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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Fatality at Rouchel

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

On Monday word was received in Scone that a young man named Robert Bartlett, a son of Mr Edward Bartlett, of Stewart's Brook, was killed the day previous on the…

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Twenty Children Drowned. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

Twenty children have been drowned while skating at Warpuhneu, in Prussia, the ice having suddenly given way…

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A Woman Poisoned. Mysterious Fatality in Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

AN inquest was hold on Tuesday, into thr circumestances of the death of Mary Frances Cameron, widow, at South Melbourne on Friday last…

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Fatal Coach Accident. Driver Killed by a Falling Tree. a Strange Set of Circumstances. The Theory of Predestination Exemplified

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

ABOUT 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning as the in mail coach from Tarce was about 5 miles from Kew proceeding to Port Macquanrie, a tree blew across…

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Terrible Coach Accident. Driver Killed by a Falling Tree. Another Man Seriously Injured. Laurieton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 4

As Keough's mail coach was proceeding to Twee from Port Macquarie, and when it was five miles from Kew, a tree…

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Sensational Coach Accident. Killed by a Falling Tree

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 4

About 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning us the mail coach from Taree was about 5 miles from Kew proceeding to Fort Macqu[?]rie, a tree blow across it,…

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Painful Drowning Accident at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 13

Shortly after three o'clock on Saturday afternoon visitors to the beach and those in the vicinity of the ladies' bathing place were startled and shocked when they heard that two girls named Rose…

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Two Persons Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

A BOATING fatality took place at Glad-stone, Queensland, on Sunday. Mr. Curtis, police magistrate; Mr. John Braddock, secretary to the Central…

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Terrible Bathing Fatality at Newcastle

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

A sad bathing fatality occurred off the Newcastle beach on Saturday afternoon, when two girls named Ida [?]urraston, aged 14, and Rose Sutcllife, aged 13, were…

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The Coach Fatality. Death of Mr Pattinson

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 6

MR G. PATTINSON, the passenger who was injured in the coach accident on Tuesday, died the next day. The two doctors at Kew, successfully set the…

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Fatal Coach Accident. Driver Killed by a Failing Tree. The Theory of Predestination Exemplified

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

ABOUT 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning as the mail coach from Taree was about 5 miles from Kew proceeding to Port Macquarie, a tree blew across it,…

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A Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

The condition of an unknown man who was knocked down by a tram in Elizabeth-street yesterday is still critical. The patient has not yet recovered consciousness, and very slight hopes are…

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Fatal Coach Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

An accident, by which two lives were lost, occurred about 17 miles from Post Macquarie early on Tuesday morning. It appears that the mail coach was travelling…

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Our Sydney Letter. Cycling Accidents

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

The daily paper would hardly be complete did it not record some more or less serious cycling accident. Within the past few day, one man has died, another received…

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Terrible Coach Accident. Laurieton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 5

As Keough's mail coach was proceeding to Taree from Port Macquarie, and when it was five miles from Kew, a tree was blown across the vehicle. It killed the driver, Robert Louis (son of Mr. Louis,…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry was held on Monday touching the death of the young man named Robert Bartlett, who was found on Sunday lying on the track leading…

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Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

A shooting accident occurred at Newcastle on Thursday night on board the ship Dunsyre, which is lying in the stream. Sidney Godsmark, an a…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest concerning the fatal injuries sustained by James Reddan through being run over in Redfern railway yard yesterday…

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An Unlucky Family. a Chapter of Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 4

THE murdered woman, Maria Flynn, who was shot in Sydney last week by her lover Michael, Kelly, belongs to a family that has been unusually…

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Local and General News. Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 2

A PECULIAR accident happened to Mrs. Geo. Skinner on Saturday afternoon last. It appears that while in the act of turning round Mrs…

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