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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Accident to the GermaN Empress. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 5

The German Emproes slipped on a wet plank and badly aprained her [?]nkle…

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Accident to Mrs [?] LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 5

Mrs Gladstone was thrown into a ditch at Hawarden while driving, and sustained a nervous shock,…

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Correspondence. Re the Narrow Escape From Drowning. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 2

SIR,—Whilst not having the slightest desire for a newspaper war with Mr. Corbett, I must at the same time assert that I am not in the habit of…

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Accident on a War Vessel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 3

The boilers of the Austrian single-screw torpedo boat Adler have exploded at Tor[?]ola, killing five hands…

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A Mind Asleep for 53 Years. Curious Effect of an Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 3

Those who have made a study of the mysterious effect on the mind of accidents in rare cases will read with great interest the account sent by Dalziel's…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last, whilst Mr. S. Whitehead, of this town, was driving to Aberdeen in a sulky with Mr. W. Peachey the vehicle…

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Sad Fatal Accident. a Boy Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 2

A very end fatal accident occrred this morning at South Maitland whereby a lad named Cleve Ballamy,. about fifteen years of ago a son of Mr, Thomas Bellamy ca proprietor of High-street…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 10

A mining accident occurred at White Feather main reef, West Australia, on Monday morning, during a change of shift. Four men, F. Osmetti, D. E. Edgar, H. Sardini, and J. Taylor stepped into…

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A Fatal Accident. a Boy Killed at Maitland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 4

A SAD accident occurred at South Maitland on Saturday morning when Cleveland Bellamy, aged 15 years, met with injuries, which caused his…

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Sad Fatal Accident. A Boy Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 4

A VERY sad fatal accident occurred on Saturday morning at South Maitland, whereby a lad named Cleve Bellamy, about fifteen years of age, a son of Mr…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 3

The large driving wheel of the Manchester I express, while passing Greetland at full speed, by some means caught the travelling station master's office, and detached it from the platform. The…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

News from Paterson states that a settler, Mr John Call, his wife, and infant child narrowly escaped death by drowning on Thursday morning. They attempted to…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

LATE on Thursday afternoon, as Mr. Nepveur, of Aberdeen, was driving along Bridge-street, in the direction of his home, he was thrown from his sulky…

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Fatal Accident to a Maitland Boy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 16

A very sad fatal accident occurred on Saturday at South Maitland, whereby a lad named Cleve Bellamy, about fifteen years of age, a son of Mr. Thomas Bellamy, cab proprietor of High-street,…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

Yesterday morning a painful accident occurred to a led named Edwin Sattler aged 13, son of Mr Herman sattler, of Green Hollow a few miles from town. He…

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Peculiar Railway Accident. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 5

while the Manchester express was passing at full speed through the Gretland station, one large driving wheel became detached, and, leaving…

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Forbes. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at Lachian Gold fields (Limited) Mine, near Fortes, on Saturday afternoon. A number of men were engaged in the erection of a large wheel…

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A Terrible Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

The gangway plank lending on to a steamer ab Mount Desert, Maine, snapped in two and one hundred excursionists who were going on board the boat fell into the witter, twenty being drowned…

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An Alpine Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

An avalanche was the cause of the accident which befell Mr. Bergne whilst mountain climbing in Switzerland. He was carried 1000 feet safely in the mass of snow, earth, and other material…

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Serious Mining Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

A SERIOUS mining accident occurred at Lachian gold field mine, near Forbes, to-day. A number of men were erecting a large wheel when the…

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