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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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An Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 2

Last Sunday morning, as Mr Burnett was driving some members of his family, just as the horse and vehicle were turning into George-street, one of the boys, about…

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Verdict of Accidental Death. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 3

A GIRL named O'Conno[?] nine years of age, who was knocked down near her home by a dog, and sustained injuries that resulted in death next day,…

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Passenger Trains in Collision. a Signalman's Mistake

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1902 · page 4

SHORTLY after 10 o'clock on Monday night a collision between two passenger trains occurred at Linfield, on the North Shore Line. From Milson's…

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Foundering of the Steamer Ventnor. a Cargo of Chinese Remains Engulfed. Several of the Crow Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1902 · page 3

THE steamer Vent[?]or, which left New Zealand for Hong Kong last Sunday, with a cargo of coal and the remains of 500 Chiness, intended for…

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A Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1902 · page 2

A few days age, Mr Samuel A. Brooker met with a very serious accident while comming down Cooper's Gap. on the road from Singleton to Mirannie, the [?]…

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An Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1902 · page 2

A boy named Leslie Hill, while playing in the grounds of the Superior Public School, Singleton, on Tuesday last, fell with his arm doubled upon him. It was…

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Thirteen Reported Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Wednesday Afternoon.—The steamer Energy picked up the crew of the Ventnor's third boat, consisting of six Europeans and four…

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A Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 5

An accident to a tramear occurred at Chatham yesterday. Two dockyard mechanics were killed and 51 others wore injured…

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Collision Off Dungeness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 3

The steam collier St. Regulus yesterday came into collision with the Spanish steamer Euere, off Dungeness. The Enero was struck abaft tho engine-room, and the St. Regulus continued steaming forward…

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Terific Hailstorm at Daysdale Horses, Sheep, and Dogs Killed. Several Men Injured. Great Destruction of Crops and Fences. COROWA

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 2

FURTHER reports to hand show that the recent storm in the Daysdale district was more serious than at first imagined. Although only lasting a…

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Accident to the Durban Floating Dock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 3

The Durban floating dock parted while towing the steamer Gale ashere at Mossel Bay…

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An Imbecile Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 3

An inmate of the Parramatta Asylum named George Bennett, aged 81, was found drowned yesterday in the river just outside the boundary of the institution…

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Sad Accident. Young Woman Horribly Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 1

A SERIOUS accident happened on a [?] line eight miles from [?] on Tuesday afternoon [?] young girls, who were attending…

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Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 2

A lad named Strath O'Neile, son of Mr. and Mr. D. C. O'Neile of this town, who was in the employ of Mr. D. G. Teys. met with a very nesty accident on Wednesday…

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Russell's Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 4

With reference to the accident which befell Russell while engaged by the Railway Commissicners, it is stated that on the 11th October, about…

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The Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 3

At the inquest on the body of Reuben Rider, who we run Over and fatuity injured on the North Shore railway line on Saturday, Constable Mankey deposed that he and deceased…

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A Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 3

An elderly woman named Emily Saunders was knocked dowd by an electric tram at Pyrmont this morning and received a nasty out on the head, She was removed to her home in an unconscious condition…

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A Fatal Train Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 2

A man named Joseph Jones, who was arrested at Brisbane, and charged with being illegally on premises was conveyed to the railway station, where…

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Fatal Accident. a Painful Affair

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—The many friends of Mr. William Kiley will regret to learn of the sad accident, resulting in his death, which b[?]fel…

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Collision with & WHALE. Peculiar Experience

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

AN exciting incident occured on the voyage of the R.M.S. Sierra from Auckland to Sydney. Early in the forenoon of the day of Railing from…

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