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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Accident

Robertson Advocate · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 2

Peter Jenkins and William Howe, two men employed on the Wombeyan Caves road, met with an accident on Tuesday. They were sitting eating their dinner…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 5

A sad accident occurred at Mundalla, near Bordertown (S.A.) on Sunday, when Allan Sanderson, aged 8, Albert Sanderson aged 12, and Grace…

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Sliht Accident to the Governor'

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 5

[?]bury, Monday.—Lord Hampden passed through by express train this morning for Melbourne. Whilst at the station he had a narrow escape…

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Serious Cycling Accidents. Racers Come to Grief

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 5

The Adelaide cycling meeting on Saturday was to some extent spoiled by two fearful smashes, with serious results. In the second heat of the…

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The Manly Drowning Case. a Suicide's Letter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 2

The City Coroner (Mr. J.C. Woore) bold a magisterial inquiry at the Lloyd Hotel on Saturday morning touching the death of Hil[?]ds Hecht, whose dead…

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Accident to Mr. Barton. a Fractured Arm

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 3

Mr. Edmund Barton, the leader of the Opposition, is at preeent confined to the house, suffering from the effects of a painful accident. When returning home to North…

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The Injured Lisson Boys

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 5

In a letter to the Evening News Mrs. [?]son says:—I noticed in your paper a few evenings ago a reference to the state of health of my sons, Victor and…

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Accident to Mr. Barton. He Breaks His Left Arm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

Mr. Edmund Barton, the leader of the Opposition, met with a serious accident while returning home from Tuesday night's sitting of the Legislative…

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Collision off the Coast

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

A disastrous collision occurred off the crast to the vicinity of Cape Three Points on Saturday night between Messrs . J. and A. Brown' tag Champion and the ketch…

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Fatal [?] Accident. Death of Mr. [?]. C. K. Waldron, the [?]

Robertson Advocate · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 2

A [?] fatal [?] says the "Herald") occurred at [?] on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. George Charles King Waldron, the [?] Sydney, met his…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

A sad fatal accident occurred at Parramatta on Wednesday afternoon where Mr George Charles King Waldron, the city solicitor of Sydney, met his death…

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Tram Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

This week by the way a lady got damages to the tune of £50 against the Railway Commissioners from injuries received when alighting from a tram…

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Fatal Rifle Accident

Robertson Advocate · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 2

Berry, Wednesday.—Deep regret was felt in this district this morning when it became know Mr. Harvey Hay, brother of Dr. Hay, proprietor, and Mr. Alex. Hay,…

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Brunel's Singular Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 3

On May the 13th, 1843, an uncommon accident occurred to Mr. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who, like his father, was one of our most distinguished engineers. While…

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Drowning Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

Windsor, Thursday.— Yesterday Mrs. George Mitchell, of Lower Portland, went to the river for a bucket of water. As she did not return, a search…

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A Terrible Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

[?], Friday.—The body of Mrs. M'[?], wife of Mr.Lachlan M'langhlas, quarryman, who has been [?] since Tuesday morning, was found by a…

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A Shocking Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 3

The wife of a man named John Smith, living at Carrow Brook, Singleton, met with a horrible accident on Saturday, which proved fatal soon…

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Burning Fatality at Liverpool

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 2

A shocking burning accident occurred at the residence of Mrs. Jeffery, Camp[?]elltown-road, at about 3'clock on Saturday morning by which her…

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