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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Serious Gas Explosion. Salvation Army Officer Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 3

A SERIOUS gas explosion occurred this morning at the head-quarters of the Salvation Army in Bourke-street, Melbourne. One of the officers of the…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 3

A potter named Frederick Cavanough had his right arm severely crushed at Redforn Railway Station this morning through being caught between an engine and a truck…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 2

BY a shocking accident which occurred at the now Victoria Markets, Sydney, just after noon on Tuesday, two men were injured in a shocking manner,…

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Fatal Accident. a Labourer's Sudden End. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at the works of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Pyrmont, this morning. Four men wore engaged pulling down a brick retort the lower portion of the building…

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Terrible Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at the P[?]mont Sugar Works this morning, owing to the collapse of the old retorts. One man named Matthews was…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

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

A terrible accident, by which two men were injured in a shocking manner, and tour of their follow employee narrowly escaped similar injuries and possible death, occuried…

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A Fatal Accident. Man Killed at Pyrmont. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 5

A SERIOUS accident occurred at the Colonial Sugar Company's Refining Works, Pyrmont, to-day. A brick retort was being pulled down, when it…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest to-day on the body of a youth named Cecil Hudson who was fatally injured on Saturday whilst riding a bicycle…

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Sydney Cycling Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 4

A SHOKING accident occurred in Regent-strcet, .Sydney, on Saturday evening, by which a boy named Cecil Hudson, son of Mr Goorge Hudson,…

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Fatality at Hexham. a Railway Officer Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 4

WHILE engaged yarding horses at Hexham on Saturday morning, Mr Robert Carpenter, the night officer at the railway station there, was violently…

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Fatal Cycling Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of the young Italian who was fatally injured while cycling in Centennial Park on Sunday through being dashed against a tree…

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Fatality at Hexham. A Railway Officer Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 2

While engaged yarding horses at Hexham on Saturday morning, Mr. Robert Carpenter, the night officer at the railway station there, was…

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Shocking Cycling Accident. A Boy's Leg Cut Off

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 4

A SHOCKING cycliing accident occurred in Regent-street, near the Railway Station, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon, by which a boy named Cecil Hudson,…

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200 Person's Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. The River Ohio Has burst its bank aT ShaWnee Town, in, the State of Illinois. The rushing waters destroyed…

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Fatal Riding Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

An accident, resulting in the death of Robert Carpenter, Light officer at the Hexham Railway Station, occurred on Saturday night last. It appears that the unfortunate…

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Fatal Accident at Hexham

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 11

On Saturday morning a sad accident, which terminated fatally, happened at Hexham to Mr. Robert Carpenter, night officer at Hexham station. Mrs. Carpenter was going to Newcastle and her husband…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 11

A shocking accident occurred in Regent-street Sydney on Saturday afternoon by which a boy named Cecil Hudson son of Mr. George Hudson, timber merchant, of George-street Redfern,…

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Fatal Accident at Pyrmont

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 13

A fatal accident occurred at the works of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Pyrmont, on Friday morning. Four men were engaged pulling down a brick retort in the lower portion of the building…

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A Terrible Fatality. an Old Gentleman Killed Instantly. Sydney, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1898 · page 3

News comes from Bull[?] that to-day a shocking accident occurred on the railway at about 1040 this morning. The 8.80 train from Sydney ran over an old gentlemen on the trestle bridge little…

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Accident to a Mail Train. One Passenger Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 5

Last night an accident occurred on the Northern railway line. It appears that the train timed to reach Sydney shortly after 10 p.m. broke down, owing to the smashing of an axle on one of the…

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