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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Fatal Accident near Quirindi

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 2

Stephen Lowcock, an old resident of the Quirindi district, who was employed at Canna Gap on Breeza Station, was accidentally killed on Sunday afternoon, by being thrown…

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An Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 4

Fred: I had a fall last night which [?] me unconscious for several hours. Ed.: You don't mean it? Where did…

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Shooting Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 4

On Wednesday a stocking accidendent occurred at Archerfield, where Mr Don. Wallace, of Mundew[?]i , had the thumb of one band blown off, through & gun…

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Accident to the Duke of Teck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 December 1901 · page 3

While the Duke of Teck, brother of the Princess of Wales, was hunting with the Cheshire hounds yesterday his horse struck a wire in jumping over a fence, and the Duke was thrown. He received a…

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Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 3

During a fog two ferry boats collided at San Fran-cisco. Twenty persons were drowned…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 3

An accident is reported to Have occurred at Mosman shortly before noon to-day, through one of the iron tramway poles, which was being erected in connection with the construction of a loop line,…

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Terrible Mining Accident. An Agonising Journey

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 4

A TERRIBLE mining accident occurred in thine, Bethango, near Albury, on Saturday, to a miner named Garry Blanchfield, who was working…

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This Torpedo Boat Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 3

The torpedo boat Salmon was not sunk, bud was towed into the harbour and beached. The bows of the Cambridge smashed into the destroyer's stoke-bole, completely wrecking the boilers. Two of the…

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Fatal Accident. a Boy Falls From a Tree. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 3

WHILST climbing a tree in the grounds of the Clinton Hospital, Glenmore road, Paddington, last evening, a boy named Frank Cawbern, aged 10, lost…

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Theatrical Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 3

An accident has occurred at the Varieties Theater in Paris, owing to a mistake of the machinists Eight artists who were rehearsing fell from a scenic [?]ircase, which was not supported,and several of…

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A Fearful Railway Accident. London, Nov. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 2

A disastrous railway collision occurred on the Wabash railway, United States. A train conveying immigrants bound west came into collision at Seneca with a passenger train proceeding…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Bendigo. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1901 · page 5

A shocking accident happened last night on the railway line about a quarter of a mile south of Golden Square railway station, Bendigo, involving the loss of the lives of two…

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Frightful Accident. Two Boys Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1901 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident happened on Saturday night on the railway line about a quarter of a mile south of Golden Square railway station,…

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Cobar. Fatal Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1901 · page 3

A miner named Timothy Mitchell, aged about 30 was engaged charging a hole on the surface at the copper mine on Wednesday afternoon, when an explosion occurred, whereby Mitchell received terrible…

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Violent Gale in England. Deaths from Drowning. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 5

VIOLENT gales are raging in the English Channel, and many vessels' are in distress. One fishing boat foundered with…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Bendigo

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 13

A shocking accident happened on Saturday on the railway line about a quarter of a mile south of Golden Square railway station, Bendigo, involving the loss of the lives of two…

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Tram Accident. Woman Killed in Sydney West

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 4

SHORTLY before 6 o'clock on Thursday evening a married woman named Mary Brunell, living in O'Connorstreet, Chippendale, was killed by an…

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Another Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1901 · page 3

A railway telegraph operator named Oscar Timbrell met with a dreadful death at Harden this morning. It appears that he jumped off the plat-form in front of a train which he thought was on the…

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A Nasty Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 December 1901 · page 2

Constable B. E. Reen, of the local mounted police force, had the misfortune to meet with a rather nasty and painful accident on Saturday afternoon lost. Constable…

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A Harbour Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 December 1901 · page 2

"Our beautiful harbour" has one defect. It is not broad enough or big enough, and scarcely a week passes without a collision. On…

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