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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Sad Death of Sergeant Wirrell. Found Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 10

Considerable consternation was created throughout the town on Monday when it was rumoured that Sergeant Joseph Wirrell, of the West Maitland police force, had mysteriously disappeared…

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News by Cable Royalty in a Railway Accident. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 5

Their Serene Highnesnes the Prince and Princess Hobenlohe-Langenburg, who have been visiting her Majesty the Oueen at Balmoral, were…

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Drowning Fatality near East Maitland. Death of an Infant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1899 · page 2

During Saturday forenoon a little, child named Walter Joshua Jenyns was drowned in a waterhole near his parents' residence, close to the brickyards, and about a mile beyond East Maitland, on the…

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Dreadful Harbour Fatality. Two Lives Lost. Collapse of a Gangway. Children Fall Into the Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1899 · page 3

Circular Quay, Sydney, was the scone of a shooting occurrence on Saturday at about 6.30 p.m. The Sunday school children from Christ Church, Enmore, had left in the morning on a harbour picnic in the…

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Child Drowned at East Maitland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 3

ON Saturday a little child named Walter Joshua Jenyns was drowned in a waterhole near his parents residence, close to the brickyards,…

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The Harbor Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

THE inquest on the two victims of the staging disaster at Circular Quay commenced this morning, and was adjourned until to-morrow. It is alleged…

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A Double Accident. An Unfortunate Newcastle Girl

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 4

ON Sunday morning Miss Porter, a daughter of Mr James Porter, of Hunter-street, West Newcastle, fell and broke her arm. She was at once…

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Riding Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

Last Friday night a son of Mr J. Harbourne's, of Boggy Flat, was thrown from his horse and sustained a dislocation of the elbow. Dr. Bowman attended to the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 2

WoRD reached town on Saturday last of a sad drowning fatality at Sandy Hollow, by which a little girl named Myra Baxter, daughter of Mr. B. T…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour. a Ketch Sunk. All Hands Rescued. a Terrible Struggle for Life. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 3

About 4 o'clock this morning a serious collision occurred in the harbour, the vessels concerned being the well-known collier Currajong, outward bound from Bellambi, and the ketch Lansdowne. The…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Horner had a lively five minutes in Bridge street on Tuesday morning, owing to the horse he was riding trying to…

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The Novelist and the Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 4

What does it feel like to fall 60ft. in a waggon which has jumped a precipice? Herrvon Ompteda, the well-known Gorman novelist, who recently underwent this experience,…

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A Harror Collision. (By Telegrpah.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 September 1899 · page 2

A SERIOUS collision occurred in the harbor at four o'clock this morning. The well-known collier Currrawong collided with the ketch Landedowne…

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Dreadful Harbour Fatality. Two Lives Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 11

Circular Quay, Sydney, was the scene of a shocking occurrence on Saturday at about 6.30 p.m. The Sunday school children from Christ Church, Enmore, had left in the morning on a harbour picnic in the…

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Unfortunate Double Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

An unfortunate double accident is reported from Newcastle. It appears that on Sunday morning last Miss Porter daughter of Mr.James Porter, of Hunter Street West, fell…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Drowning Fapality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1899 · page 3

A magisterial inquiry was held to-day on the bodies of the four victim, to the Rose Bose Bav boating disaster. Evidence was given to the effect that every body on board the craft was sober, although…

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A Chapter of Accidents. a Series of Mishaps at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1899 · page 3

Joseph Parr, a bricklayer, was finishing the top coarse of a chimney is a new residence in william street on Saturday, when the scaffolding he was on collapsed, and he fell backwards to the ground,…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Four Lives Lost. [?] of Three Men and a Boy

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 2

A SAD ending to a day's pleasure occurred on Sunday afternoon, when an 18ft. sailing boat was swamped between Shark Island and the Rose…

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East Greta Accident Relief Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 4

There was a good attendance at the quarterly meeting of the society held on Saturday night, the 30th ultimo, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather. The [?]joined…

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A Cart Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 2

We regret to learn that Miss Mabel Waddell, of Benvenue, met with a serious accident last Saturday, although her escape from more serious results was…

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