5

A serious accident betel a young man named John Reynolds. While at work at Eaton's saw mills, Blues Point this morning, Reynolds, who was employed as a labourer, engaged on the wharf, was…

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A Strange Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 5

A LABORING man named Thomas Summerbell had a narrow escape of losing his life by being poisoned with gas this morning. He was at work…

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A Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 3

The ships Flies and Pierremont collided off the Tyne, with the result that the F[?]ios foundered, and twenty of her crew are missing…

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A Terrible Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 3

A shocking burning accident occurred at Liverpool on Saturday by which two children named Jeffrey, aged four and two years respectively, were so terribly injured that the youngest succumbed…

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Aberdeen. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 3

Yesterday (Sunday) while bathing, a young man named Oswald Sheppard, supposed to have come from the Newcastle district, and employed in railway improvements here, in diving, hit a boulder…

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A Disastrous Collision. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 3

A collision occurred near the mouth of the Tyne between the steamers Hios and Pierrement. The Hios foundered, and 20 of those on board…

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Found Drowned. a Woman's Mysterious Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 3

The Deputy Coroner opened an inquiry to-day touching the death of a married woman named Jane Sundquist, whose body was yesterday found in a waterhole at Marrickville, known as Johnstone's…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

Mr Alex. Johnston, of Newcastle, well known in mining circles, had a narrow escape the other morning from what might have terminated in a…

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