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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Sad Drowning Accident. Melbourne

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

A sad accident happened at Brunswick this afternoon three little girls being drowned in a disused claypit. The pit is one of a series of three,…

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Sad Drowning Case. a Little Boy Wanders Into a Well

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

A VERY painful case was reported from Coopernook on Wednesday night, a son of the master of the public school (Mr Taylor) having been discovered…

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The Sad Drowning Case. the Inquest

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 4

MR. Jas. Johnson, coroner, with a jury of six, held an inquest at the Merriwa Hotel, on Saturday, last with respect to the drowning of Wm. McCarney, whose sad…

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Strange Shooting Accident. Broken Hill

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 3

An extraordinary shooting case occurred yesterday. A man about 40 years of age, named Joseph King, walked into Dr Korff’s surgery and…

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A Terrible Accident on the Rosedale. the Mate and Two Others Seriously Injured. Mr Forbes in a Critical Condition

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 2

A VERY serious accident occurred on the stranded steamer Rosedale on Sunday night. The work of trying to get the vessel off the beach was…

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A Curious Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 8

At Tenterfield a farmor was engaged harrowing, when one of the horses began plunging, and turned the harrow right…

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Terrible Boating Fatality

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 4

A shocking boating fatality took place at Botany Bay on Tuesday morning last. A party of men were out on a fishing excursion to the South Head of Botany…

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The Flood. Central Kempsey Inundated. Great Destruction of Property. Houses Carried Away. Narrow Escapes. Accident to Mr. Carl Basch. Water 2Ft. 4In. Higher Than in 1864. Reports From Up and Down the River

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 6

IT is with great regret that we chronicle to-day the fact that the Macleay has once more been visited by a disastrous flood, which has brought…

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A Prisoner Escapes and Is Drowned. Camden Haven

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 4

Henry Mew who was in custody here charged on a warrant issued by the Bulladelah bench with cattle stealing escaped from the lockup yesterday…

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Terrible Naval Disaster. Two British Warships in Collision. London, June 23

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 5

News was received to-day of a disastrous collision between the British warships Victoria and Camperdown, two vessels of the Mediterranean Squadron, off Tripoli, and the…

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News by Wire. The Naval Collision. Admiral Tryon at Fault. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 4

According to the London Times, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon admitted before H.M.S. Victoria went down that the collision with the…

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Correspondence. the Fatal Accident at Upper Taylor's Arm. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

SIR,--In connection with the sad death of my son Frederick, I feel it my duty to publicly thank the following gentlemen :-- Messrs. Albert Compton, Sydney Warren,…

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The Recent Collision

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 4

IN reference to the collision between the steamer Elingamite and schooner Guiding Star on Wednesday week the survivors state that the Guiding Star left Port Stephens at 3 p.m…

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Fatal Football Accident. Auckland

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 5

Charles Tippett, a young man, was killed while playing in a football match here…

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Dreadful Accident. Man Decapitated in Sydney. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred in George-street West last night, whereby a tram conducter, named Nicholas Wm. Laffy aged 36 lost his life. It…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 5

At Orange, a little boy named John Gardiner, was shot dead by the accidental discharge of a gun, which his brother was holding at the time…

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Supposed Drowning at Lauri[?]ton. a Dredge Hand Missing

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 4

A SEAMAN on board the dredge Eta, named William Swanson, a married man with a family of six children, who live at Newcastle, has been missing since Saturday evening last…

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Accident to a Jockey. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 5

While the cross-country rider Kinsman was schooling Sailor over the hurdles at Randwick, the horse struck heavily and was killed instantly…

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Drowning Accident at Wilcannia. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 4

A sad accident is reported from cannia. Matthew Lyons, school teacher, and Edward Belcher, accountant in the A.J.S. Bank, were drowned…

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News by Wire. Railway Accident in America. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 4

Twelve persons have perished in a railway collision at Kingsbury, in the State of Indiana. The wrecked trains took fire, and some of the wounded…

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