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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

417 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 21

Wyalong. Fatal Accident to a Miner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred early this morning at the New South Wales claim. While a bucket of mullock was being hauled up from a depth of 200 feet, the wire rope is alleged to…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Drover Cut to Pieces. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 3

EARLY this morning, a drover named H. Britcher was cut to pieces at the Katoomba railway yard. He was in charge of sheep, and was waiting for…

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Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

A cable from Auckland, New Zealand, states that nine men were overwhelmed at the Colonial Sugar Company's works this morning by the collapse of a stack of sugar bags. When…

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Railway Fatality. A Drover Killed at Katoomba

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred in the Katoomba Railway Yard early on Wednesday morning, when a drover named H. Britcher lost his life…

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A Wicket-keeper Injured. "A Late Cut."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Thomas Moran while playing cricket at Waterloo, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon met with serious injuries. He was…

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Shooting Affray in Sydney. a German Sailor Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 5

A serious shooting affray occurred on Tuesday night in Woolloomooloo, when a German sailor received a bullet wound in the head, which it is feared will prove fatal…

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A Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday morning, in John-street, nearly opposite Messrs Grainger and Falkiner's, a slight collision occurred between two farmers' carts, the steps on…

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The Rabbit Pest. Trapping or Poisoning. Rabbits Drowned by Floods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 1

At recent meeting of the Pestures Protection Board, at Gundagai, considerable difference of opinion was expressed by the directors, as to the…

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Injured an Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 5

Charles Quigley, an employee by the Water and Sewerage Board, was in the act of descending a manhole at the Globe to-day when a light he was carrying came into contact with…

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Shooting Affray in Sydney. a German Sailor Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 3

A serious shooting affray occurred on Tuesday night in Woolloornooloo, when a German sailor received a bullet wound in the head, which it is feared will prove fatal…

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Railway Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

An unfortunate accident occurred at the Werris Creek railway station on the morning of Friday week. A passenger from Queensland by the Brisbane mail, named…

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Fatal Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

A fatal accident is reported to have occurred on the road between Quirindi and Wallabadah on Monday last. It appears that about 9 a.m. on that date a…

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The Accident to Mr. Donaldson Serious Results

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 4

In connection with the accident that befel Mr R. Donaldson, M.P., and his wife, while on their way to the Tumberumba show; they were travelling…

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Collision in the Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1904 · page 3

A dense fog enveloped the harbour this morning, and the North Shore Ferry Company's steamers Kirribilli and Kurraba collided off Dawes' Point. The vessels met almost…

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Wrecks on the Queens-land Coast. One Man Drowned. Brisbane. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1904 · page 3

News was received in Sydney last night of the wreck of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Aramac at Breaksea Spit, a well-known danger spot on the Queensland coast, north of…

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Sensational Coaching Accident. Bolt Along the Edge of a Precipice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1904 · page 3

A sensational accident occurred at Cooper's Creek, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon. The Walhalla and Traralgon coach, driven by W. Bain, and carrying two male passengers and…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 3

In attempting to board a moving train at Ashfield railway station, this afternoon, a young woman named Elsie Buckton, a domestic servant, fell between the platform and the…

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Fearful Fatality. a Young Man Instantly Killed. the Body Decapitated. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 5

While a young man named Leslie Hollings-head was riding a bicycle in Scott-street this afternoon the chain came off the wheel, and he ran between the motor and a carriage of a…

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Sensatianal Coaching Accident. Bolt along the Edge of a Precipice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred at Cooper's Creek, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon. The Walhalla and Tra ralgon coach, driven by W. Bain, and…

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Sensational Coaching Accident. Bolt Along the Edge of a Precipice

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 16

A sensational Occident occurred at Cooper's Creek, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon. The Walhalla and Traralgon coach, driven by W. Bain, and carrying two male passengers and…

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