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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Buggy Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 2

Yesterday while Mr W. J. May was driving in to town from his residence his horse shied at the corner of the house occupied by Mr Swift, nearing the bank of…

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Albury. Case of Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. Jas. McKoy, a well-known breeder of draught stock and resident at Wodonga, in the company of Mr. J. O'Loaghlin, Pastoralist and racehorse owner, went to the river Murray to bathe last night. McKoy…

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The Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 11

The names and addresses of those who were admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital are as follow : Robert Wildsmith, aged 52, residing in Gibbs-street, Rockdale. a labourer, employed in the railway…

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A Terrible Railway Disaster. Ten Passengers Killed. Twenty-two Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 11

One of those awfully sudden disasters which sometimes plunge a community into dismay and mourning occurred on Friday evening on the Illawarra railway line between Sydney and Hurstville. The…

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A Disastrous Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 3

There was considerable sensation at Circular Quay this morning, when two horses drawing a trolley bolted and collided with an electric tram. The driver of the trolley, Felix Colquboun, was…

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Terrible Shipwreck. at the Golden Gate. a Mail Steamer Goes Down. Heartrending Scenes. One Hundred and Fifty Persons Drowned. the Captain Sinks with His Ship. London, Feb. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 3

The Pacific Mail S.S. Company's steamer, City of Rio de Janeiro, 3548 tons, from Hongkong and Yokokama, struck the ledge of the entrance to the Golden Gate, Dan Francisco, in a fog. The crew…

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Another Droning Fatality Desperat Struggles

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality, the victim being James M'by, a young married man, occurred of the Murray, at Albury, on Frid[?] evening…

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Harrowing Scene. Boy Drowned. Father Powerless. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

THIS afternoon a lad named Cathbert Sponcer Jones, 14, was fishing from the rocks at Manly. A. big wave swept the boy into the water before…

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Terrible Collision. Between Trolly and Tram [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

A COLLISION occurred at Circular Quay this morning. Two horses attached to a trolly bolted, and dashed at full speed into…

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Dreadful Accident. Disastrcus Dynamite

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 2

AN accident of a dreadful character happened at Lazarus Mine, Bendigo, Victoria, on Saturday. Two miners named George Turner…

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The Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

In conversation the other day with an eminent engineer who had personally examined the engine and the rails at the Sydenham railway…

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Shocking Fatality on the Railway. a Fettler Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

EARLY on Wednesday morning, the news rapidly spread around the town that a fatality of a most shocking character had taken place on the…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Railway Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

The melancholy post moriem inquiry into the cause of the SydenLam railway disaster has not so far elicited much that is new. The evidence of…

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Terrible Shipwreck. a Mail Steamer Goes Down. Over One Hundred Persons Drowned. London, Feb. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

The Pacific Mail S.S Company's steamer, City of rio de Janeiro, 3548 tons, from Hongkong and Yokokama, struck the ledge of the entrance to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, in a fog. The crew…

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Another Accident. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 5

OWING to a wheel of a goods train somehow becoming disabled near Gunning, it blocked the line. The Melbourne express arrived in Sydney…

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Blue Jackets Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 3

Owing to the capsizing of a boat in Bantry Bay seven of the blue jackets belonging to H.M.S. Resolution were drowned…

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Foul Air. One Fatality. (By TELEGRAPH)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 2

A PARTY of workmen were employed in the low level sewerage works in Erskine-street, and upon one descending the shaft he was overcome by foul…

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Tram Fatality. Death of Mr. W. F. BINGHAM

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 2

RESIDENTS hereabout, and particularly Aberdeen, must have learnt with sorrowful feelings, of the death of Mr. W. F. Bingham, which took place as…

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Another Drowning Case "Washed Off the Rooks. The Second Case. SYNDEY

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 2

A YOUTH named Charles Scott, aged 17, was drowned near the mouth of the Curl Curl Lagoon, near Manly yesterday afternoon. It appears that…

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The Sewer Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 3

An inquest was opened to-day on the body of the man Stephens, killed in yesterday's sewer accident. Dr. Jamieson said the cause of death was due to the inhalation of irrespirable gases. The inquiry was…

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