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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Terrible Fatal Accident in Melbourne-Street

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 16

Shortly before eleven o'clock on Monday morning a terrible fatal accident occurred in Melbourne-street, West Maitland, the victim being John Nixon, a fine yong man, twenty years of age, who…

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A Jockey's Terrible Condition. a Series of Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

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 occurring. The frequency with which…

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Bathing Sensation. Three Narrow Escapes from Drowning

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 3

A NARROW escape from a terrible bathing fatality occurred at Bondi Beach last Saturday morning. A number of persons were bathing in…

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A Terrible Fatality. Two Children Burnt to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 4

A SHOCKING double burning accident occurred at a house situated in Frances-street, Collingwood, on Saturday night last, when two…

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Terrible Colliery Accident. LONDON, Sunday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

The Muldhouseburn colliery at Muirkirk, Scotland, has been flooded, and many of the miners entombed. Sixteen of the men were rescued…

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A Terrible Fatality. Two Children Burnt to Death

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 4

A SHOCKING double burning accident occurred at a house situated in Frances Street, Collingwood, on Saturday night last, [?]hen two children named…

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Fearful Colliery Accident. Terrible Explosion in Dudley Pit. Fourteen Men Entombed in a Burning Coalmine. No Hope Entertained of a Rescue. a Pick-boy's Marvellous Escape. Twenty-four, Children Left Fatherless. Newcastle

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

One of those frightful disasters which seem inseparable from the conduct of mining in the Newcastle district occurred at the Dudley Colliery shortly after nine o'clock this morning, when an…

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A Fatal Railway Collision

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

A collision occurred between two passenger trains on the south-eastern railway at New Cross. Three persons were killed and six injured…

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Terrible Colliery Accident. Fourteen Men Entombed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon we received word of A Terrible disaster at the Dadley Pit, near Newcastle, by which 14 men were entombed, and there was very…

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A Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

A serious accident occurred to a lad named Grantley Brady, 13 years of ago today, son of Mrs Brady, of Mount Hope, last Sunday night. From the particulars…

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Serious Tram Accident. a Man's Foot Crushed and Amputated. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 5

A shocking tram accident occurred in Flinders-street, Darlinghurst, this morning. It appears a young man named George Davidson attempted to board the Randwick tram bound city wards. The…

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Railway Collision. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 3

A collision occurred to-day between two passenger trains on the SouthEastern railway at New Cross (South London). Three persons were killed…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

A shocking fatal accident occurred at Armidale railway station at about 8 o'clock on Monday evening. Shunting operations were being carried on to…

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Fatal Accident at Armidale

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

About 8 o'clock on Monday evening a fatal accident occurred at the Armidale Railway station. From what we can learn it would appear that a porter named James Newman…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

A man named John Tobin, employed by Mr James Moore, of Kelso, sustained a rather painful fracture of the arm on Tuesday in a way that might have resulted…

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Tilba. Sad Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

Nows has just been received that Mr. Bottin, of Reedy Creek, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Tuross River. The daughter of one of the settlers near, hearing cries went to the river and saw a…

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A Terrible Fall. One Man Killed, Another Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 5

By a shocking accident which occurred at the new Victoria markets just after noon to-day two men were injured in a shocking manner, and four of their fellow employes narrowly escaped simi…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

MASTER BRUCE WHITE, son of Mr. J. C. White, of Edinglassie, while riding in one of the station paddocks on Monday afternoon, had the misfortune…

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The Market Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of Richard Barber, who was fatally injured yesterday at the Sydney markets…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Death by Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 5

The Coroner has received a report of the circum-stances of the death of a man named Robert Rutherford Duff, which occurred in Balmain Cot-tage Hospital this morning. Deceased, a…

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