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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1868

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Disastrous Fire at Auckland. Mated Loss £14,000. Several Persons Seriously Injured. (From the New Zealand Herald, August 3.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 5

WE have to chronicle one of the most melancholy ters that has over taken place in our city. A [?] place yesterday morning in one of the most lous neighbourhoods of Auckland, and its…

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Disastrous Fire at Auckland. Estimated Loss, £14,000. Several Persons Seriously Injured

Empire · Monday 24 August 1868 · page 3

The New Zealand Herald chronicles one of the most melancholy disasters that has ever taken place in that city. A fire took place on the 2nd instant in one of the most populous neighbourhoods of Auckland, and…

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Fatal Railway Accident Near Morowollen. (From the Goulburn Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 August 1868 · page 5

A FRIGHTFUL accident, through which a man named George Sinclair, or George Duncan, was horribly mutilated, and another man, named Thomas Spence, had his leg very badly injured, occurred on the railway line, near…

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Fatal Railway Accident on the Great Southern Line. the Inquest

Empire · Thursday 27 August 1868 · page 4

A fatal accident, through which a man named George Sinclair, or George Duncan, was horribly mutila[?]ed[?] and another man, named Thomas Spen[?]e, had his leg very badly injured, occurred on the railway…

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Disastrous Fire at Auckland.—estimated Loss £14,000. Several Persons Seriously Injured

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 3

WE have to chronicle one of the moat melancholy disasters that has ever taken place in our city. A fire took place yesterday morning in one of the most populous neighbourhoods of Auckland, and its results…

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Fatal Railway Accident Near Morowollen

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 9

A FRIGHTFUL accident, through which a man named George Sinclair, or George Duncan, was horribly mutileted, and another man, named Thomas Spence, had his leg very badly injured, occurred on the railway line, near…

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Railway Collision at Chippendale

Empire · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 4

Considerable alarm was excited in the city yesterday morning, by a report that a serious accident had happaned on the [?] way at Chippendale, and that a large number of persons had been dangerously if not…

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Railway Accident at the Sydney Terminus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 7
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WE regret to have to state that yesterday morning a serious, collision occurred on the Railway, between the Sydney Terminus and the Redfern Tunnel, which caused considerable damage, and injured several persons. No one,…

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The Terrible Accident on Lake Erie. (From the New York Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1868 · page 8

THE following is a version of the statement made by Mr. T. B. Chase, one of the survivors of the Morning Star, so far as relates to the melancholy fate of the Misses Patchin:—…

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Accidents and Outrages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1868 · page 6

On July 6, a young man named Thomas Bridges Gillow, l8 years of age, respectably connected, of Green-street, near Faversham, was batting against the Borde[?] Club, at…

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Railway Collision at Chippendale

Empire · Wednesday 9 September 1868 · page 3

On Friday last a serious collision took place near the Chippendale, Tunnel, on the main line of railway near the Sydney terminus. A goods train, comprising between fifty and sixty…

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Railway Accident. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 September 1868 · page 3

SIR,—It does seem to me to be very abs[?]rd of our railway authorities in overcrowding the passenger station with all kinds of goods and produce, when they have forty to fifty acres of land at their disposal,…

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Accidents and Outrages

Sydney Mail · Saturday 12 September 1868 · page 11

On July 6, a young man named Thomas Bridges Gillow, 18 years of age, respectably connected, of Green-street, near Faversham, was batting against the Borden Club, at Borden, a village near Sitting bourne, where he was killed…

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Frightful Accident at the Heads

Empire · Tuesday 15 September 1868 · page 2

Yesterday, about 2 o'clock, an accident of the most frightful nature occurred at the Heads. It appears that two men and a woman, said to be a girl of the town. (some say the [?]arty consisted of two women and…

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Accident at the South Head

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1868 · page 5

THE City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday, at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, respecting the death of Catherine Leahy, who, on Monday afternoon, fell over the cliffs near the Lighthouse, at the South Head…

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Accident at the South Head

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 September 1868 · page 9

THE City Coroner held an inquiry on Tuesday, at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, respecting the death of Catherine Leahy, who, on Monday afternoon, fell over the cliffs near the Lighthouse, at the South Head…

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Accidents

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 September 1868 · page 5

ACCIDENT.—A very painful accident occurred on Wednesday to a little boy named Campbell Hamilton, the son of Mrs. Hamilton, a lady residing at No. 23, Clarenec-street North. About 8 o'clock yesterday morning, the…

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The Terrible Accident on Lake Erie

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 September 1868 · page 12

THE following is a version of the statement made by Mr. T. B. Chase, one of the survivors of the Morning Star, so far as relates to the melancholy fate of the Misses Patchin:—…

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Accident to the West India Mail

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1868 · page 5

The Atrato, with the Panama mail of 1st August, put back on the 13th totally disabled; the Tasmanian was dispatched on the 14th; the Ruahine is detained at Panama; Captain…

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