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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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The Treacherous Ocean. Young Woman Drowned at Manly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 13

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

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A Tragic Divorce Suit. Murder and Fatality. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

A TRAGIC ending to a sensational divorce suit has occurred in the United States. Edwin Burdick, a wealthy…

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Railway Accident. a Woman Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident, resulting in the death of a, resident of Waratah, occurred at Hamilton railway station on Wednesday night. Just as the…

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Kiama. Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 3

Robert Jordan, a railway employee, was riding on a truck at Kiama this morning when he accidentally slipped off, and falling beneath the wheels they passed over one leg, completely severing it just…

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Collision Between Steamers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 3

During a fog in Long Island Sound (U.S.A), the City of Taunton, a cargo steamer, came into collision on Friday with the steamer Plymouth, which was carrying 500 passengers. Six of the Plymouth's…

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Maclean. a Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 3

Michael .Lynch, into licensee of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Maclean, is believed to have been drowned. Yesterday about three o'clock he was seen by some persons who wore out in a boat…

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Shocking Mining Accident

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 4

A MINER named Charles Chappel died in the Albury hospital on Saturday morning, having been admitted on Friday night. He was terribly…

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Flood at Townsville. a Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

Townsville is truly an unfortunate place, for after the town bad been practically blown to pieces recently by a cyclone, a change in the weather occurred, and a flood now threatens to play sad…

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Alicia's Dilemma. Mow an Accident led to a Reconciliation

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 5

A more discontented mortal than myself. If it would have difficult to find throughout the length and breadth of England the morning got Rayly's…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 5

An inquiry was held on Thursday morning, at the Courthouse, West Maitland, by the District Coroner (Mr. W. B. Smith) into the circumstances attending the death of Maud Josephine Farrell,…

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Strange Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

A MANAGER inquiry was held at Campbelltown on Thursday touching. I the death of Clara Bourke, eight years of age, who died suddenly on…

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Three Persons Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 3

A cable from Auckland states that a boat containtaining five occupants capsized of wongarei Heade and three of the occupants were drowned, the other two being rescued. J.Buxton, a visitor from…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Three Young Woman the Victims. the Bravery of Two Sisters Unavailing. Lockhart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 3

A sad drowning accident occurred in the Murrum-bldgee River between Lockhart and Narandora on saturday night, when three young women were the victims, two of them being the Misses Chapperton…

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Drowned in a Dream. Victim of a Rainstorm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

A VIOLENY thunderstorm broke over Melbourne on Saturday afternoon having been brought along in the train of a boisterous dusty north wind. The…

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Terrible Drowing Fatality. Three Young Women [?]. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 3

A SAD drowning accident occurred in the Murrumbidgee River, between Lcckhart and Narrandera, on Saturday. Three young women, two being…

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Accident to the Empress of Germany. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

An accident has happened to the Empress of Germany, at Grunwald, in Bohemia. Her Majesty was outriding with the Emperor of Germany, when…

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Terrible Drowning Fatality. Three Young Women Perish

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 3

A sad drowning accident occurred in the Murrumbidgee River, between Lockhart and Narrandera, on Saturday. Three young women, two being…

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The Fatal Accident at East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 4

An inquest on the body of the young man, Alexander George Anderson (who met with a fatal accident on Tuesday in East Greta Colhery), was held this morning at the Governor Gipps Hotel…

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Fatal Accident to a Bank Inspector

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 1

MR G[?] W. M[?] chief inspector of [?] holdings for the Union Bank of Australia met with a fatal audience on Tuesday, as Cobar. He…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 5

A sad drowning accident occurred in the Murrumbidgee River between Lockhart and Narandera on Saturday night, when three young women were the victims, two of them being the Misses Chapperton,…

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