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Accidents, 1879

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Australasian Accident Assurance Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 August 1879 · page 6

The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the half-yearly general meering to be held to-day. The directors have p easure in presenting their report on the company's operations for the half-year ended 30th June. The…

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A Boy Drowned at Tamworth

Evening News · Friday 8 August 1879 · page 4

We have to report a painful accident (says the TAMWORTH NEWS) in conneCtion with the recent overflowing of the Peel and contiguous water-courses. On Sunday, about half-past 12, Mr. R. Ingall,…

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A Railway Accident

Evening News · Friday 8 August 1879 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday.—On Wednesday night a very serious railway accident occurred on the Kingston and Narracoorte railway. A train ran into a bullock, which threw the engine off the line…

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Two Men Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 4

MANILLA, Saturday,—The boatman and his assistant while crossing the Namoi River, at Manilla, this morning, with a boatful of luggage, were both drowned. The boat got into the eddys,…

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Instructions for Saving Drowning Persons by Swimming

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 7

1st. When you approach a person drowning in the water assure him, in a loud voice, that he is safe. 2nd. Before jumping in to save him, divest yourself as far and as quickly as possible of all clothes…

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A Terrible Gun Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 9

LONDON, July 31.—A terrible accident has occurred on board a German gunboat. Five men were killed and 14 injured through the explosion of a gun. The frequent occurrence of such…

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Accident to King Alfonso

Evening News · Monday 11 August 1879 · page 3

MADRID, August S.—King Alfonso met with an accident while returning from the funeral of his second sister, Princess Marie del Pilar, who died a few days since, aged 18. The horses of the…

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Accident to King Alfonso. Madrid, August 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 August 1879 · page 5

King Alfonso met with an accident while returning from the funeral of his second, sister, Princess Marie del Pilar, who died a few days since, aged 18. The horses of…

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Telegraphic News. Accident to the King of Spain. Madrid, August 8

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 August 1879 · page 3

King Alfonso met with an accident while returning from the funeral of his second sister, the Princess Marie Berengudu, who died a few days since, aged 18. The horses in the Royal carriage…

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Death by Drowning

Evening News · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.-A Chinese gardener, while crossing the Bell River with a horse and cart at Fairfield yesterday, was drowned, and the horse and cart were swept away by the current…

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Fatal Accident in a Coal Mine

Evening News · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-A miner named John Robbins was killed this morning by a fall of coal in a gallery in the A. A. Company's colliery. Mr. Hamilton, the Examiner of Coal…

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Latest Telegrams. Fatal Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 13 August 1879 · page 2

ADELONG, Wednesday.—A man named Patriel Given was killed at Reedy Flat yesterday, owing to a quantity of earth falling on him. The corone will hold an inquiry into the circumstances…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 14 August 1879 · page 2

An old resident named Thomas Lindley, aged 58, residing in a hut at Neutral Bay, North Shore, was found drowned, about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a creek near his residence by a young girl named…

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Accidents and Offences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 August 1879 · page 7

A Frenchman, named Joseph Coquean, about 35 years of age, was found, on the 4th instant, suspended by a rope from a beam in a shed at 174, George-street. For some time past he had been in a delicate state of health, and was…

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Accidents at the Exhibition Building

Evening News · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 4

Three casualties occurred at the Exhibition Building yesterday afternoon. J. M'Manus fell from a ladder, and sustained a severe fracture of the tibia. John Elaine, residing in Clarence-street, received…

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Accidents at the Exhibition Building

Evening News · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 5

Amid all the hurry and bustle at the International Exhibition Building, the Australian Accident Assurance Society has been doing, in a quiet, unobtrusive way, a good work. In our advertising columns will|…

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Accident to King Alfonso. Madrid, August 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 261

King Alfonso met with an accident while returning from the funeral of his second sister, Princess Marie del Pilar, who died a few days since, aged 18. The horses of…

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Accident to King Alfonso

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 9

MADRID, August 8.—King Alfonso met with an accident while returning from the funeral of his second sister, Princess Marie del Pilar, who died a few days since, aged 18. The horses of the…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 3

On the night of the 31st May one of the most serious railway accidents that have happened in South Staffordshire for some time occurred at the Bloomfield Junction, near to Tipton station, on the…

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Latest Telegrams. Fatal Accident at Grafton

Evening News · Wednesday 20 August 1879 · page 2

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—A. farmer named Michael Dixon, residing in the vicinity of South Grafton, while returning to his home last night on horseback, came in contact with a cow lying on the…

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