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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Melbourne. Shocking Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 3

Charles Thwaites, aged 43, a married man, met with a terrible death to-day. He was employed in the Starch Department at Harper's Mills, Port Melbourne. He went to fix a belt on the flywheel, but…

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Fatality at Uralla. Miner Killed by a Fall of Earth

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 4

THE sub-manager, Mr Condon, working at the barge, Brotrn's Paddorck Extended, Uralis was killed on Wed-[?] nesday night. He had been picking…

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Fatal Gun Accident at Ardglen

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

A most lamentable gun accident by which a young girl named Mary Emery, aged 17 years, lost her life, occurred at Ardglen on Sunday night…

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Fatal Gun Accident. a Young Woman Shot. Murrurundi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 12

A young woman named Mary Emery, in the "employ of Mr. Seivl, hotelkeeper, at Ardglen, was accidentally shot last night by a son of Mr. Seivl, and expired in a few minutes. The deceased and a…

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Railway Accident on the Sydney Line. a Man Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 7

Considerable uneasiness was caused on Saturday afternoon to residents of the town who had relatives journeying to Newcastle and Sydney by train, by a rumour which gained currency, and quickly spread,…

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Barraba. Pound Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1902 · page 3

The body of Mr. E. Margolins, a storekeeper, who disappeared from Barraba on Thursday last, had been found in a shallow part of the near the township by a search party. The man had lately been…

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Late News by Cable. London, Aug. 23. Sad Drowning of Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1902 · page 3

White children were padding on the Filey Beach, Yorksbire, yesterday, the tide overtook five girls. The mothers of the children made frantic efforts to rescue them, but without success. The elder girls…

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Found Drowned. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 3

The body of Mr E. Margolins, a storekeeper, who disappeared from Barraba on Thursday last, has been found in a shallow part of the river…

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Seaside Disaster. Five Children Drowned. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 4

A sad accident involving loss of life has occurred at Filoy, a watering place on the English coast, in Yorkshire, a few miles distant from Scarborough…

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Fatal Team Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 3

George Rollens, who had both legs cut off by a tram on Saturday night, died in the Hospital this morning…

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A Lift Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 3

William, Druit, aged 15, fell down a lift well in a York-street warehouse, to-day. He was conveyed to the Hospital in a serious condition…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 3

There is an epidemic of drowning in Great Britain. Twenty fatalities have been recorded in six days…

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Collision in the River Elbe. Appalling Loss of Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 6

A telegram sent from Hamburg to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 21 states:—The steamship Primus, of Hamburg, with 185 passengers on board, was cut in two and…

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An Epidemic of Drowning. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 3

There has been an epidemic of drowning in Great Britain and 22 fatalities occurred daring the last, six days…

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Barmedman Dreadful Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 3

A shocking burning accident happened here yesterday. Several children were playing around a camp fire near the Catholic Church, when the clothes of a little girls, five yearn of age, daughter…

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Death by Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 3

The inquest concerning the drowning of George Brand, second cook on the steamer Wollowra, concluded to-day. The Coroner said there was not a title of evidence of negligence on the part of anyone,…

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Terrible Explosion on a Steamer. Two Persons Killed and Two Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 2

A fearful explosion, attended with fatal result, occurred at Hexham yesterday afternoon on hoard Messrs. J. and A. Brown's steamer Duckenfield, two youths named F. Lundy and J. Freund being…

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Accidentally Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 3

The jury on the inquest on the body of the lad James Harrison, Who was accidentally shot With a rifle belonging to his companion, returned a verdict of accidental death, and expressed regret that no…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred this morning at Redfern Railway Station. A truck examiner named Joha[?]Belshaw, aged 46, employed at Darling Harbour railway yards, was crossing the track between the…

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Railway Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2

A man named John Belshaw, who was employed in the railway yards, while crossing the track between the platforms at Red fern railway station…

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