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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1889

7 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Accident to Mr. Spu Sydney

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 2

The injury to the Rev. Mr. S[?] caused by his falling downstairs, were knocked out, his knee we [?] sustained a sever…

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Fatal Football Accident. London, January 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 2

Cropper, a member of the Derby cricketing eleven, has died from injuries received at football…

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Tram Accident. Sydney, January 15

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 2

A dray was overturned to-day by a tram motor, and the driver crushed beneath it. He was taken to the Infirmary in a state of unconsciousness…

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Circular Quay Fatality. Sydney, January 18

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

The body found on the west side of the Circular Quay has been ind[?]ntified by its clothing at that of David Adams, a wharf-laborer and a heavy drinker…

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Tram Fatality. Sydney, February 1

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 5

A girl named Ellen Conway was killed by a tram motor at Redfern yesterday…

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A Collision. London, February 4

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 2

The steamer Neroid collided with the ship Killochan from New Zealand in the English Channel, and both vessels sank. 14 on board the Killochan and 7 belonging to the…

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The Channel Collision. London, April 1

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 2

It was Prince Jerome, not Victor Bonaparte, who was on board the Ostend mail steamer at the time of the collision in the English channel. He was slightly injured…

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