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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1891

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Peculiar Drowning Case

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 3

A young married man named John Morton Guthrie was drowned in the dams at Botany on Sunday afternoon under…

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Two Brothers Drowned at Goulburn

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 6

Two boys named Warton, aged 7 and 10 years, were drowned on Saturday in the Milwaree, at the place where the recent fatality occurred. While…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 4

An accident occurred on the railway line near Petersham on Tuesday morning, but was unattended with fatal result. The train had just passed the…

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Happy Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 7

The shot tower of modern times is said to have been the accidental result of a curious dream. A shot maker named Watts lived in Bristol, England. He plied his trade in the…

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Serious Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 3

A terrible accident happened at about 11 o'clock on Friday night last at the Tuggerah Railway Station on the…

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Accident to a Coach

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 3

The Postmaster-General, the Hon. Daniel O'Connor, has favored us (the 'Star') with information that the mails for…

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Fatal Accident at the F. F. & I. Company's Works. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at the Fresh Food and Ice Company's works yesterday through a cylinder containing ammonia bursting. Six men…

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Fearful Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred last week at Waiting and Cameron's sawmills, near Kerang (Vic.), to a man named Gray, 28 years of age, and son-in-law…

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A Teacher Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 4

Herbert Wesley Herd, public school teacher of Ramorine, was accidentally drowned at Grafton on Saturday night. He was leaving the Kurrara…

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Railway Collision. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

A railway collision occurred in Eveleigh tunnel last night. The driver, named Bertram, was killed…

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An Awful Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 3

An extraordinary accident happened on the railway. line near Burwood station at midnight on Friday. One of the…

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Boating Fatality

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 3

At Newcastle on Thursday last a drowning casuality was reported. On the following evening shortly after 7 o'clock, a sailing boat containing Mr. Fred Drunker, son…

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A Woman Drowned in Sydney Harbor. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 1

The body of a woman was found in Shellcove, North Sydney, yesterday, and identified as Bridget Dooley, a domestic servant at the Woollahra…

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Sawmill Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

On Thursday morning last Mr. John Hibbard, junr., of the Hamilton Sawmills, on the Hastings, met with a very nasty and painful accident…

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The Accident at the Hastings

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 4

The accident to which we referred in our last issue by which Mr. McKenzie of Brombin received a broken arm turns out to have been of a somewhat…

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Tram Accident at Randwick

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 4

An accident happened on the Randwick-road on Sunday, caused by a Coogee tram colliding with a buggy. About 3.45…

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Terrible Railway Accident in France 50 Killed and 100 INJURED

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 July 1891 · page 5

A terrible collision between a goods train and an excursion train occurred on Sunday at Saint Maude, near Paris. The carriages caught fire. 50 of the…

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Fatal Accident near Cundletown

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 July 1891 · page 5

A distressing accident occurred at the culvert near the clay dock, on the Cundletown and Taree road, on Saturday last, about half-past nine o'clock…

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Accidents

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

A NUMBER of accidents are reported to have happened at the latter end of last week, one at least being of a very serious character…

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Double Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 3

An extraordinary double fatality occurred at Moruya last week. A little child of a man named Donovan, which had…

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