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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Accidents and Affluence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 4

The joining of a heavy table against the rude and wall of a Dutch farmhouse [?] some shining [?] which proved to be dis[?]. The [?] by name…

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A Fearful Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

On Saturday night (says the Maitland Mercury) an accident of a fearful nature befel a young man named William M'Cann, an employee at Mrs…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

On Saturday forenoon a man named Henry Floyde, aged 57 engaged driving a [?] cart for Mr Fernance of Singleton, met with a painful accident on the…

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The Campania-embleton Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 3

The passengers on board the [?] Athletic liner Campania, which out in two the barque Embleton during a fog in the Irish Channel on Saturday last, subscribed £700 towards the relief…

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A Street Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 6

During yesterday morning in a busy center of [?], and while float thoroughfare was crowded with vehicles and pedestrians, a street accident occurred, which might have…

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Three Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 1

ON Tuesday afternoon Mr Lochhart, secretary of the Department of Navigation, Sydney, received a telegram from Pilot Kendall, stationed at Port…

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Fiendish Butchery by Blacks. Eight Persons Foully Massacred. Others Terribly Injured. Gilgandra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 7

A terrible tragedy was enacted last night at Breelong, about ten miles from Gilgandra, at the residence of Mr. Mawbey. Police-Constable Barry at once proceeded to the scene and found…

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An Appalling Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 3

To-day, [?] Foreman, a [?] sixty years of age, a president of Ra[?], was leading a bull [?] to be quiet, and a [?] of [?] Suddenly, the [?] him and [?] that…

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Fatality Miajr Morphee. Man Gored to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

Mr William Larkin Foreman, of Raworth,near Morpeth,met with a terrible death of Tuesday morning through being ay a bull, his…

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Fatality Near Morpeth. Man Gored to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 4

Mr William Larkin Foreman, of Raworth, near Morpeth, met With a terrible death of Tuesdav morning through being gored by a bull, his…

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Fatality Near Morpeth. Man Gored to Death

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 4

MR. WILLIAM LARKIN FOREMAN, of Raworth, near Morpeth, met with a terrible death on Tuesday morning last, through being gored by a bull,…

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Accident to Constable Swinton

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

WE regret to learn of the serious illness of Mounted Constable Thomas Swinton, of the local station. Constable Swinton left here last Wednesday…

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Fatality near Morpeth. Man Gored to Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 5

Mr. William Larkie Foreman, of Raworth, near Morpeth, met with a terrible death on Tuesday morning, through being gored by a bull, his…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 4

A serious gun accident occurred on Saturday at Keera to John O'Rourke, an employe on Keera Station. O'Rourke was drawing a loaded gun used for duck-shooting from under his bed, when the…

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Bylstone. Accidentally Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 3

A fatal shooting [?] occurred at Ponagle, a few miles from here, the morning. While in the act of teating a [?] a young [?] accidentally shot Alhad Batten the billet outring the [?]…

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Melbourne. Fearful Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 3

A dreadful railway accident occurred this morning, when a collision took place on the railway line between Chfton Hill and [?], Four trucks of a [?]. The trucks…

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Terrible Railway Fatality. Three Men Killed. Several Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 3

The train which caused the terrible accident in Victoria, mentioned in our columns last evening, consisted of 16 trucks and a guard's van, and when passing through a cutting between Fairfield and…

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Runaway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

An accident resulting in the death of a valuable horse occurred about the midday meal hour yesterday. We are informed that a horse attached to a cart balonging to Mr…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

A DREADFUL railway accident occurred on the Victorian railway line between Clifton and Merri Creek on Thursday morning. A ballast train…

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A Sensational Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

On Thursday morning a sensational runawat occurred in John-street. While Mr W. "Wolfgang, of Ravensworth, was in Mr Eartrop's shop, his sister-in-law, Miss Ianz,…

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