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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. the Sewer Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 3

The inquest on the sewer fatality was resumed to-day. Joseph Husband, Inspector of Works, said deceased had been accustomed to the class of work which he was engaged in. He had no instructions…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 2

AN old resident of Wybong, named Denis Maloney was severely injured through being thrown from his horse on Thursday evening last while on his way…

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Dreadful Accident. Shot for a Rabbit

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 2

ON Sunday a man named Caleb Cundy was shooting rabbits at a piece called Lewis Ponds, 10 miles from Orange, when he saw what he thought was a…

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The Railway Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

THE enquiry into the Sydenham railway fatality has brought out little that is new. The manner in which the coroner is conducting the inquiry has…

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The Late Railway Accident near Scone. Relief Movement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor, in response to a request by a a number of residents, was held at the School of Arts, last evening, for…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 1

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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The Railway Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 2

The coronial inquiry into the Sydenham railway fatality threatens to be insufferably tedious. I don't remember any inquiry in which so…

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Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 2

On Tuesday, 5th instant, Mrs. Coupland met with a somewhat severe accident through being thrown out of a sulky on the Sandy Creek road. It…

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Drowning Case. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 3

THE body of a man named Albert Wilkinson, aged 43 years, lately residing in Whistler Street, Manly, was found floating in the water near Fairy…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 3

A body, supposed to be that of Lawton, the victim of the recent boating disaster in the harbour, was found floating near Garden Island this morning…

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The Railway Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 2

The inquiry into the Sydenham railway accident seems to be as far from a conclusion as ever. Some ingenious theories have been advanced and more…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

On Saturday a resident of Carrawarna near Wagga named Thomas Henry Cullen aged 55 years was accidentally shot He was talking to a son Alfred who has been…

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The Sydenham Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

The evidence of the experts in the Sydenham railway fatality leaves little doubt that the accident was due to the great speed of the train,…

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A Fearful Fatality. a Man's Head Cut Off. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 3

Thomas J. Wyburn, one of the oldest solicitors in Melbourne, met with a terrible death this morning. He was standing on Camberwell station awaiting a train to go into the city, and as it…

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Accident to the Council Clerk

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 2

Whilst Mr Norton's meeting was in progress on Monday night there was v. stampade amongst buggy and saddle horses amongst the crowd. The frightened…

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Steamers Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 3

The Chemnity collided with the Tay off Flashing. The Tay stunk and thirteen persons were drowned…

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Steamers in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 3

The German-Australian steamer Chemnitz, which left Sydney on January 14 for Europe, came into collision this morning with the steamer Tay, at Flushing. The Tay sank, and 13 people were…

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A Fearful Fatality. a Man's Head Cut Off

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 7

Thomas J. Wyburn, one of the oldest solicitors in Melbourne, met with a terrible death Wednesday morning. He was standing on Camberwell station awaiting a train to go into the city, and as it…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Harbour Collision

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

The guard-boat Thelma and the horse-boat Benelon collided this morning in the vicinity of Circular Quay. The Thelma, it appears, struck the horse-boat on the port paddle-box, cutting away the…

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Won by Am Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 3

When we say that something happened from chance, we really mean only that it occurred without or in spite of previous planning by the men who wished to control…

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