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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Terrible Tramway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 3

A terrible tramway accident occurred at Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A., yesterday. An electric tramear carrying High School pupils attempted to stop in approaching a railway level crossing which was…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 7

AN accident, by which one man was killed and there were injured, occurred in the South Mine at Broken Hill on Thursday morning. On Wednesday…

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Fatality at Coogee. Two Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

ABOUT 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, Charles F. Burford (27) and Thomas Bryee (27), the latter being a married man, were washed off the locks at…

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Man Drowned at Regatta

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

At St.Kilda on Saturday afternoon, during the annual regatta, held under the [?]uspices of the Victorian Yacht Racing Association, a young man…

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The Recent Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 3

The Marine Court to-day opened an inquiry into the collision between the Wakatip[?] and the Urimbla…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. the Wakatipu-eurimbla Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 3

The Marine Court found that the collision between the steamers Wakatipu and Eurimbla, was due to the wrongful act of Henry Middleton, master of the Eurimbla, in navigating his vessel on the wrong side…

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Sa[?] S[?]ooting Fatality, Carelessness With Firearms

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

AT Par[?]es on Wednesday night a resident named Edward Bermingham was shot dead. It would appear that he was returning from the baah with…

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The Late Steamers Collision The Captain Censured [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

THE Marine Board has found, that the collision between the steamers Wakatipn and Eurimble was caused by the wrongful act of the Captain of…

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Fatal Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at Armidale on Saturday afternoon last. A Son of Mr. William Smith, of Baker's Creek, went with a party of boys on a [?]hing expedition,…

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A Fatal Accident on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 3

By an accident in the stoke hole of the Armand Behic, French mail steamer, four men were killed and three injured…

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Serious Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 3

Two electric trams collided in George-street West this morning. The shock who sufficient to throw many passengers from their seats, and among those taken by surprise were the driver of the Annandale…

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The Late Gunboat Collision. Captain's Certificate Suspended. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 3

THE Marine Board, to-day, suspended the certificate for a year of Captain Middleton, of the steamber Eurimbla, and ordered him to pay the master of…

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Shipping Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 3

Ten more bodies from the collier Ottercaps, which was wrecked on Cape Finisterre, have bean recovered. The Cunard liner Etruria soon after leaving…

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The Treacherous Ocean. Young Woman Drowned at Manly. Mr. D. O'connor in Danger. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

Another bathing catastrophe occurred on the ocean beach at Manly this morning. About six o'clock two young ladies (Miss Eda Jackson and Miss Maud Mitchell). amongst others, were bathing…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Vehicle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

As Mrs. Wright, wife of Colonel F.A. Wright, M.L.A. of Putney, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Daisy Wright, was driving along Western Road, Balmain, in a buggy this afternoon, the king…

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Surf Bathing Tragedy. Girl Drowned at Manly

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

Another sad and sensational drowning case occurred at Manly early on Saturday morning, when Miss Edna Masman Jackson, a young lady of…

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Disastrous Ferry Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 3

A ferry accident occurred on the Hudson River (U.S.A.) on Saturday. A steamer overturned near Spier Falls, and eighty passengers were precipitated into the river. Nineteen people were drowned…

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An Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

Yesterday morning, a young man named W. Taylor, employed by Massrs Taylor and Sons, contractors for the present additions to the Catholic Convent buildings,…

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Forbes. a Girl Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 3

The twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. Henry Harkett, of Woodside, Forbes, was drowned in the Lachlan River at Red Bend yesterday afternoon. She had ridden down to water some stock, and it is…

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A Girl Drowned. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 3

THE twelve-year-old daughter of Mr Henry Harker, of Wordside, Forbes, was drowned in the Lachlan River at Red Bend yesterday afternoon. She…

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