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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Verdict of Accidental Debate [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 3

AT the Inquest on the body of the girl Lilian Toole, who had her head smashed, yesterday, by a door coming down from above on her, a verdict of…

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An Express Derailed Peculia Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 October 1902 · page 3

A SLEEPEN and brake van Was derailed this morning three miles from Albury. The sleeper and brake van were left behind, and the passengers…

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Albury. Fatal Gun Accident

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

John Box, aged 19, residing at Lavington, Albury district, was found dead yesterday afternoon about 200 yards from his home at the intercession of two creeks with a rifle lying across his body. It is…

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The Fatal Accident on the Duckenfield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 11

The circumstances of the explosion on board the steamer Duckenfield, at Hexham, on August 28, which resulted in the death of two youths, William Lundy and John Freund, were investigated in…

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Fatal Gun Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 5

JOHN Boy, aged 19, residing at La[?]ton, Albury district, Was found [?] yesterday afternoon, about 20O yards from his home, at the…

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A Boy Drowned. a Somewhat Curious Fatality. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1902 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred yesterday, whon Ernest Butchtmann, fourteen years of age, son [?] Diedrich Buchtmann, coachbuilder, lost his life. The evidence at an inquest to-day showed that after…

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A Boating Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 2

A boat was capsized in the Upper Yarra at Melbourne yesterday, and a young couple, Ernest Lahey and May Penman, were both drowned…

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District News. (From Our Correspondent.) Aberdeen. Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday last, Mr. W. W. Benn, chief engineer at the A.C.F. Coy., assisted by Mr. A. G. Hall, second engineer, were experimenting…

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A Suicide by Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

The body of a man washed up on the beach at Coogee yesterday has been identified as that of Thomas Veldeman, by accupation a plumber. At the inquest to-day, Catherine Linskey," of Sunbeam…

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A Dreadful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 3

John Breen was driving a heavily-loaded waggon in Surry Hills to-day, when he slipped, and the wheel passed over his leg, almost tearing the limb off…

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Serious Coach Accident. Two Perous Badly Injured. ADELAIDE

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

NEWS from Tarcoola states that a serious accident occurred to a mail coach running between Port Auguste and Tarcoola. About a mile and a…

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Wreck of a Barquetine. a Crew Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

THE barquetine May from Freemantle was wrecked, on the West Coast of New Zealand, this morning, and the crew, numbering seven, with the…

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A Missionary Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 3

News from the Islands give particulars of the drowning of a missionary and several natives. It appears the Rev. Father Layllade, of the French missions in the New Hebrides, left the island of…

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A Missionary Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 3

NEWS from the Islands gives particulars of the drowning of a missionary and several natives. It appears the Rev. Father Layllade, of the…

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Terrible Football Disaster in Glasgow. Great Loss Of Life. Over 250 Persons Injured

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

An accident unparalleled in the history of football marred the International match between England and Scotland, which took place recently…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 4

THE boy Reid, who was accidently shot by his uncle, Air K. Green, on Saturday last, has been taken to the Orange Hospital. The doctors have…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 3

A distressing railway fatality, of which a girl named Sarah Ann Read was the victim, occurred last night near Eastwood. The girl, who lives at Eastwood, and had been to church…

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Man Decapitated by a Train Fatality at Armidale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 3

A RAILWAY fatality was reported at Armidale on Saturday morning, the dead body of Frederick Williams, a resident of that district, being found…

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Railway Accident in Victoria. Narrow Escapes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 2

OWING to some unexplained reason a goods train was derailed near Moe (Vic.) on Thursday night. Nine out of the 16 trucks left the line, and…

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