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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Railway Fatality Near Guyra. a Man Mangled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

A TERRIBLE railway accident was reported at Armidale on Tuesday night. Samuel Burnett, of the Telegraph Department, was ran down by…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

David Kerkwood, aged 16 years, employed at the Fresh Food and Ice Company's works, Darling Harbour, was engaged in the engine room to-day shutting off steam, when he was caught in the…

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A Strange Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 3

A pump failure suspended thirty colliers in a cage at a beight of 550 feet at Treharrie Merthyr. Five were fatally drenched, the others were reseued in a basket…

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A Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 2

It is stuted that a child met with a rather peculiar, and, certainly, most singulalar accident the other day. The little One was looking throughh an aperring in the…

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Gilgandra. Terrible Burning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

A shocking burning fatality incurred at 4 o'clock this morning. Some people named Miranda had camped in a tent about 16 feet long, two women and three children sleeping in one end and two men…

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A Collision at Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

The North Gorman Lloyds' steamer Kelantan in a collision near Bangkok was sunk…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Reported Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

The police were informed this morning that two boys bad been drowned at Pyrmont while paddling on a raft, but the particulars to band are very meagre…

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A Peculiar Accident. Fatality Drenched. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 5

A PUMP accident susemd[?] colllers in a cage at a height of 550ft at Trebairis, near Mertiayr Ty[?] Glamorgan[?] Five of the Men…

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Collision with a Whale. Peculiar Circumstances

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 7

An exciting incident, occurred on the voyage of the R.M.S. Sierra from Auckland to Sydney. Early in the forenoon of the day of sailing from…

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Sad Burning Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 5

AT Gilgandra a shocking burning fatality occurred at 4 o'clock this morning. Some people named Miranda had camped in a tent about 16 feet…

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Peculiar Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 2

A swarn of bees was the cause of a nasty accident to a youth named Rupert Galloway, at Tamworth on Friday week. It appears that Galloway was riding a bicycle along…

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Serious Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 3

A carter named David Scully, aged 56, employed by J. McMahon, fell from his trolly this morning at Darling Harbour and one of the wheels of the vehicle passed over the lower part of his body. Scully was…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 13

Reuben Rider, a single man, residing at Christie-street, St. Leonards, was terribly injured by a train on Saturday afternoon, and was admitted to the North Shore Cottage Hospital in a serious condition…

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A Boy's Tragic Death Accidentally Hangs Himself

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 2

THE tragie death of a boy, charles seidal, 10 years of age, son of Asolph Seidel, farmer, of Towits (S.A), is reported as having occurred a few…

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Terrible Accident at Kalgoorlie. a Miner [?] Mutilated Another Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 4

A FRIGHTFUL accident happened at Lake view Consols Mine, Kalgoorlfe, on Wednesday night. One man met his death, and another sustained…

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Fatal Accident. a Man Killed at Clarence Town

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last Clarence Town was in a ferment of excitement, with the news that a gruesome discovery had been made in Mr R. Lyall's…

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Collision at Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 3

The steamer Edderton, from Now York, November 15, for Fremantle, came into collision in the Atluntio, and is discharging part of bor cargo at St. Vincent…

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Atlantic Liner in Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 6

A disastrous collision, though happily unattended with loss of life, took place about 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, 11th December, 1895, just outside the Mersey…

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Railway Collision in Melbiurne. a Number of People Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 4

A SENSATIONAL railway colision cocarred on Thursday afternon near Filndere-street station, Melbourne An outgoing Preston train, after…

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