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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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In His Stead. How an Accident Made a Husband the Instrument of Justice

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 2

Holt's name wus synonymous with success. He was a man of boundless resource and commanding intellect. In his early years he had worked with unwearied perseverance, giving himself no rest…

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Liability for Accidents

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 2

Juries may be said as rule to incline an indulgent ear to the side of the sufferer by railway or other accident, when it can be shown that the injury was avoidable by the exercise of caution on the…

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Accidents and Law suits

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 2

A considerable portion of the time of the courts of law is occupied with the determination of claims arising out of injuries sustained by accidents occuring in the ordinary prosecution of the regular…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 November 1892 · page 3

A cable from London announces that a terrible railway accident occurred on the main line of the North-Eastern Railway Company shortly…

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Singular Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 November 1892 · page 5

A young woman named Bertha Young, employed at a boot factory at Redfern, met with a singular accident yesterday. Her hair was loosely done…

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A Drover Drowned. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1892 · page 5

A drover named Tyson was drowned while attempting to cross the Billabong creek, near Bourke…

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Boating Fatality

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 4

William Permiss was drowned in a boating accident at Cook River…

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Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 4

George Hilton, residing at the Glebe, fell from a cliff at Saunders' quary, Pyrmont, and was killed…

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Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 4

Martin Tully was killed at Kiama whilst attempting to stop a railway carriage…

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Fatal Accident. Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 4

Nicholas Pent, the superintendent of Brisbane fire brigade, was killed while trying to stop a runaway horse…

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Fatal Accident to a Child

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 4

On Thursday last, a daughter of Mr. William Clarke's, of Banda Banda, met with an accident by which she died some little time afterwards…

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Fatal Accident at Unkya

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 December 1892 · page 4

On Wednesday evening last, as two brothers named Ernest and Eardley Wheeldon were planting corn in a paddock at Unkya, only partially…

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Drowned. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 December 1892 · page 5

A man named William Doyle, was drowned at St. Peters on Monday…

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Terrible Boating Fatality in Sydney Harbor. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 December 1892 · page 5

The half decker "Iolanthe," was capsized at the Sydney Heads yesterday. There were 25 aboard, two of whom were drowned[?] Five others…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 December 1892 · page 5

Three lives were lost by a boating accident on the Yarra yesterday…

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