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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Shooting Accident. Boy Shoots His Comrade. Then Commits Suicide

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 May 1901 · page 2

A DREADFUL tragedy was enacted at East Maitland on Tuesday. Two boys named respectfully, Watson and Carter were out shooting at…

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Railway Collision near Bathurst. Much Destruction to Property. the Line Blocked

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2

LATE on Wednesday night information reached Bathurst that a collison between two goods trains had occured near Rydal, 34 miles from there. The…

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Tragic Occurrence at Maitland. Two Lads Shot Dead. an Accident and a Suicide. West Maitland

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 6

A terrible tragic shooting fatality occurred this afternoon, at Tenambit, on the outskirts of East Maitland, by which two young lads lost their lives…

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Railway Collision near Bathurst

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 5

A railway collision of a serious nature is reported to have occurred near Rydil, about 34 miles from Bathurst, about 8 55 p.m. on Wednesday…

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COLLISION. Three Men Suffer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 5

A SERIES railway accident occurred on Thursday morning near Rydal, on the Western line. A coal train drawn by a Baldwin…

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Railway Collision near Bathurst. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 5

Late last night information reached Bathurst that a collision between two goods trains had occurred near Rydal, 34 miles from here. The news quickly spread, and muchanxiety was felt in town as to the…

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Sensational Accident. A Shocking Death. Several Extraordinary Escapes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 1

A SENSATIONAL accident happened at Bendigo on Tuesday evening during the testing of a bridge erected on the Monier principle over the waterway…

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A Fatal Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 3

Shortly before one o'clock this afternoon an elderly woman was knocked down by a tram in Newtown Road, receiving fatal injuries. She was was crossing the road and passed behind one electric…

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Dreadful Tragedy at East Maitland. Accidental Shooting and Suicide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 11

A dreadful tragedy was enacted at East Maitland on Tuesday afternoon. Arthur Watson (son of Mr. Arthur Watson, warder in Maitland Gaol) was accidentally shot it Tanambit by another youth…

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Sensational Accident. a Shocking Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 1

A sensational accident happened at Bendigo on Tuesday during the testing of a bridge erected on the Monier principle over the waterway at the lower end of Bridge-street. The bridge was built to support a…

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Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

An accident which might have bad tenons consequences, occurred on Saturday evening last in Mayne street, opposite Heywood's corner, to Mrs. Keegan, senior. It…

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A Shocking Accident. One Brother Shoots Another. Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1901 · page 3

A terrible shooting accident occurred late in the evening of Saturday at a place called River Lett, in the Hartley Valley, about four miles from Lithgow, From the very meagre details available it appears…

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Railway Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1901 · page 2

NATURALLY the public who use the railways are nervous in the recollection that within a comparatively short interval of time four or five serious accidents have occurred on the…

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Shocking Accident. "Didn't Know it was Leaded." (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 3

A TERRIBLE shooting accident occurred late on Saturday evening, in Hartley Valley, near Lithgow. A boy named Morris, with two…

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Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 2

There has been quite an epidemic of railway accidents lately, and the time of the principal officers of the department is mainly occupied by…

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Fatal Accident in a Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last, says the Gunnedah Adrertiser, about three o'clock, word was received in town to the effect that a fire bad broken out at…

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Accident to an Ex-governor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 3

A. cyclist knocked down Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, ex-Governor of South Australia Sir T. F. Buxton was insensible for an hour. He has postponed all his engagements for a week…

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Narrow Escape of the King. Accident on Board the Shamrock. Her Masts and Rigging Carried Away. His Majesty Fortunately Uninjured. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1901 · page 3

During the trial Shamrock II. in the Solent a squall carried away the yacht's sails, find her spars and mast fell away. The King, who was aboard seated with Sir Thomas Litton on the deck close to…

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Team Accidents. Nelle prosequi. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 May 1901 · page 3

The Attorney-General has declined to prosecute Henry Chapham and Squire Webb, the tram drivers committed for trial for manslaughter from…

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A Boy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was returned at an inquest on the body of a, boy named Thomas Campbell, who lost his life while swimming at Bondi yesterday…

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