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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Redfern Railway Collision

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 4

The case, Mrs. Grainger v. the Railway Commissioners, has been concluded. The jury awarded the bereaved lady £4000 as compensation…

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A Tug Captain Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 4

Capt. Hall, of the tug Rhea, was drowned at Ballina, on the Richmond River, yesterday…

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Drowning Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 4

A man named Alexander Cameron was drowned at Maclean, on Sunday last, through the capsizing of a boat…

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Fatality at a Funeral

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 6

A SHOCKING fatality is reported from Rovigno, in Istria. While about 70 persons were collected in the death chamber…

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[?]ne Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 4

DURING [?] voyage of the Union S.S. Cos. Oona[?]om Hobart to Sydney, the value of the high pressure cylinder broke. A violent gale was raging at the time, and the disabled…

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Shocking Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 4

At Adelaide yesterday, a shocking accident occurred. While several lads were making fireworks, a terrible explosion took place. A lad named…

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Fatal Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 2

ON Wednesday about midday word was brought into town that the dead body of an old man named William Bell had been found on the New England Road near the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. a Boy's Heroic Conduct

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 6

Two sisters named Sarah and Henrietta Lynn were drowned under painful circumstances at Bawley Point, near Milton, on Tuesday last…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 5

The timber laden ship Alameda, from Puget Sound, was entering the harbor on Saturday and the steamer Indiani, which was loaded with wool…

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Sad Boating Fatality

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 5

On Sunday afternoon last the 18-foot sailing boat Mona was capsized off Manly during a southerly buster. All the occupants were thrown into…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 5

While the Scotch express was travelling at a high rate of speed through Huntingdonshire (England), the train was derailed. One passenger, was…

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Bluejackets Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 5

The launch of the British man-of-war, Edgar, has sunk off the coast of Japan. Forty-eight of the occupants of the craft were drowned…

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