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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

243 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 13

Horrible Machinery Accident. a Man Torn to Pieces. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 4

A shocking machinery accident occurred at Mr. G. R. Ferry's terra cotta works, Branswick, at 11 o'clock this morning,…

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The Late Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 2

Three thousand six hundred pounds compensation has been paid in collection with the Redfern railway disaster. Claims for £180,000 have…

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Latest Cablegrams. Terbible Colliery Accident. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 5

A TERRIBLE colliery disaster has occurred in the State of Virginia, America, by which 130 miners have been entombed. Fourteen corpses have already been recovered…

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Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 5

JAMES DUNN, the well-known fancy poultry exhibitor of Pennant Hills, whilst attending the Newcastle show, accidentally stepped out of a window—thinking there…

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Accidentally Killed. Monday, 11.36 a. m

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 3

MR. JAMES DUNN, the well-known fancy poultry exhibitor, of Pennant Hills, near Parramatta, who was attending the Newcastle Show, inadvertently stepped out of a window,…

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Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 5

CLARENCE Thomas, aged 21, a ticket clerk in the Steaming Company; was stepping off Largo Jetty to a steam launch late last night when he missed his footing and fell…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 3

HAVING laid the dinner, Emma Tomlin, the wife of an undertaker, at 104 St. Leonard's road, London, left Mrs. James, a widow of 60, in the kitchen, whilst she went to make…

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Accident at a Fire. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 5

DURING a fire in Hamburg a chimney collapsed and, crushing into the burning building, injured 11 firemen…

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Accident at a Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 2

During a fire in Hamburg a chimney collapsed, crashing into the burning building, and injuring 11 firemen. LADIES ! have you any babies ? Ten cases of…

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Peculiar Accident wlth Fireworks

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 3

On Friday sight, at North Sydney, a boy about 8 years of age, named Horton Underwood, met with a peculiar accident. It appears that he had…

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Shocking Raft Accident. 33 Lumbermen Drowned. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 5

A LARGE timber raft has been swept over the falls in the Ottawa River, Canada. The raft was smashed to atoms, and thirty-three lumbermen who were upon it…

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Telegraphic News. [Through Our Special Agents.] Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 5

THOMAS Goldsmith 70 years of age. fell from the train at the Petersham railway station on Saturday night, receiving injuries from which he died in a few hours…

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A Distressing Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 3

A DISTRESSING accident occurred recently at the cemetery of Pere Lechaise, Paris. The Comtesse de Chanaleilles and her daughter, the…

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Raft Smashed.—33 Men Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 4

A large timber raft has been swept over the falls in the Ottawa River, Canada. The raft was smashed to atoms, and thirty-three lumbermen…

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Mining Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 5

A MINER named Alex. M'Millan neatly, lost his life at Gulgong on Saturday. He was being lowered down a shaft 150ft. deep, and when about 120ft. he called out…

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Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 5

THE body of a miner named Robert Hales. resideing near Helensburg, was found horribly mutilated in a railway tuneal near that place. It is beleved that Hales…

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Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 5

A FATAL accident happened near Marengo last evening. While Dr. Campbell of Yass, was being driven to the station to see a patient, the buggy wheel collided…

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A Collision in Sydney Harbour

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 8

ABOUT 5.30 on Saturday rooming as the North Shore Ferry Co.'s steamer Cammaray, was proceeding from Milson's Point to Sydney, the Newcastle steamer Sydney,…

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A Collision in Sydney Harbor

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 2

ABOUT 5.30 on Saturday morning as the North ShoreFerry Co's steamer Cammaray was proceeding from Milson's Point to Sydney, the Newcastle steamer Sydney, inward bound, collided with her…

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Hunting Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 5

JAMES Pile, son of Mr. Wm. Pile, a wellknown station-holder, was killed on Saturday owing to the horse he was riding falling on him after a run of ten miles in…

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