Fatal Accidents
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A tramcar on the Newtown road collided with a spring van with such force that the collision knocked the conductor, James Cardiff, off…
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Accidents, 1885
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Accident
YESTERDAY morning an accident happened to a youth named Alfred Cunningham, an employee of this office. He was "flying" extras, when his foot caught in the cylinder,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steam collier Konahrooka when leaving Wollongong, coal-laden, struck against the breakwater and knocked a hole in the plates of the…
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NEWS comes from Gippsland that Mr. Thomas Croker, brother of Mr. Croker, J.P., of Clarence Town and Mrs. David Miller, of this city, met with a fatal gun accident…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man named Henry Osborne, a patient in the hospital, jumped over the balcony, a distance of 23 feet, and was killed…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steamer Woosung was slightly injured by her collision with the steamer Tenterden. She resumes her voyage to-day…
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SANDHURST, Tuesday.—This morning about two o'clock a serious explosion occurred in the Specimen Hill mine, Eaglehawk, whereby two miners were seriously…
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A SHOCKING fatal accident occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning to a porter named Walter Hickey, of West Maitland. The unfortunate man was…
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ABOUT 12 o'clock on Thursday night, Charles Anderson, a seaman on board the American Schooner Quickstep, had a quarrel with one of the men on the vessel, and by…
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OUR Maitland correspondent writes:—A terrible fatal accident happened at the Elgin-street station, West Maitland, on Thursday at 11 a.m. to a…
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YESTERDAY forenoon a child named Moroney, daughter of Mr. M. Moroney, of the Hunt Club Hotel, had a narrow escape from being drowned. She had only…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A fatal accident is reported as having occurred on the railway line, at No.2 Cutting, near Qoeanbeyan. Three men, Michael and Philip…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—William Stewart, 18, when playing at a football match at Moore Park fell. When picked up he was insensible, and he died shortly…
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A MAN named James Woods, employed on the steam cranes, had his foot terribly crushed last evening while drawing a waggon of coal. He was taken to the…
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At about 4 o'clock on Monday morning (says the Auckland "Herald " of May 5) the s. s. Wellington, which left here for Russell and northern ports the previous evening, returned to harbour, and from…
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The local Marine Board met yesterday, for the purpose of holding an enquiry into the circumstances attending a collision that took place on the 5th instant between the steam tugs Pilot and Rapid…
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SIR,—Seeing the above in your issue of to-day, I was more than surprised. I propose to give you a true account of how it happened…
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THE Coroner, Mr. Samuel Chapman, J.P., held a magisterial enquiry on Tuesday last, at Messrs. Amos' office, Cockle Creek, on the body of William Fullerton. From the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Four men engaged in the Bondi sewerage works, whilst descending the shaft in the cage, through the rope breaking, were…
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ON Monday afternoon at 5.30 (says the Sydney Telegraph), a man and his wife were taken to the Sydney Hospital in a cab. Both were intoxicated, and the woman's…
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