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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

504 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 26

Fatal Cart Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 3

At 2 o'clock to-day a man named Joseph Davis, 67, a licensed hawker, was run over by a horse and cart driven by Frederick Beckett, of the…

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Sensational Railway Accident. MRS. W. Band Killed at Arncliffe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 3

Mrs. William Rind, of "Metyton," Roach-street, Arneliffe, was killed last evening by an accident at the Arncliffe railway station. She had been spending the day in the city, and had, caught the 5.35…

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A Driving Accident. the Mayor of Scone Seriously Injured. a Commercial Traveller Bruised. a Falling Tree Does the Damage. Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 3

Mr. Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He was driving a buggy, accompanied by Mr. Sylvester Browne, commercial traveller for Messrs…

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A Sad Fatality. the Mayor of Scone Killed a Commercial Traveller Bruised. A Falling Tree Does the Damage. [By Telegraph.] Merriwa

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

Mr Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He was driving a buggy, accompanied by Mr Sylvester…

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Merriwa. the Fatal Accident

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

Mr. Edward Bowman, coroner, held an inquest to-day on the body of Edward Solomons, Mayor of Scone, killed through a tree falling across a buggy whilst he was driving here with a friend. A…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. Edward Solomons, Mayor of Scone. a Trek Falls on His Buggy. Terrible Wound on the Head. an Ill-fated Family. Merriwa

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

MR. EDWARD SOLOMONS, Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He left Grampian Hills Station,…

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The Inquest. Details of the Accident. Miraculous Escape of Mr. Browne. Merriwa

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

THE inquest was opened this morning, before Mr. Coroner Bowman, of muswellbrook, and a jury of 12. Sylvester Browne, suffering from…

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Fatal Accident to the Mayor of Scone. A Tree Falls on his Buggy. MERRIWA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 2

MR. EDWARD SOLOMONS, Mayor of Scone met with a serious accident this morning. Ho left Grampian Hills Station,…

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Burning Fatality in Scone. Sad End of an Old Identity " Granny" Sutton Burnt to Death

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

Last night, about nine o'clock, the cry of " Fire " caused a great commotion in Guernsey-street, and rushing to the spot where the glare was to be seen,…

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A Family Quarrel. a Clergyman Seriously Injured. the Revolver Freely Used. a Pathetic Incident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 3

There was considerable excitement last night in the ordinarily placid district of Rooty Hill, when it was rumoured a local resident named Edgar Price, a young man, about twenty-four years of age…

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A Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 3

John Rollings, an engine driver, who met with, a serious accident at the Australia Gaslight Company's works, yesterday, succumbed to his injuries this morning…

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A Sad Fatality. The Mayor of Scone Killed

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

Mr. Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor of Scone, and Returein[?] Office for the Robertson Electorate, met with a serious accident, which unfortunately terminated fatally…

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A Driving Fatality. the Mayor of Scone Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 7

Mr. Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor or Scone, met his death in a terrible manner on Monday. He was driving a buggy, accompanied by Mr. Sylvester Browne, commercial traveller for Messrs…

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A Child Drowned. Rolls into a Tin of water

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 3

A SAD case of drowning occurred near Berrigan on Tuesday. Mrs Scoullar, wife of a farmer residing about 10 miles out, left a baby boy six months…

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Attempted Murder a Clergyman Seriously Injured. The Revolver Freely Used. A Most Pathetic Incident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 5

THERE was considerable excitement last night in the ordinarily placid district of Rooty Hill, when it was rumoured a local resident named…

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The Cause of the Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

The cause of the accident and of other events connected with it can be learned in detail from the report of the evidence given at the inquest. Briefly…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. E. Solomons

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 4

FOR the following report of the inquest held at the Courthouse, Morriwa, before the coroner (Mr. E. Bowman) and 12 jurymen touching the death of Mr…

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A Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

JOHN ROLLING, the engineer who met with a serious accident at the gas works yesterday, succumbed to his injuries to-day. His left arm was…

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Collision Off the Goodwin Sands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

During a fog a steamer collided with the Goodwin Sands lightship, greatly damaging it. The latter vessel utilised the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy, and by this means obtained help from…

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The Burning Fatality. the Death of "Granny" Sutton

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon last (too late for that issue) an inquest was held at the Court House before the Coroner (Mr. G R. Evans, P.M.)…

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