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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

27 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

A Terrible Death. the Brothers Kellond Washed Off the Rooks. Narrow Escape of One. W. Kellond Drowned. the Remorseless Sea

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

THE town was thrown into a state of excitement on Wednesday afternoon when the news was circulated that Mt. William kellond, a young man, a bricklayer by…

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The Wallagoot Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon, the Corner, Mr A. K. Beveridge, held a magisterial [?] quiry near Wallagoot, on the body of William James Kellond, drowned by being…

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The Country Pays £17,000. Compensation for Three Accidents on Lithgow Zigzag. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 2

Curing the past five years, three accidents have occurred at the Lithgow zigzag, coating the country £17,000…

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Drowning Fatalities. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 2

Drowning casualties are recorded in all parts of the country, owing to the foolhardiness of persons attempting to cross swollen creeks and rivers…

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Accident to the Prince of Wales. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 2

The Prince of Wales had a narrow escape at Marseilles whilst trying to jump into a railway carriage in motion…

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Accident at the Bedfern Railway Station. a Man Terribly Injured. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

A railway accident occurred his morning at the Redfern railway yards. Frederick Thompson is compositor, fell off one of the cars on to the platform. The…

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Explosion at an Entertainment. Three Women Injured. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

During an entertainment at the North Botany Town Hall, an accident occurred through a tin of methylated spirits exploding There women were injured…

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Accidents in the Dairy

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 3

A dairyman in my neighbourhood raises a great many turnips, which he supplements with grain and hay for the winter feeding of his [?] cows. He had in his dairy a…

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Terrible Accident at Adelaide. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

A dreadful railway accident is reported from Adelaide. A cab with two occupants came into collision with a train, the cab being smashed, the driver and his horse…

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Disastrous Railway Collision. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

A disastrous railway collision happened near Paris, The Amsterdam express train crashed into a petroleum train with such violence that…

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Accidental Death. a Poisoned Cup, Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

Kennedy, a Salvation Army lieutenant at Wellington, died through drinking out of a cup in which arsenic had been used…

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Accident on a Warship. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 2

Whilst a salute was being fired on board the Galatea, a gunner was decapitated and several others were injured, through the explosion of a shell…

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Fearful Railway Accident. 300 Lives Lost. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

A terrible railway accident is reported from Salvador, Central America. A train was derailed, and three hundred persons were killed…

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Accidents at Football Matches. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 2

At Wollongong, J. Rowles had his shoulder dislocated and diaries Bush his leg broken at football matches…

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Some Happy Accidents

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

Some of the most celebrated discoveries in the world of Science and art have been the result of a happy accident. The worker, striving earnestly for one things finds that…

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Collision in the Atlantic Ocean. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 2

A collision took place at night time between the steamers Delano and New York in the Atlantic Ocean, Both were damaged, but were saved by their…

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Fatal Accident. and Narrow Escape

Moruya Examiner · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 2

On Wednesday the town was started by the news that Mr. Benjamin Cullet, of Wamban, had been killed by the falling in upon him of a loft of corn; and that his son…

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A Railway Accident. Fireman Killed.the Driver Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1894 · page 2

About five o’clock this morning a railway collision occurred between Hamilton and Waratah, resulting in the death of one man and the serious injury of three others, A…

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Fatal Accident to a Jockey. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1894 · page 2

Martin Burke, the cross-country rider, injured by being thrown by the horse Trustee at Flemington course yesterday, died at 9 o’clock this morning:…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1894 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred on the Southern line, near Hilltop, early this morning. When a fast goods train from Goulburn to Sydney was in a deep cutting…

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