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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Another Harbour Collision Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 4

A collision occurred in the harbour on Saturday night between the Captain Cook and the North Shore horse boat. The damage was slight…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 4

A sad accident is reported from Tamworth. Miss Chrissie England was thrown from a buggy and instantly killed…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 4

Frederick Thompson, aged 24, a compositor, was killed at Redfern railway station on Monday morning while stepping from one carriage to another…

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A Girl Drowned by her Brother

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 8

A TELEGRAM from Perth states that at the Criminal Sessions last week, Charles Clipper, aged 15, was arraigned on a charge…

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Drowning Fatality at Woolgoolga

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 6

A sad occurence is reported in the death by drowning, at Mooree Creek, of a single man named Frederick Lee, aged 24. It appears that deceased…

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Dreadful Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 4

A commercial traveller named Sells has been dreadfully injured by being run over by a train at Lewisham. Both his legs had to be amputated and…

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Fatal Football Accident. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 4

A footballer named Stewart while playing on Saturday was struck by the elbow of another player and received such injuries that he died almost…

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Peculiar Fatality at Berry. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 4

The dead body of a man named C. G. Smith, of Woodhill, near Berry, has been found in a sulky on the road there. The head was found resting on one of…

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Terrible Accident in Victoria

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 6

A TERRIBLE accident is reported from the Sassafras settlement at Dandenong. Shortly after 9 o'clock on Monday night the settlers residing near…

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Boating Disaster at the Macleay Heads. Three Men Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 5

A SAD boating disaster, by which three fine young men lost their lives, is reported from the Macleay Heads. It appears that on Thursday last…

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Fatal Accident. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 4

Archduke William Francis Charles, of Austria, has been killed by being thrown from his horse. He was at the time on a visit to Baden…

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Shipping Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 5

The steamer Victoria ran on to Bradley's Head early on Saturday morning through fouling of the steering gear, but was successfully towed…

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News by Wire. Fatal Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 5

Corrigan, the well known steeplechase rider has died from the result of an accident sustained by him at Caulfield on Saturday…

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Fatal Accident on the Gladstone Road. Thrown From a Horse

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1894 · page 5

A sad accident happened on the Kempsey-Gladstone road on Sunday, afternoon, which unfortunately terminated fatally the following morning. James Adams,…

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Drowning of Two Man-o'-wars Men

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 September 1894 · page 4

Geo. Peach and Alex. McClelland, two men belonging to H.M.S. Mildura, of the Australian squadron, left Sydney on Saturday night by one of the…

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Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 5

A miner named Wm. Henry Kingsmill yesterday accidentally shot himself dead in a paddock, at Mudgee…

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The Waratah Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 5

A public funeral was accorded at Maitland on Sunday to Guard Maher, who died on Friday from injuries received in the Waratah Railway…

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Found Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 4

Walter Lee, ex-agent for the Citizens, Life Insurance Company, has been found drowned at Lismore…

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Terrible Railway Accident Eleven People Killed. Many Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 5

A fearful railway collision occurred yesterday morning at the Redfern (Sydney) railway station. The 9.30 express, bound for Goulburn, had…

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Fatal Accident in Dock

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 4

Thos. Furman, (30), a stoker on H.M.S. Ringarooma, fell a distance of 32ft. on board the vessel, now lying at Cockatoo Island Dock. Death was…

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