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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 3

The body of Miss May Moon, one of the victims of the Splendora disaster, who recovered by the Water Police this morning. There is no trace of the other bodice yet, but they ratty soon be found…

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Sad Drowning Case. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 5

WHile two brothers named John M'veigh, 1[?], and James M'veigh, 5, were playing at Taylor's wharf, Balmain, this morning, the elder…

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Shocking Fatal Railway Accident. a Woman Mangled to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

A shocking fatal accident, attended with most pathetic circumstances, occurred on the northern railway line between Lochinvar and Farley stations, and little less than a mile from the former place,…

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Fatal Boating Accidents in Sydney Harbour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 3

The pleasure of the holiday has been marred by a shocking boating fatality which occurred on Monday, resulting in the drowning of four young women, who formed portion of a picnic party of…

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Fatal Boating Accidents

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

Two boating accidents, by each of which four iives are reported as lost, occurred on Sydney Harbor on Boxing Day. One of the craft was a rowing beat, and four of its…

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