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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

417 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 21

A Boating Fatality. Two Persons Missing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

WALTER STEPHEN, 23, and Millie Reid, 15, put off from Henley Beach, Adelaide, on Saturday evening in a small American collapsible canvas…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Man Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

ON Friday night, at about 10.15 pm, an accident occurred on the northern line at a spot between Guyra and Black Mountain, which resulted in the death…

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Cyclist Severely Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

A YOUTH named Archie Tudehope, aged 16, was riding a bicycle down Oxford-street this morning, when he rode in front of a 'bus and was run…

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Burning Fatality. Three Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

A BURNING fatality, involving the death of three children, has occurred at Trafalgar, near Kalgoorlic. It appears that shortly after 11 o'clock…

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Accidents Will Happen

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 1

IN the best regulated families, in the best fitted factories, and in every walk of life, accidents will happen in spito of all precautions. Hence, if preention is not to…

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Burning Fatality. Three Lives Lost

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 4

A BURNING fatality, involving the death of three children, has occurred at Trafalgar, near Kalgoorlie. It appears that shortly after 11 o'clock…

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Buggy Accident. Miraculous Escapes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 2

A BUGGY accident of a sensational nature happened in Scone last evening. Between half-past 7 and 8 o'clock, Mrs. Page, wife of our respected…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 5

The body of Samuel Rutter, fisherman, who disappeared from Broadwater on Wednesday night, was found in the river at Woodford Leigh this morning…

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Terrible Burning Fatality. Three Boys the Victims

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 11

A sad burning fatality, involving the death of three children, occurred at Trafalgar, W.A., at a late hour on Friday night. It appears that shortly after 11 o'clock Frederick Lee,…

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Fatal Railway Accident. GUYRA

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 10

Geo. Bates and his son William, while returning home last night on a tricycle, were overtaken by the Brisbane mail. The boy William saw the train when it was almost…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 1

A TERRIBLE bathing fatality occurred at Riverton, South Island, last Saturday morning. A nine-year-old girl, a niece of Mrs…

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Drowned in George's River. Gallant Attempt at Rescue

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality occurred on Sunday afternoon at Wouiora, George's River, about three miles from Come. A fishing party from Sydney,…

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Drowned in the Hunter. Coroner's Inquest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 2

AN inquest was held at the local Court House on Monday morning, before Mr. E Bowman, District Coroner, into the chcumstances connected with the…

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Accident on the Parts Underground Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 5

An accident occurred on the Paris underground railway yesterday between Combat and Belleville stations. A number of people were injured…

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A Street Fatality. Stopping a Runaway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

At Newcastle on Tuesday morning, a young man named Robert Robertson, aged 25, who belonged to Sydney, but was residing temporarily in Newcastle…

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Terrible Railway Disaster Sixty-Three Lives Lost, and Many Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 1

PARNIOULARS of a frightful catastrophe to the Duquesne, Ltd., fastest through passenger train from Pitsburg to New York are contained in a despatch of…

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Drowning Fatality

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

The proprietor of a travelling shooting gallery named Henry Tindale, belter krown as "Happy Harry." was drowned in the Hunter River at Muswellbrook on…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

To-tay the body of an unknown middle-aged man was found floating in Woolloomooloo Bay. It appeared to have been in the water two or three days. Deceased was apparently…

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Broken Hill. a Girl Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

Emily Nicholls, aged 15, residing at Broken Hill, was sent to draw a bucket of water from an underground tank yesterday, and in replacing the cover evidently lost her balance…

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Drowning Fatalities. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

Two bodies were found in the water to-day, neither of which has been identified. One was a man about fifty, who was drowned in…

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