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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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The Injured Man. Sydney

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

The name of the young man injured in the railway accident near Ryde yesterday is Harold Humphries, a resident of Glebe Point. The patient is progressing favourably and it is not now…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 5

A collision occurred yesterday on the line ot Brookwood, the nearest station to Blsley, between an engine and train containing volunteers for Bisley. Twenty-five passengers were seriously…

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A Fatal Street Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day [?] the death of John Gamack, a station manager, who was [?] injured on Monday through being knocked down and run over by a cab in Elizabeth-street…

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Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 2

A painful accident happened to a little girl named Bertha Lane, aged 8 years, daughter of Mr George Lane, contractor, of Castlereagh-street, last Tuesday…

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Fatal Cab Accident. The Case Inquired Into. [Br Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 3

THE death of the elderly man John Alexander Garmack, who was knocked down and injured by a cab in Elizabeth-street on Monday night, formed…

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Accident at Randwick. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 April 1898 · page 3

An accident occurred this morning on the tan training track at Randwick. Jenny Moore had just completed a spurt and on being pulled up instead of keeping on the track made for the gate, which is…

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A Terrible Fatality

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

News comes from Bull that on Monday a shocking accident occurred on the railway at about 10 40 that morning. The 830 train from Sydney ran over an old gentlemen on the trestle bridge little…

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Strange Railway Accident. A Carriage Axle Breaks

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 5

The Tamworth mail train which left Newcastle Station at 6 o'clock on Monday evening, and which should have reached the Metropolis at 9.45…

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Accident to the Mid-day Train

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

A somewhat p[?]r accident, which resulted in serious injuries to a young man named Harold Humphries happened to the express train which left Murrurundi at 1.21…

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Accidents on a Mail Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 10

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

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A Lift Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 5

Judge Backhouse gave judgment to-day in a case in which Ernest Hoskins, compositor, sued Michael Rush, of the Lyceum Hotel, for £100 compensation, for injury received by him while…

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Easter Encampment, The Breaking-up. A Sensational Accident in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

THE bulk of the Singleton Lancers and members of the Infantry returned home from Rookwood on Sunday morning. They state that, taken as a…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. A Young Lady Sacrifices her Life to Save a Sister's

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 2

THE death, by drowning, of Miss Ethel White, third daughter of Mr. F R. White, of Booloomimba, which occurred on Thursday afternoon, is reported in…

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Injured by a Train. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

A CARTER, named Thomas Slapleton, living in Young-street, Redfern, was jammed between the buffers of two trucks at Darling Harbor Railway…

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A Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 3

At an inquest on the body of an elderly man named John Gamack, formerly a station manager, who was knocked down by a cab in Elizabeth-street on the night of the 11th instant and fatally…

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A Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 3

A three-year-old child named May Williamson met with a painful accident this morning at her parents residence. Waterloo. While sitting in front of the fire the little one's night-dress by some…

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Peculiar Drowning Case

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

A. DROWING case, which was attended by some peculiar circumstances, occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Newcastle. At the ferry wharf,…

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Fatal Accident at Phoenix Park

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 10

On Sunday an accident occurred at Phoenix Park, whereby an old resident of that locality named Thomas Wright, lost his life. Shortly after breakfast, at which meal the deceased was in high…

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A Fearful Colliery Accident. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

A fire has broken out in a colliery at Whitewick, Leicestershire. Thirtysix miners who were entombed in the workings perished…

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Local News. Fatal Accident at Grete

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred in the mine at half past 3 o'clock on Thursday. James Marsh, whilst working in his board, was struck on the head by a soldier which had…

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