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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway accident has occurred at San Salvador, Central America. It is reported that 300 persons were killed. DISASTROUS FIRE…

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Railway Collision. London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 3

A terrible railway disaster has occurred in the United States. Two freight trains collided in a tunnel near Princeton. Kentucky. Great damage was done, and eight persons…

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Latest Special Telegrams. SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon. Fatal Team Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1894 · page 5

JAMES Gardiner, an engineer on the steamer Oruba, was killed on Saturday night through jumping off a tram in Belmore Park. It is supposed that when he found…

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Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 11.40 A.m. Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1894 · page 3

JAMES GARDINER, engineer on the steamer Oraba, was killed on Saturday night by jumping off a tram in Belmore Park. It is supposed that when he found he was over-carried…

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Some Happy Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 4

Some of the most celebrated discoveries in the world of science and art have been the result of a happy accident. The worker earnestly for one thing finds that…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 3

A man named Woollette fell out of his cart on Saturday night at the Glebe, and died yesterday from a broken spine…

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Terrible Accident in Russia. 45 Young People Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 7

LONDON, June 19.—A terrible disaster to a pic-nic party is reported from Samara, in Russia. A party of 70 youths and girls went out…

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Inventor Edison Injured

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 5

Thomas Edison, the inventor, fell down some steps at New York, and was injured internally…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday. Railway Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 5

A TRAIN ran off the line at Belbao, Spain, and twelve passengers were killed and 16 wounded. RAILWAY STRIKE IN AMERICA…

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Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 3

A tram ran off the line at Bilbao, Spain, and twelve passengers were killed and sixteen wounded…

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Terrible Burning Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 5

ON Saturday the wife of J. Slattery, a railway lengthsman living near Maryborough cemetery, was so terribly burnt that her life is despaired of. It is assumed that in…

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Lady Hopetoun. the Accident Described

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 3

MAJOR Crane, a visitor from England, who arrived in Australia with Lord Kintore, whose guest he was at Adelaide, and who has been staying far some days past at…

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Boating Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 3

A fishing boat was swamped at the Macleay Heads, and it is feared that three men, named Tune, Miles, and Edwards, were drowned…

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Sad Fatality at Coff's Harbour. Happy Family Thrown Into Mourning. (Raleigh Sun.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1894 · page 2

ONE of the most heartrending accidents that fail to the press to chronicle, occurred at Coff's Harbour on Tuesday last, by which Miss Emily Grace Dewing, daughter…

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Jockeys Injured

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at Kensington this afternoon. Tulip, Bronswing, and Carrawang fell, and Edwards, the rider of Bronswing, was badly hurt and conveyed to the…

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Sad Fatality at Booroloag. Death of Me. Geoege Chisholm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 5

EARLY on Wednesday morning intelligence was brought to Armidale of a fatal accident which occurred at Bardsley, near Boorolong, the previous evening, and by…

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Terrible Boat Accident in Ireland. (Times, June 22.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 2

A TERRIBLE boating disaster, resulting in the loss of at least thirty lives, occurred last week off Westport, Ireland. It is customary in the summer for a…

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Fatal Double Drowning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 4

A SAD and fatal accident occurred this morning (remarks Tuesday's MERCURY) about eleven o'clock at Wallalong, by which two young ladies, Esther and Maud See,…

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The Drowning Fatality at Wallalong

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 4

THE Coroner (Mr. J. N. Brooke, P.M.,) held an inquest yesterday afternoon (saysThurtday's MERCURY) at the residence of Mr. Joseph See, Wallalong, touching…

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Two Marines Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 4

Two marines, named George Peach and Alexander M'Lelland belonging to H.M.S. Mildura, lying at Cockatoo Island, were passengers by a Parramatta steamer to rejoin…

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