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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 2

AN accident which might have been attended with much more serious consequences happened on Sunday morning last at the Sydney street bridge. It…

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Accident at Kayuga

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 2

WE regret to have to record a serious accident which befel Mr. H. Devine, of Kayuga, on Friday afternoon last. It appears that Mr. Devine was engaged…

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Accidentally Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 3

A groom named Murphy was admitted to the Hospital this morning, suffering from the effects of a bullet wound in the left thigh. It is stated the injured man was handling a revolver when it went…

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Accident to Mr Blick

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 2

An unfortunate accident happened to Mr T. Blick at Belford on Tuesday morning. He was in the act of getting through a wire fenee there, in pursuance of his…

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A Blasting Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 6

A MINER named Isaac Hutchison, died in the Wailsend Mining District Hospital at an early hour on Wednesday morning from the effects of…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 3

A carter named Locke fell from a scaffolding in Sussex-street this morning, sustaining severe internal injuries. He was conveyed to the hospital in an unconscious condition…

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Accident on the Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 5

AN accident of a very serious character occurred on the railway line, near Whittingham, yesterday morning. It appears a passenger by the Brisbane…

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Sad Tram Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 2

AT the evidence on Miss Carruthers, who died from the effects of a tram accident, the evidence showed she was subject to fits and was evidently…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Diving Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1900 · page 3

JOHN RODRICK, a diver, lost his life whilst working underneath a steamer at Mort's Dock this morning. The air pipe got jammed, and…

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Terrible Accident at East Greta Colliery. a Man Falls Down the Shaft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1900 · page 2

This morning a terrible accident occurred at No. 1 shaft at East Greta Colliery, by which a man named John Hunter sustained injuries which are almost certain to cause his death…

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The Very Latest. London, Wednesday afternoon. an Appalling Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 November 1900 · page 3

At Alicante, during a bull fight, a stand collapsed. Twelve were killed, 200 injured, some crushed, and others trampled on…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Gundy. Death of Mr. Wm. Laing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 November 1900 · page 2

THE residents of Gundy wore thrown into a state of much uneasiness and excitement on Wednesday evening last, when the news spread, which it…

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A School Teacher Drowned

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 5
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The little township of Gundy, eleven miles from Scone, was thrown into a state of great excitement shout 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, by the report that the clothes of…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 3

The body of an elderly man, whose name is supposed to be Walter Selway, was found floating in the waters of Farm Cove this morning. An iuquest was held to-day on the body of…

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Terrible Accident at East Greta Colliery. a Man Palls Down the Shaft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 2

On Wednesday a terrible accident occurredd at No. 1 shaft ut Bast Grata Colliery, by which a man named John Hunter estained injuries which are almost certain to cause his death…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 November 1900 · page 3

The body of a middle-Aged man named Patrick Patrick was found floating in Darling Harbour this morning. Apparently life had been ext[?] only a few hours…

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The Accident at East Greta Colliery. Death of the Man John Hunter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 November 1900 · page 3

The young man, John Hunter, who was so badly injured by falling from the first level in No. 1 pit, on Wednesday morning last, died in the hospital at…

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Found Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 3

THE body of a man, said to be Patrick Redan, was found in the water at the foot of Bathurst-street this morning…

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The Accident at East Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 4

Tho inquest on the man John Hunter, who was killed at East Greta Colliery on the 14th instant, was continued last evening after we went to press before Mr. G. P. Scott, P.M., District Coroner…

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