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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Fatal Accident. a Lad Crushed to Death Mangled in Mill Machinery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday morning last a fatal accident cccurred at the steam caw mills of Messrs Gould, situated at South Singleton. A yonth lately…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 3

A man named Dave Barnett, while working at the Ultimo Power-House to-day, fell a distance of 18 feet, receiving a fractnre of the skull and a scalp wound. His condition is serious…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

A SHOCKING railway accident occurred at on Monday night, at Mittagong on Munday night, Edward Hereld Nichols, aged 19, was…

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The Late Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

The moved remains o Frederick William BOWNER, who was accidently killed at the Excelater Steam Saw [?] on Saturday morning last, were intered…

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Accident to Mr W. Burnett

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

Pieces of flying paper were much in evidence yesterday, and it is strange that there are not some serious accidents in vehicular traffic to chronicle. There was…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

A tragic and dreadfully distressing bathing fatality, involving the loss of two lives, occurred. at Manly on Friday morning. The bapless victims were Miss Lucy Thorpe and Frederick Smallpage, the…

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Shocking Fatality at Singleton. a Youth Crushed to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 9

A shocking fatality occurred at Gould's sawmills on Saturday a young man named Frederick Bowman, sixteen years of ago, being instantaneously crushed to death. The particulars are these :-…

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Fatal Accident at Singleton

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

An accident, by which a youth named Frederick Bowman was crushed to death, occurred at Gould's saw mills, Singleton on Saturday morning last. It appears that at…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 9

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

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A Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

On Thursday last, shortly after mid-day, Master Frank Chaffers-Welsh, aged about 11, and the son of the rector or All Saints' Anglican Church, Singleton, met with a…

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An Unknown Man Drowned

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

A man whoso name is unknown was drowned at Helling's Baths, Woolloomooloo, this morning. Later. The man drowned at Hellings' Baths has been…

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Drowned in a Dam

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

A young man named Turnbull was drowned in a dam at Penrith, while bathing. A companion in attempting to rescue him almost met with a similar fate…

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The Recent Riding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 4

It will be remembered that on Thursday morning last, Master Prank Chaffers-Welsh, an eleven-year-old son of the Rev. J. Chaffers-Welsh, Rector of All Saints Church, was…

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A Terrible Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

A fearful accident recurred on Sunday evening to a girl in domestic service at "Trafalgar," the residence of Mr W.W. Robinson. It appears that about five…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an accident happened to Miss M.Fadden, a daughter of the Mayor of Singleton. Miss M. Fadden was riding down George-street,…

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Another Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

On Saturday night, about 7.30, a boy on a pony, who had been delivering clothes at the Percy Hotel in riding out from the rear of the hotel, suddenly collided with a…

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The Late Serious Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

It will be remembered that the son of the Rev. J. Chaffers-Welsh, Restor of All Saints' Church, Singleton, met with a very serious accident, as chronicled in our…

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Molong. Sad Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 3

A drowning accident happened yesterday at Thomas Patterson's farm at Dilga. In the evening his two children Michael, aged 3 years, and Eileen aged 6 years, were missed from home, and…

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Narrow Escape of Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 3

A Sydney solicitor narrowly escaped drowning while bathing on the ocean beach ut Manly this morning. He was carried out by the current, but struggled hard and just Managed to reach the shore…

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Injured by a Fall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 3

A man named Arthur Herbert fell from a scaffolding at the Ultimo Power House this morning, receiving severe injuries to his wrist, right ankle, and body…

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