A Peculiar Accident
A LAD named Gilbert in Queensland met with a peculiar accident lately, The young fellow were close to where fireworks were being let off, when by some means one was accidentally…
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Accidents, 1901
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Notes Erom the City. Sydney, Wednesday. The Sydenham Ballway Accident
The Sydenham railway accident inquest continuer, bnt there ia little to chronicle which will throw any light on how the catastrophe happened. All the evidenoe so far is to the effect that what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes & News from Sydney. the Railway Accident
THE melancholy post mortem enquiry into the cause of the Sydenham railway disaster has not so far elicited much that is new. The evidence of one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recent Railway Accident. The Inquiry
The Sydenham railway accident inquiry continues. Since the guard gave his evine[?] there have been namerous witnesses, the "lay" ones, or those not employed in the service, all seeming to be of the…
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THE inquest on William Dawson, who was injured at Camden Haven breakwater, occupied three days, and concluded last week The verdict of the jury was as follows:—"We find that…
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THE evidence of several passengers and other witnesses, given at the inquest concerning the accident, showed that the train was travelling at a very high rate of speed just prior to the calamity,…
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ON Saturday last a farmer named Mr. D. Adams, who resides on the North Ann, some few miles from Bellingen, had a miraculous escape from being killed. He was using a…
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The Sydenham railway accident inquiry continues and so does the friction caused by certain remarks regarding the Coroner's attitude. The other day Mr. Gannon, who is appearing for Mr. Carrathers,…
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At the inquiry last week Haydon Baggs deposed that the speed of the train reached 46.55 miles an hour. Tho fastest time ho had recorded was 63 miles an hour by the western express. The…
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The Sydenham railway inquiry still drags along, and the Coroner still has fits of testiness, and the papers get breezy and sensational "copy." Since your last communication there have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes From the City. The Railway Accident
The Sydenham inquiry has fallen quite flat. This is not because it has become less serious, but because the public interest has been diverted by the Coningham case. Since last writing the…
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The railway accident inquiry is nearing its end, the evidence now being given being that of Professor Warren, who said, as the result of his investigations, he arrived at the conclusion that…
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The Sydenham railway inquiry (or inquest, as the Coroner keeps on insisting) is now pretty well over. There is only another witness to examine, the driver, Matthow Dove; but, as he is not yet able…
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The Coronial inquiry with respect to the railway accident that recently happened on the Illawarra line has been adjourned until May so as to enable the driver of, the engine to be present and give…
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ANOTHER accident, illustrating the dangerous character of the Zigzag, occurred on Thursday night. It is stated that the train was a…
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LASt Saturday morning Mr. J. H. Noble had a very fortunate escape from a serious accident. While riding along the main road in Bellingen, his horse took fright at a piece…
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Information reached town on Wednesday that Elizabeth Higham, 23 years of age, who with her mother and brother were passengers by the Kallatina for Sydney, mysteriously disappeared from the…
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A young man named Robert Hankinson, employed at the Rimornie Meat Co's. works, met with an accident there three weeks ago which terminated fatally on Sunday. Last Wednesday…
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At the inquest concerning the death of the youth Edward Schmutter, William Bourke stated, on oath, that he did not know the gun was loaded. He had one hand on…
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MR. ROBERT CARR, employed on the harbor works at works, had his leg broken a few days ago while engaged at his work.—On Saturday Mr. Webber, employed at Woodford Quarry,…
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