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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Drowning Accidents. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 5

A lad named Arthur Roper was drowned in the Harbor on Sunday. Roper was one of a party on board a small boat, which was capsized by a…

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Fatal Foundry Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 4

Carlson, an employé in Hosking's foundry, Sydney, was killed yesterday through the bursting of an emery wheel…

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Terrible Collision at Sea. 380 Persons Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

A cable was received in Sydney on Thursday last giving particulars of a terrible collision that had occured in the North Sea between the North German Lloyd steamer…

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Serious Boating Fatality

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

Eight telegraph messengers while out boating on George's River on Sunday were capsized into the water through the upsetting of the boat. Two…

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The World to Be Destroyed November 13, 1899 Prediction of Professor Falb, of Vienna Collision with a Cornet will Terminate all Things Mundane

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

The records indicate that people have been looking for the end of the world at intervals ever since the world began, and predictions of this…

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Fatal 'Bus Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 4

John Chadwick, an artificer on H.M.S. Dart, was run over by a 'bus in George-street, Sydney, and killed. Deceased leaves a wife and family in…

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Collision Between Warships

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 4

A collision has occurred off Wei-hai-wei, on the China coast, between H.M.Ss. Centurion and Alacrity. Both vessels were considerably…

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Frightful Mining Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 3

A sewerage tunnel being excavated at Spottiswoode, near Melbourne, collapsed on Friday, night, and six men were drowned. The tunnel was being…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 2

The total claims lodged against the Government in connection with the railway accident at Redfern station in November last amount to £185,376…

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Fatal Train Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 5

Thomas Goldsmith, a compositor, was run over by a train at Petersham yesterday, and received fatal injuries…

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The Sydney-cammeray Collision

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 4

Capt. Anderson, master of the steamer Sydney, which recently collided with and sank, the ferry steamer Cammeray in Sydney harbor,…

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Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1895 · page 2

WHAT might have been a more serious accident, happened at Hamilton Mills on Friday last, whilst Mr. T. Fry, one of the employees, was cutting palings on one of the circular saws, one of his fellow…

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Mining Accident in Victoria. Melbourne. July 21

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 6

A TERRIBLE disaster occured at the M'Evey mineat Eldora[?] in the Ovens district, early yesterday morning, resulting in the death of six miners…

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Serious Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 6

JUST as we go to press we have learned that Mr. E. Kilmurray of Heron's Creek, met with a very serious accident on Thursday morning, From information to hand, it seems…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Eight Killed and Two Injured. (By Wire.) Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 6

A TERRIBLE mining accident of an extraordinary character at the South mine, Broken Hill, yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of eight men, and…

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Another Mining Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 5

Another terrible mining accident occurred on Saturday in McEvoy and Company's claim at Eldorado, near Ballarat (Vic.). The end of the main…

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Found Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 4

One of the participators in a picnic at Cabarita, on the Parramatta River, mysteriously disappeared the other day. Search was made, resulting in the…

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Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 7

"WHY was the match spoiled?" "The old man threw cold water on it. That would spoil any match."…

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Collision in the Atlantic

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 4

Captain Henderson, of the British ship Prince Oscar, has arrived at Philadelphia (U.S.A.). He reports that his vessel collided with an…

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Collision in the Atlantic

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.—Captain Henderson of the British ship, Prince Oscar, has arrived at Philadelohia. He reports that his vessel collided with an unknown steamer in…

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