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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Dreadful Boat Accident in Sydney Harbor

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 5

ON Monday morning an accident occurred in the harbor, when the sailing boat Iolanthe, which had a party of 24 people on board, overturned near the heads and several of its…

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Strange Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 7

ONE of the most extraordinary accidents ever known took place recently on the Barrow-in-Furness railway, near Ulverston (says the…

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Accident at St. Paul's

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 8

A SINGULAR mishap occurred in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, shortly before 12 o'clock this morning (says the ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE of November 22)…

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Drowning Fatality near Warialda

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 2

NEWS has just been received of a sad drowning accident at Ezzy's Crossing, Gwydir River, Moree road, 14 miles from here, on Saturday. A man, his wife, and three children were crossing the river…

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Sad Drowning Fatality near Miles. Four Children Lost

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 5

ABOUT 6.30 p.m. on Sunday,great consternation was caused at Miles, Qd., on the arrival of a lengthsman, named Fisher, from Drillham, who reported the death of four…

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Fatal Drowsing Accident at Braeside

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 5

THE news of a sad and fatal drowning accident having happened at Braeside by which Mr. A. Glen, manager for Mr. W. Allan, M.L.A., lost his life, was brought to town…

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Railway Accident. Collision at Darling Harbour. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 3

AN accident, which was fortunately unattended by loss of life, occurred on the railway at Darling Harbour during last night, when an inward goods and cattle…

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Shocking Fatality at Port Pirie ADELAIDE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 5

A FATAL accident happened at Port Pirie to a young man named David Boulderstone, a porter on the railway. The deceased was engaged in shunting, and in running…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Four Persons Killed and Many Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 7

A DESPATCH sent from Chicago on December 29 said:—A terrible accident, in which four persons were killed and 24 more or less seriously injured,…

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Fatal Mining Accident. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 7

A PECULLAR accident occurred on the Princess Dagmar mine, Bendigo, this afternoon. The new poppet-legs were being raised into position when the rope slipped…

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Sixty-five Lives Lost in a Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 3

NEWS has reached Hong Kong of a fearful disaster in an inland sea. It seems that the Ravenna, a mail boat, with several passengers on…

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Shocking Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 3

MR. James Lynham, provision, merchant, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, having a dog which shewed vicious propensities, took a…

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The Late Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 6

AN inquest was held by Mr. J. Denshire, J.P., st. Mr. A. Coventry's residence, Blair Hill, on the 13th instant, relating to the la'e Alfred Schmutter, who met his teath by drowning at the Marouan…

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Accident at West Wallsend. Explosion on a Railway Engine

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident occurred on the West Wallsend railway line on Thursday morning. While Miss Brooks, the well-known evangelist, Mr. Turnbull, manager of the…

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Shocking Accident. Explosion of Sulphuric Acid

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident is reported from Paris. M. Eugene Tassilly, laboratory assistant of M. Berthelot, at the College de France, was…

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Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 11.35 a.m. Frightful Accident at Wagga

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 7

MR. H. B. FITZHARDINGE, solicitor, while crossing the line at Wagga, on Saturday night, to go home, was knocked down and run over by a passing train. His head was severed…

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Found Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 4

The body of a man named Manville, a clerk in the employ of D. Mitchell and Co., has been found in Black wattle Bay…

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Strange Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

AT St. Pancras Coroner's Court, London, on March 7. Dr. Thomas held an enquiry concerning the death of Elizabeth Goodman, aged…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

An elderly man named Alexander M'Gowan residing at Redfern was knocked down by a runaway horse and killed…

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Steamboat Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 3

The steamer City of Hamburg, owned in Dublin, collided in the British Channel with the steamer Countess Evelyne. The latter was so much injured that she sank, and eight…

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