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Accidents, 1873

386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 20

Telegraphic Messages. Mudgee Agricultural Show. Delays at Newcastle. the Barque Queensland. the Victorian Postal Act. the Smith Divorce Case. the Ironclad Cerberus. the Steamship Great Britain. Two Men Drowned at Ballarat. Cartage in the Northern. Territory. Arrival of the Alexandra. &c., &c., &c. MUDGEE

Evening News · Tuesday 1 July 1873 · page 2

For the Agricultural Show on Wednesday, there are numerous entries. The horses number 19; cattle, 68; sheep, 82. The last were never so numerous…

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Frightful Accident at the Launceston Cataract

Empire · Wednesday 2 July 1873 · page 4

THE Launceston Examiner reports the occurrence of an accident up the Cataract George by which a man named Connors a drayman, in the employ of Mr. John-Toan, met with a frightful death. It appears…

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Frightful Accident at the Lannceston Cataract

Evening News · Friday 4 July 1873 · page 3

THE Lanncaster Examiner reports the occurrence of an accident up the Cataract George by which a man named Connors, a drayman, to the employ of Mr. John Toan, met with a frightful death. It appears…

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Telegrams This Day the Town Clerk of Melbourne. Victorian Permissive Bill. Subjects for Dissection Governor Bowen at Geelong. Puerperal Fever at Mel Bourne. Fatal Accident at Hawthorn. Mr. William Forster at Inverell. the Bishop of Goulburn's Tour. the Victorian Educational Vote. Registration of Public Companies. Arrival of Immigrants at Adelaide. Latest Commercial and Mining. (From Our Correspondent.) [A portion of the following appeared as a second edition last night) MELBOURNE. Thursday, 3.5 p.m

Evening News · Friday 4 July 1873 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Bowen are still at Geelong. At the banquet last night Sir George expressed himself delighted with the town and its industrial and…

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Fatal Accident to Dr. Sedgwick. [From a Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1873 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at the Court-house, Grenfell, on Monday, the 30th ultimo, before Mr. R. M. Vaughn, J.P., touching the death of Mr. Henry Sedgwick, physician and surgeon…

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Accident from Gunpowder at Trunkey

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 3

AN accident of a very serious nature occurred in the Australian G.M. Co's claim, Golden Point, Trunkey, on Wednesday afternoon week, by which two miners, named respectively Watson and Plumridge, nearly lost…

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Coroner's Court This Day. Secant Boat Accident in the Harbour

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 2

THE City Coroner (H. Shiell, Esq.,) commenced an inquest this forenoon, at the Observer Tavern, George-street north, on view of the body of a man named John Jones, who it is slle[?]ed, was run down by fae…

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Accidents and Emergencies. Accidents by Poison

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 6

POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES.—Continued. CLASS V.—SEPTIC OR PUTRESCENT POISONS. —This class of poisons comprehends those substances which, on being taken into the…

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Collision in the Harbour, and One Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1873 · page 5

ON Saturday forenoon, tho City Coronor commenced, at the Observer Tave[?]n, in George-street North, an inquest respecting the cause of death of an old man, named John Jones, who was supposed to have been drowned by the…

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Coroner's Court This Day The Late Fatal Accident in the Harbour

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1873 · page 3

THE adjourned inquest from Saturday last—on view of The body of Jones who was run down by the [?] collier Woniors. off Ball's Head on the evening of the 26th ultime—was resumed by the City Coroner…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1873 · page 3
Also in Empire

The Hew York journals contain details of a terrible railway accident which occurred on the morning of April 19, at Richmond Switch railway junction on the Stonington and Providence railroad, by the breaking of…

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The Late Collision in the Harbour. Adjourned Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 3

YESTERDAY forenoon, the City Coroner resumed, at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, an inquest respecting the cause of death of the man John Jones, supposed to have been drowned on Thursday week, in the Parram [?]…

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Fatal Accident at Dandaloo

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT of the Forbes Times writes:—A sad and fatal accident occurred on the 18th of June, at Derrybong, about five miles above Dandaloo. It appears taht two travellers, on finding the river…

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Coroners Court This Day. Fatal Accident at Marrickville

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 3

An inquest was held this forenoon by the City Coroner, at the residence of Mr. James Halstead, at Marrickville, on view of the body of Nelly Evelyn Huggett, there lying dead. After viewing the body the…

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News of the Day Fatal Accident near Marrickville

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident which unfortunately proved fatal to the life of a little child, occurs yesterday morning near Marrickville. It appears from the statement of a man named James Halstead, a dealer residing on the…

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The Late Boat Accident. (To the Editor of the Evening News)

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me, through your widely circulated columns, to suggest that all boats plying for hire or otherwise in the harbour after dark, be compelled to carry a light, so as to enable them to be seen from the…

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Fatal Accident Near Marrickville

Empire · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident, which unfortunately proved fatal to the life of a little child, occurred yesterday morning near Marrickville. It appears from the statement of a man named James Halstead, a dealer residing on the…

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Telegrams This Day the Ratepayers the Melbourne Corporation. Groom Found Drowned in the Yarra. Charge of Perjury at Geelong. Priam and Master M'grath. the North-eastern Railway Reduction in Sugars. Melbourne. Monday, 3.30 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 2

At the Geelong police court to-day, William Morley, a well-known carrier, was committed for trial on a charge of perjury, for swearing sixteen years ago that he knew of no…

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Coroner's Court Death Through Drowning at North Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 3

The City Coroner (H. Shiell, Esq.), held an inquest yesterday forenoon, at the residence of Joseph Hammond, in the parish of Willoughby, at North Sydney, on view of the body of Henry George Hammond…

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