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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Phenomenal Downpour. Two Men Drowned at Bungendore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

BUNGENDORE, in the Monaro district, situated near Queanbeyan, has been visited with one of the most disastrous floods over known there. On Tuesday…

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A Fearful Explosion. an American Cruiser Destroyed. Many Persons Killed.—hundreds Injured. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

A terrific explosion occurred last night on board the American first-class cruiser Maine, lying at Havana, many people being killed and injured…

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Foundering of the Atacama. a Thrilling Story of the Sea. One Seaman Drowned. Twelve Miss-ing. a Plucky Boatswain. Great Suffering of the Survivors. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

Shortly before noon to-day, Fenwick's tug Leveret arrived and took up a berth at the old A.S.N. Co's wharf where it was boarded by a number of shipping people and representatives of…

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Fatal Accident at East Maitland. a Boy Killed by the Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

About half-past five O'clock last evening, subse-quent to our going to press, a frightful accident occurred at the East Mainland railway station, whereby a school boy named Richard Ernest Rose,…

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The Tram Accident at East Maitland. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the little boy, Richard Ernest Rose, killed by the Morpeth tram on Wednesday afternoon, was conducted yesterday afternoon before Mr. G. F. Scott,…

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Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

seventy-eight dead bodies have been recovered from the mine at Bochume, Prussia, and forty-six injured have been rescued, but thirty men are still in the mine…

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Sixty-Six People Drowned. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The steamer Clare, of Nevada bound for Seattle, in Alaska, has foundered off the Alaskan coast. The passengers were mostly miners on…

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Death by Drowning. a Coal Lumper's End. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

Shortly before one o'clock this morning two men named John McCauley and James Buckley whilst on the wharf at Circular Quay saw a man struggling in the water about fifty yards out, and…

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News by Cable Collision in the English Channel. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The barque Bravo, bound for Sydney, came into collision with another vessel in the English Channel and has been towed into Southampton…

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Ditastrous Flood at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned. Narrow Escape of a Woman. the Railway Line Torn Up. a Train's Escape. Bungendore

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 10

The most disastrous flood ever known here occurred last night. At half-past nine o'clock a terrific thunderstorm came on, and about four inches of rain fell. The lower end…

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A Jockey's Terrible Condition. a Series of Accidents

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

It may be taken for granted that nothing is further from the mind of the jockey, when riding a close-contested race, than the chances of an accident occuring. The…

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A Fatal Fall. Terrible Accident at St. Mary's Cathedral. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred this morning at St.Mary's Cathedral. It appears two men named John and Lasslie and William Drury were being raised to the top of the immense gantry by means of a steam…

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Fatal Accident at the Cathedral Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

An inquest touching the death of John Leslie, who lost his life yesterday at the works now proceeding at St. Mary's Cathdral, was held to-day, when the jury returned…

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The South Singleton Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

The little boy Dwyer, who' sustained a fracture of the skull by being kicked by a horse on the 12th instant at South Singleton, is still in a rather dangerous state. On…

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A Factory Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 3

The Newcastle district coroner conducted an inquest on Tuesday on the body of William Heslop, a youth, who was killed on the previous afternoon…

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Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 2

A young man named Frank Smith, employed at Messrs Grainger and Falkiner's stores, received rather painful injuries on Tuesday to his hand. He was at the time…

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Serious Buggy Accident. Two Young Ladies Badly Hurt

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 3

At Bathurst on Tuesday night two sisters named Robertson were driving to their home at Brewongle, and when crossing over the bridge the…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 3

The body of an elderly man was found floating in the water at Darling Harbour this morning…

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Vehicular Mishaps. Accidents in Sydney Streets. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 3

A serious collision occurred in Pitt-street this morning between a Chinaman's cart and a sulky. The latter contained Mr. James Boching, superintendent of the Post Office Stables, and…

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Accident Off the Coast of Norfolk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 3

The Coastguard boat, while fetching stores from the gunboat Alarm, capsized off Wells, in Norfolk, and five of the crew were drowned. Subsequently the Alarm's gig capsized, and six men were drowned…

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