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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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A Shocking Fatality. Mrs. Horadam Burned to Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 4

A FEARFUL burning accident, which terminated fatally, occurred on Monday last about mid-day to Mrs. Horadam, senior, of Glendon, This…

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A Serious Shooting Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 1

A SHOOTING accident of a serious [?]it occurred at Stowart's Brook on Sunday afternoon last. It appears that a youth named Walter…

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Accident to a Coal Lumper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 3

Michael Pessenbier, a coal lumper, was the victim of serious accident this morning. He was working on the steamship Nineveh, aboard which a cargo of coal was being taken from the steam…

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Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

Mr. James Tickle, of this town, received a telegram on Monday last informing him that his son Arthur, who is in charge of the Belgravia Public School, near Orange, had…

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Melbourne. a Collision in the Bay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 3

A collision occurred this morning between the steamers Edina and Excelsior, trading to and from Geelong. The latter sank in half-an-hour, midway between Melbourne and Geelong, but the Edina…

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A Pistol Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 2

A BOY named Clement M'Leod, aged 14, met with a serious accident to-day at his parents' residence, Fitzroystreet. He was playing with a loaded…

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Fatal Boating Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 2

DURING the heavy weather off Mereton Bay a sailing beat, 'Dawn of Day' capsized, and one of the cccupants, W. Fitzfield, was drowned…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning in the Hunter. Mr. John Corbett's Horse and Sulky Washed Down. Nearly Drowned Himself

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last, shortly after we bad gone to press, we received word by telephone from Moonan Brook that Mr. John Corbett, of…

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An Accidental Rhyme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 1

In the old days of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, an actor named Dewar went one morning to the promises of a publican named Scott, patronised by the…

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Wollongong. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 3

A man named Edward Quirk was on Sunday morning discovered in an unconscious condition at the foot of the cliffs in the vicinity of Signal Hill having fallen over the previous night. Quirk was…

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Double Burning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

A DOUBLE burning fatality occurred at Ballarat East, between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday. The victims were Patrick Shelley, a stonebreaker, aged…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Accidentally Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 3

An inquest was held to-day on the body of John Harding, who died yesternight from the effects of injuries sustained last month through being run over by a buggy. A finding of accidental death…

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Two Painful Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 3

On Satureday night an employee beSaturday night an employee Grainger and Falkiner, named W. Dalzell, fractured his felt ankle while…

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A Sircel Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

An accident occured in front of Messrs Grainger and Falkiner's business place on Satureday, which might easily have had more disastors results. While Mr J…

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Railway Collision. Sensational Experiences

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 4

A SRIOUS accident occurred on the West Wallsend Coal Company's line on Wednesday night. It appears that a train of about 30 coal-laden trucks,…

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The Drowning of Michael Murphy. Inquest at Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 4

Yesterday, at the Courthouse, Greta, the District Coroner (Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.) held an inquiry into the death by drowning of Michael Murphy, 29, of Oswald, whose body was found in Black…

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Accident to the Empress of Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

An accident of a painful nature has happened to he Empress Augusta of Germany. The Empress slipped upon a wet plank and badly sprained her ankle…

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Accident to Mrs. W. E. Gladstone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

Mrs. W. E. Gladstone, widow of the late statesman, met with a serious accident at Hawarden yesterday, by being thrown from her carriage into a ditch. Mrs. Gladstone's is suffering from nervous…

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Dauble Drewnine Fatality a Mother and Ohild's sad ERd

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 4

A SAD case, apparently of infanticide and suicide, occurred at South Broken Hill on Wednesday. A miner, F. E. Yawser, living at Jamieson-street,…

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The Accident to the Empress of Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 3

The accident to the Empress of Germany, who slipped on a wet plank on Thursday, was more serious than was at first anticipated. It has now been found that the Empress received a fracture…

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