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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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A Singular Accident. Burned in a Buggy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 3

MR. JOHN SANDERSON, of Coonooer, was the victim of an extraordinary accident while returning home from Charlton on Wednesday last. He…

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Serious Riding Accident. a Peculiar Affair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 4

The friends of Mr. J. J. O'Sullivan, of Cowra, will regret to hear of the very serious effect of the fall from a horse which he sustained:— "One day whilst I was riding," explained Mr…

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Latest News by Wire. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney. Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 3

A point cleaner named Chas. Emmett, employed at Darling Harbour railway yard, fell off the step of the brake van this morning, as a train was about to pass, His hand, as he fell, rested upon one of the…

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Singular Burning Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 7

Mr. John Sanderson, of Coonooer, was the victim of an extraordinary accident while returning home from Charlton on the 25th ultimo. He left town about one o'clock, with a buggy and pair of horses…

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The Accident on the Royal Sovereign

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 8

The Royal Sovereign has arrived at Malta from Platea (the Times of November 12 writes), and the official announcement on the subject of the disaster clears up some of the…

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A Serious Accident. Peculiar Coincidence. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

CHARLES EMMETT, 34, residing at Ultimo, was thrown off the step of the brakevan at Darling Harbour this morning. He was unable to fall clear…

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A Serious Accident. Pecullar Coinoidence. [ by Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

CHARLES EMMETT,34,residing, at Ultimo,was farown off the step or the brakevan at Darling Harbour this morning. He was unable to fall clear…

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Supposed Cast of Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 3

The boat of Mr. Fred Underwood, who resides on Dr. Warren's place, on Marra Marra Creek, off the Hawkesbury, near Bar Island, was picked up on Saturday off Big Bar Pomt, about live miles north…

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A Terrible Shipping Disaster. Collision Off California N Coast. Steamer Walla Walla Sunk Twenty-seven Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes. London, Jan, 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 3

The steamer Walla Walla, from San Francisco for Puget Sound carrying 30 first-class passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60 men came into collision at night off Capo Moendocino with a…

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Collision at Sea a Steamer Sunk. Twenty Seven Persons Drowned LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

A. shipping disaster has occured off the Callfornian coast, attended with great loss of life. The Oregon Improvement company's…

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Inverell. Singular Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

Alfrod J. Bowen, a recent arrival from Bourke, went bathing yesterday evening. He plunged into the river, and, not reappearing, his companions dived, and found him in a sitting posture under the water…

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Armidale. Sad Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Mitchell, one of tho most prominent farmers of the Guyrn district, loft home on Thursday, going in the direction of E. Hall's farm, and when he did not return home at night inquires were made, but…

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A Youth's Deadful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

A youth named Rupert Redshaw was fixing some machinery belting at a foundry in Goulburn this morning, when he got entangled, with the result that his right arm was torn off near the shoulder…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at paddington this morning, when a buggy collided with a tram, the shaft of the former piercing the right side of Thomas Hegarty, a passenger on the tram, inflicting…

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Bourke. a Terrible Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred yesterday morning about seven o'clock, resulting in the death of a youth, "William Dugan youngest sou of Mrs. E. Dugan, a lady well known and respected in Bourke for many…

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Fatality in Spain. Capize of a Beat. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

While a boat was crossing the river Lezaro in Spain on Monday it capsized, and 20 of the passengers were drowned…

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Railway Collision in New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

A collision between two trains occurred yesterday in a tunnel of the New York Central Railway. Seventeen people were Killed find 10 others were injured…

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An Australian Soldier Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 3

The body of Mr. Frederick James Stewart, a native of Parramatta, New South Wales, and late of the Imperial Yeomanry, was found in the Thames. Death was due to drowning…

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A Terrible Fatality. Bourke

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 5

A terrible accident occurred yesterday morning about seven o'clock, resulting in the death of a youth, William Dugan, youngest sou of Mrs. E. Dugan, a lady well known and respected in Bourke for many…

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Soldiers and Sailors. Collision between Russians and Americans. The British Give a Hand. LONDON,Thursday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

A SERIOUS collision has occurred at NienChang, China, between Russian soldiers stationed there and sailors belonging to the United States ganboat…

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