A Disastrous Wreck. Steamer Turns Turtle at Tecoma. Crew Drowned Like Rats in a Trap
Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 2
THE steamer Warrimoo, which arrived at "Wellington (N.Z.) on Tuesday from Vancouver, brings further particulars of the lose of the barque…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1899 · page 3
At an inquest concerning the death of a man named Ernest Brown, who was drowned in the Domain free baths on Saturday evening, the evidence showed that deceased, who was a wharf…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1899 · page 3
A coal-lumper named Oscar Johnson met with an accident this morning under peculiar circumstances. He was upstairs at his residence when he heard a knock at the front door, and went on the balcony to…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2
A VERY sad drowning fatality took place at Penrith last Saturday, the victim being a young man named Win Wilkinson, aged 20 years. He was…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2
A LIVELY scene was witnessed on Tuesday night at the corner of Churchstreet and the Western-road, Parramattn, when a " push " disturbance is…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3
Two labourers named Charles Gustaveson and Stephen Smith were seriously injured in an accident which occurred this morning at the premises of the Australian Gaslight Company. It appears the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2
The following particulars have been received from Mr. Noel A. Carr, third observer at the Mount Kosciusko Observatory, in regard to a serious accident that happened to a Mr. Goldby, who, with…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2
The frequent reports in the daily papers announcing drowning fatalities makes the face remarkable that so few people in Sydney, comparatively, are able to swim…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 5
Two labourers named Charles Gustaveson and Stephen Smith were seriously injured in an accident which occurred on Thursday at the premises of the Australian Gaslight Company. It appears the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 3
A young man who was seriously injured yesterday through a collision which occurred between two sailing boats in Farm Cove died in the Sydney Hospital to-day. His name was given qb Richard…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 3
Lord Herschell slipped on the ice at Washington, fracturing his pelvic bone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Accident [By Cable.] London
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2
THE express train from Mons to Brussels yesterday, during a fog, tolescoped a train at Forest station, near the Belgian capital. 21 persons…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 1
A SAD accident occurred on Thursday night at the Now Mount Zeehan mine, Tasmania, whereby two lives were lost. The boiler had been blown…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2
A peculiar burning accident occurred the other day to a little girl who was being driven past the local railway bridge. A spark from the funnel of the pumping…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2
Richard Davidson, aged 17, who was injured in a collision between two sailing boats yesterday, the bowsprit striking him in the abdomen, died…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 3
The inquiry into the sailing boat collision in Sydney Harbour concluded this afternoon, when after an absence of about twenty minutes the jury returned a verdict that they found Sydney Blacket Deveson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yachting Fatality. Captain's Alleged Negligence. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2
At the inquest on Sydney Blackett Deveson, who received fatal injuries through the collison of two sailing boats, the jury roturned a vordict that…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 3
The body of an elderly man was found floating in the water at Cogee this morning by a number of fishermen. Judging by its appearance the corpse had been in the water but a few hours. The…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 15
The inquiry into the sailing boat collision in Sydney Harbour concluded this afternoon, when after an absence of about twenty minutes the jury returned a verdict that they found Sydney Blacket Deveson…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 3
ONCE more has Walter Myatt, aged 13, and the holder of two Royal Humane Society certificate distinguished himself by saving his ninth…
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