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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1874

462 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 24

Melancholy and Fatal Accident

Evening News · Saturday 5 September 1874 · page 2

ABOUT 1 o'clock on Thursday Mr. William Davies, Mr. R. H. Blatchford, and Walter John Pitty, one of Mr. Davies's employees, left Goulburn for Crookwell in a buggy with a pair of hornet, Pitty driving. They…

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Accident on the Railway

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 September 1874 · page 10

THE Goulburn Herald of Wednesday gives the following report of the accident:—About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the ballast-train was coming up the gradient of 1 in 33, about…

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Another Shocking Railway Accident

Evening News · Monday 7 September 1874 · page 2
Also in Empire

YESTERDAY (Friday) afternoon; about half-past 5 o'clock, there was another accident on the Great Northern Railway line, at Newcastle. A man named James Fuller, in the employ of Messrs…

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Serious Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 8 September 1874 · page 2

MR. EDWARD SADLER.—A sad and very dangerous accident occurred to our old and respected fellow townspass, Mr. Edward Sadler, between 6 and 7 o'clock last evening. As he was coming down the…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1874 · page 3

THE Murrumburrah correspondent of the Yass Courier, writing on the 4th instant, says: Mr. Napthali, representing the firm of Messrs. W. Saber and Sons, Sydney, met with an accident…

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Cab Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1874 · page 2

About 1 o'clock, this morning, as a horse and cab, the property of Mrs. Cuneen, of Yurong-street, was being driven along Darlinghurst-road, the horse stumbled and fell, cutting both his knees and smashing…

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News of the Day. Buggy Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1874 · page 2

As Mr. Frederick Lee, broker, was in his buggy this morning, driving gently down Pitt-street, the horse slipped an the corner of Hunter and Pitt streets, and fell. The near shaft of the buggy stuck against…

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Telegrams This Day. Presentation at Braidwood. Gulgong Escort. Mr. Parkes at Albury. the Marquis of Normanby. Wilkie Divorce Case, Broadwater Tin Company V. OLIVER. P. AND O. Company's Steamer Nubia. Grounding of the Steamship Otago. Consolidation of Laws of Building Societies. New Government House. Victoria. Melbourne Press on Mr. Parkes' Speech at Albury. Madame Goddard. Telegraph Line From Albury to Echuca. Farewell Dinner to Governor of New Zealand. Drowning of a Lighterman. Late New Zealand News. &c. &c, &c. [From Our Correspondents.] Braidwood. Tuesday, 5.50 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1874 · page 2

Senior-sergeant Duffy was presented to-day with an address and a testimonial, consisting of a gold watch and a purse of sovereigns, prior to his removal to Berrims…

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Drowning in the Wollondilly

Evening News · Thursday 10 September 1874 · page 2

THE Goulburn Herald gives further particulars of the lamentable accident at Rossi's crossing over the Wollondilly, whereby Mr. R. H. Blatchford, an old and respected resident of Goulburn, lost his life…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Empire · Thursday 10 September 1874 · page 4

THE Murrumburrah correspondent of the Yass [?] writing on the 4th instant, says: Mr. Napthali, representing the firm of Messrs. W. Saber and Sons, Sydney, met with an accident…

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News of the Day. The Late Accident

Evening News · Thursday 10 September 1874 · page 2

Slight hopes are entertained of Mr. Edward Sadler's recovery, and late last evening he was somewhat better. His medical attendants recommend extreme quietness for their patient, and, therefore…

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Railway Accidents at Newcastle. (From the Evening News September 8.)

Empire · Thursday 10 September 1874 · page 4

THE frequency with which fatal or serious accidents on the railway at Neweastle are occurring, is becoming alarming, and some means to preventtheir recurrence are urgently…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Friday 11 September 1874 · page 2

Senior-constable Dobbs reports that early this morning the body of a man named George Brittain, aged about thirty-five yean, and late fireman of the steamer Tartar, was found drowned at the…

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Drowning in the Wollondilly

Empire · Friday 11 September 1874 · page 3

THE Goulburn Herald gives further particulars of the lamen table accident at Rossi's crossing over the Wollondilly, whereby Mr. R. H. Blatchford, an old and respected resident of Goulburn lost his life…

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Remarkable Accident

Evening News · Friday 11 September 1874 · page 2
Also in Empire

ON Saturday evening last, Mr. John Faulkner, brother of Mr. David Faulkner, of the Lairmount Hotel, Newington, returned home, after having tasted rather freely of the products of a neigbbour's…

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Severe Accident

Evening News · Friday 11 September 1874 · page 2

A drayman named Joseph Brandon, employed by Mr. Clarke, of the Market Wharf, met with a severe accident about 10 o'clock this morning, at the Railway Station, Redfern. Brandon and another man…

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Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 12 September 1874 · page 2

Yesterday was an unusually busy day for the house surgeon of the Infirmity, no less than twelve persons injured by accidents being taken to the institution. Amongst the cases were an elderly woman…

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The Late Fatal Accident at the Wollondilly

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 September 1874 · page 5

ABOUT 1 o'clock on Thursday (writes the Goulburn Herald) Mr. William Davits, Mr. R. H. Blatehford, and Walter John Pitty, one of Mr. Davies's employes, left Goulburn for…

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