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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

32 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 2

Dumaresq. ACCIDENTS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1892 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident happened, at Dumaresq, on Saturday evening, to a youth named J. Bell. It appears that he was out With a number of others shooting hares, when…

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What Railway Accidents Cost

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1892 · page 6

IT was a bad day for railway companies when Lord Campbell's "Act for compensating the Families of persons Hilled by Accidents" was passed. Just imagine,…

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Railway Accident on the Moonbi. [By Telegraph.] a Sensational Fourteen Minutes. Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 4

ON Saturday night as the goods train to Arinidale was ascending the Monbi ranges in the deep cutting near M'Donald Roiver the -engine ran into a slip that had occurred…

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Accident to a Lady Gymnast

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 3

AN exciting scene occurred lately at Arcadia, in the Agricultural Hall, London. Among the attractions were aerial gymnastics by…

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WALCHA & District. Walcha, Thursday. Sad and Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 4

A SAD and fatal Accident occurred here on Sunday evening, whereby a lad named Donald Flemming M'Kenzie was killed by being thrown from his horse near the…

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Accidental Death. (Wednesday's Tenterfield Star)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 3

AN enquiry was held yesterday morning by Mr. W. A. Steel, P.M., into the death of a little boy named John Curran who had been killed by the fall of a tree on…

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Eight Men Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 2

The Otago correspondent of the Melbourne. Argus, writes under date October 7:--A sad boating accident at Wbangarei, Auckland, last Sunday resulted in the death of eight young men The…

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A Peculiar Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 3

AT Wilkesbarre (Pennsylvania) an extraordinary railway accident, the result of a boyish freak, and forming part of one of the most…

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Fifty Thousand Chinese Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 3

THE news that 50,000 people have been drowned by the flooding of one great river would be considered terrible if the scene of the occurrence were in any other place than China. Yet…

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Fatal Gun Accident. (Thursday's Bathurst Free Press.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 6

YESTERDAY afternoon word was brought into town that a lad named Fagan, of Mount Rakin, had been accidentally shot, and little hopes were held out of his…

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A Strange Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1892 · page 5

A WOMAN named Floraie Saunders was taken to the Sydney Hospital at about a quarter to 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning from Harris-street. When placed in a cab…

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Two Sisters Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1892 · page 5

A MELANCHOLY accident occurred on the Logan River on Monday morning whereby two daughters of Mr. James Downman were accidentally drowned (writes the OBSERVER'S…

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