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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Extraordinary Incident at Military Manoeuvres. Ill-feeling Between Artillery and Infantry. Fix Bayonets.—a Horse Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 7

An extraordinary incident which occurred during the recent Saturday afternoon manceuvres by the militia infantry brigade and field artillery brigades in Albert Park, Melbourne, says a telegram to the…

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Serious Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3

Last evening Emma Leeson, aged sixty-one, laundress, living at Cooper-street, Surry Hills, fell down the steps at Petersham railway station. She sustained injuries to her head…

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Botany Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3

Horace Blaney, the fireman injured by the recent tram accident, succumbed to his injuries last night in Prince Alfred Hospital…

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A Drowning Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 3

The body of Richard Martyn, late chief engineer on s.s. Willowdene, drowned on Wednesday night, was found floating in the barbour this morning…

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A Cycle Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

Yesterday morning there was a bicycle collision opposite the ARGUS office which was happily unattended by any serious consequences. A lady was gracefully…

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The Tram Motor Fatality. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 2

At the inquest upon the train motor fatality, in which Driver Mead lost his life with the fireman last month by the overturning of a tr[?]m motor oae…

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Disaster at a Football Match. Twenty-two Persons kiiled. One Hundred Injured. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 4

A CROWD of 70.000 spectators assembled to watch the . international match between Association football teams representing England and…

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A Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 3

George Bramley, tramway labourer, residing in Petersham, coming to work this morning on the foot board of a tram, his head came into collision with an iron post in George street, knocking him to the…

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Railway Fatality. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

A shocking railway accident [?] occurred at Machavie. Fourteen [?] of the Eighth New Zealand [?] Infantry were killed, and a [?]…

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Accident to a Bishop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 3

The Bishop of Peterborough was thrown from his horse and rendered unconscious. He has not yet regained his senses…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 3

A number of empty railway cars collied this morning at Homebush. Considerable damage was done, but no loss of life occurred…

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Accident to a Bishop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 3

The Right Rev. E. Carr-Glynn, Bishop of Peterborough, was thrown from his horse yesterday, and remained unconscious for a long time, but is now progressing satisfactorily…

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The Transvaal War. Spion Kop Despatches. Publication of Suppressed Documents. Interview with Sir Redvers Buller the Press Amazed. the Peace Negotiations. Accident to the New Zealanders. London, April 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 3

The portion of the despatches dealing with the Spion Kop reverse in December, 1899, suppressed when the others were published early in the following year, have now been published. The despatches…

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Bega. a Young Bridegroom Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 3

A young man named Earnest Yeomans, a hairdresser, was drowned in the river at Bega while bathing yesterday. He was only married last Tuesday to miss Bailiff, a Sydney lady…

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A Fatal Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 3

While the new steamer Dilkera, built for the Adelaide Steamship Company, was on her trial trip in the Tyne yesterday, she was considerably damaged by coming into collision with the…

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Campbelltown. Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

An accident occurred at Ingleburn station last evening about 6 o'clock, when a man named Walter Osborne was killed by an excursion train passing at the time. Osborne, in company with a lad named…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 9

A fearful railway accident occurred on Thursday afternoon, the 17th instant, shortly after five o'clock, at the Kabibah tunnel, on the Sydney line. Two men, Thos. Hayes and Timotby Sydney, engaged…

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Local News. a Painful Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

Yesterday, while Frederick [?]ckey, a groom at the Percy Hotel, was leading a horse belonging to Mr North round the paddocks, the animal kicked him in the…

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Railway Fatality. Death of a Man

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 4

A SAD railway accident {?}nrred at Ingleburn level crossing a little after six o'clock on Friday night, by which a man named Osborne, living in the…

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Albury. a Remarkable Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 3

Frank McCulloch, a well-known Wagga hotel-keeper, met with a sensational experience last night. He was travelling by express from Melbourne, and when about a mile…

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