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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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International. Melbourne, Monday. Distressing Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 5

MRS. Bowles, a bride, whilst on her honeymoon trip, got out of the train at Brighton by mistake with her husband, and when the train moved off the couple attempted…

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Melbourne. Accident to a Bride

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 3

Mrs. Bowles, a bride on her honeymoon, got out of a train at Brighton by mistake with her husband. When the train moved off the couple attempted to re-enter the carriage…

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Shocking Accident to a Bride. a Honeymoon Interrupted.—crushed Under a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1893 · page 7

A SENSATIONAL accident happened, at Brighton on Saturday night a few minutes before 10 o'clock (the ARGUS reports), which brought to a sudden and unfortunate…

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Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 11.50 A.m. Shooting Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 3

A SHOOTING fatality took place at Horden's, Haymarket, on Saturday evening when Andrew Liddle, a salesman, was shot in the head by a cashier, Robert West. The latter is 18…

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Latest Special Telegrams. [From Our Telegraphic Agents.] New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Afternoon. Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 5

ON Saturday evening a salesman in Anthony Hordern's, named Andrew Liddel, was shot in the head by a cashier, named Bobert West. The latter, who is 18 years…

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Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 3

At the inquest on Andrew Liddle, shot at Hordern's on Saturday evening, West, the young man under arrest, gave evidence to the effect that he went to school with the deceased, and they had…

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Railway Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 7

A terrible railway collision has occurred at Kingsbury, in the State of Indiana. The wrecked cars took fire, and a number of…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Steeplechase Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 5

MR. T. Harrison, rider of Atlantic in the steeplechase at Maribyrong on Saturday, was injured during the race and died subsequently…

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Terrible Balloon Accident. Sad Ending to a Honeymoon. London, Oct. 13

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 5

AN Italian aeronaut and his wife (to whom he had only just been married) attempted to cross the Alps in a balloon. The balloon collapsed, and the aeronaut was killed…

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Shocking Fatality at Guyra. a Young Lady Accidentally Shot by a Bank Manager. the Victim Since Dead

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 5

ON Wednesday morning the usually quiet township of Ouyra was thrown into a state of intense excitement by the report that the A. J. S. Bank had been broken into, and…

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The Guyra Shooting Fatality. the Inquest

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 4

AN inquest was held at the Royal Hotel, Guyra, on Thursday afternoon, before the District Coroner, Mr. James M'Lean, touching the death of Alice Mary Wrightson,…

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Sad Boating Accident. Five Persons Deowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Saturday.—A distressing boating accident, by which five persons lost their lives, occurred on the upper reaches of the Waitemata on Thursday. Mrs…

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Fatality on the Downs. Chopped by a Chaffcutter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 6

A TERRIBLE accident, which, we (Toowoomba CHRONICLE) regret to say, terminated fatally, occurred near Kleinton on the Crow's Nest…

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Fatal Accident at Yarrow Creek

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 6

AN inquest was held at Yarrow Creek on Monday last before Mr. J. Denshire, touching the death of the man William Morris, who was thrown from his horse the day previously…

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Strange Shooting Fatality. WILCANNIA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 8

A STRANGE shooting fatality is reported from Tarella station. It appears that a German named Felix Krause was out riding, when his horse threw him,…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Accidentally Shot

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 5

A MAN named James Wilson was accidentally shot in the neck by Detective Lennon, in Flinders-street, on Saturday night, while the latter was arresting him for theft…

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Disastrous Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 6

Twenty-five lives have been lost by a collision between two coasting vessels on Lake Erie…

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INTERCOLONIAL. New ZEALAND, Thursday. Boating Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 5

IT appears that nine Maoris have been drowned in Lake Rotorna through the capsizing of a boat. Ten others were rescued. It is stated that most of the party…

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Fatal Accident. Auckland

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 6

It appears that nine Maoris were drowned in Lake Rotorua through the capsizing of a boat, ten others were rescued. It is stated that most of the party were intoxicated…

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Buggy Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 6

Mrs. A. J. Gould and three other ladies were driving at Singleton yesterday, when the horses bolted and threw them into the river. They were rescued…

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