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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

The steamer Walla Walla, from Sim Francisco for Puget Sound carrying 36 first-class passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60 men came into collision at night off Cape Mendocino with a…

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Fatal Accident

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

John Gilligan, an old resident of Albury, and a municipal contractor, was thrown from his dray last night and killed, owing to the vehicle and horse going over a culvert and falling upon him. His neck…

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A Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

An unforeseen and nither serious accident occurred to Mr Bart. Conoily on Saturday last. About [?] he was driving a team of horses near Glendon,…

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Fatality at a Pro-boer Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 3

At the inquest on the man who was killed in the riot at Birmingham at the pro-Boer meeting on December 18 the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter by a policeman whoso name is unknown…

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Mittagong. an Accident Narrowly Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 3

Some excitement was occasioned at Mitttagong railway station at 6.55 a.m. to-day by a blunder. Someone placed the points incorrectly, and two trains arrived in opposite directions on the same…

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Shocking Railway Accident

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

A shocking accident happened to Jas. Rutherford, sixty years of age, a resident of Clyde, Last night on the Parramatta railway line, after the 11.25 train went out, the railway hands heard a cry for…

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Drowning Fatality at Manly. Gallant Attempt at Rescue. Two Lives Lost. Sydney

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

[?] fatality, involving the loss of two lives, occurred at Manly this morning. The hapless victims were Miss Lucy Thorpe and Frederick Smahlpage, the…

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Terrible Mining Accident

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

A serious disaster, involving much loss of life, has occurred at Bruex, in Bobemia, in a mine named the Jupiter. While large number of men were at work in the mine a rush of water was let in. Seventy of…

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Cassilis. Fatal Accident

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

Thomas Irvine, employed as groom at the Cassilis Hotel, aged 18 years, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and twelve months in the State, was accidentally killed to-day by a dray loaded with wood falling upon…

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Minnng. Disaster. Forty Men Drowned. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 1

A SERIOUS disaster, involving much loss of life, has occurred at Bruex, in Behemia, in a mine named the Jupiter…

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Shocking Fatality at Singleton a Youth Crushed to Death. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred at Gould's sawmills this morning, a young man named. Frederick Bowman, sixteen years of age, being instantaneously crushed to death. The partienlars are these:—…

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Accident to the Rev. P. J. Stephen

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

The Rev, P. J. Stephen, Wesleyan Minister or West Maitland, met with a painful accident at Bolwarra on the afternoon of Friday week. It appears that he had…

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Moruya. Narrow Escape of Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 3

A sailing boat with six occupants, viz., Rev. Father Quilter (Melbourne), Dr. Quilter, Messrs. Shepherd (solicitor), R.M. Gibeon (relieving mining wardon), Beaver (C.P.S.), and Gill (Road…

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The Saw Mill Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 4

At the Agricultural Hotel on Saturday night, an inquiry was opened by the Coroner (Mr. Harry Pinchin) into the circumstances of the death that morning of a young man named Frederick Bowman at…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 4

The Ocean Beach at Manly was the scene early on Friday morning of the deaths by drowning of a young lady— Miss Mabel Thorne—also of that of…

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Drowning Fatality at Manly. Gallant Attempt at Rescue

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

A tragic and dreadfully distressing bathing fatality, involving the loss of two lives, occurred at Manly on Friday morning. The hapless victims…

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Shocking Fatality at Singleton. a Youth Crushed to Death

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at at Gould's sawmills Singleton ono Saturday morning, a young man named Frederick Bowman, sixteen…

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A Sad Fatality. a Volunteer Shot Dead. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 3

DUGING a night attack on the Volunteer Camp, at Fielding, near Welling ton, New Zealand, a volunteer named Percy. Crawford, 17 years of age, was…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 3

A shocking railway accident occurred at the railway level crossing at Mittagong last night. It appears that Edward Harold Nichols, night gate keeper, aged 19, has just let two cyclists named Alfred…

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The Inqest. Examination of Witnesses. Verdict of Accidental Death. No Blame Attached

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

An inquest was commenced on Saturday night, at the Agricultural Hotel, before Mr H. Pinchin, Coroner, and a jury oF twelve, consisting of the…

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