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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] South Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

MR. Burton, a well-known local schoolmaster, was killed on the railway at Gawler on Saturday, his companion, G. Warner, being seriously injured…

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Cablegrams. Sydney, Friday. A Big Mine Accident 25 Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

Twenty-five lives have been lost by a fire in a mine in the State of New Mexico. Sixty-fire other miners are entombed, and though rescue parties…

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West Australia. Yachting Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

A yachting accident occurred at Perth on Sunday. A few residents with some visitors went out for a sail, when the boat capsized. H. S. Darlot, a well-known citizen, with a big squatting interest;…

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Feaefdl Boiler Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

A terrible disaster is leported from Roumania. A boiler at a distillery at Itzkaaz exploded with terrific force, wrecking the floor abore. Twenty…

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Train Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

A train has been thrown over an embankment, and nine porsoni billed, at Jubbulpore, India, a rail baring been purposely displaced…

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Found Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

The body of Captain Matt Byrnes, one [?] our best known steamboat proprietors, was found this morning near the ferry at Pyrm[?]nt. It is thought he accidentally slipped off the…

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The Sensation of Drowning

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 6

AN American gentleman, Mr. C. H. Hartley, has recently given an interesting account of his sensations when drowning. He lay at the bottom of a river in a state of…

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Found Drowned. [By Tblegeaph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

THE body of Caption Matt. Byrnes, one of the best known steamboat proprietors, was found this morning near the Ferry at Prymont. It is thought he accidentally…

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Fatal Accident. a Barmaid Killed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 3

SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on Monday night a young woman named Margaret Hogan, a barmaid at the Victoria Cafe, Georgestreet, was fatally injured by falling from a…

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Terrible Accident. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

ADMIRAL Throllope was returning from a golfing party, at Scarborough, and while crossing the line was knocked down by a train and mangled beyond recognition…

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Mining Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 2

A shocking mining accident occurred at a lead mine in Shropshire on Wednesday. The (ear connected with the cage became disarranged when a…

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She Drowned It

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 2

The Chinese have queer ideas about monstrosities and their rights to dispose of such freaks. A woman at Woo Foo, province of Lukion, recently gave…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Thursday, 6.55 P.m. the Markets. Tin, 10S. Accidents to Jockeys

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

At the inquest on the jockey, Alfred Windsor, killed on the opening day of the new Rosebery Park Racecourse, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The other jockey…

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A Shocking Accident. a Clergyman's Wife Burned to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 4

Mrs. Martin, wife of the Rev. Mr. Martin, Church of England Clergyman at Gunnedah, was burned to death yesterday through her clothes…

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Accident to Miss Galyin. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

Miss Louie Galvin, the well-known vocalist, and Mrs. G. W. Nicoll, of Canterbury, were both thrown out of a buggy on the Burwood Road to-day, the horse having…

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Ter[?]ible Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at Fenchurch-street railway station on Saturday. An optician who was operating a magic lantern dropped a…

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Shooting Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 5

WHILE out shooting at Scaine, a man named Mould shot his companion, a man named Kelly, in the head, killing him on the spot. It appears that Kelly and…

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Shooting Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 3

While out shooting on Saturday night, at Scaine, a man named Mould shot his companion Kelly in the head, killing him instantaneously. It appears Kelly and another man went ahead and began…

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Collision of Warships

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 2

News has been received of a collision between the British warships Alacrity and Centurion, which has occurred in the harbor of…

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The Injured Chinese Victory

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 3

The Chinese Viceroy, Li Hung Chang, will not allow Japanese doctors to perform an operation on his face in search for the bullet with which…

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