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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1879

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Accidentally Killed

Evening News · Wednesday 17 December 1879 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest, this morning, at his offices, Hyde Park, on the body of Charles Moran, aged 27 years, and a native of Mexico, who was found with braises on his face and died at the…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 17 December 1879 · page 2

A painful railway accident, the victim of which thereby met with an instantaneous death, occurred about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, at the Croydon railway station. The deceased, who has not been…

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The Accident en the Railway Line

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1879 · page 2

The City Corner bold aa inquest yesterday afternoon, at the Brecknook Arms, on the body of Mr. Cheyne Leadrmonth, aged 14 years, who was found in a mangled condition on the railway line at croydon…

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Dreadful Accident at Mudgee

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1879 · page 2

MUDGEE, Thursday.-A dreadful accident occurred this morning at Mudgee. A son of constable Henneberry, 12 years of age, walked into his sister's bedroom with a loaded revolver in his…

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Accident to Mr. T. Kennedy

Evening News · Friday 19 December 1879 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Kennedy, the well-known theatrical agent, at present travelling with Protestor Pepper, met with a very serious accident on Friday morning, on the first Zig Zag. It appears that whilst waiting…

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Accident at the London Docks. London, Dec. 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 1094

A lift at a wool warehouse at the London Docks broke, killing six persons…

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The Recent Boat Accident

Evening News · Monday 22 December 1879 · page 2

The body of William Cantrell, who was drowned near Garden Island, has not yet been received, notwithstanding the continuous dragging by the water police for the last fortnight…

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ACCIDENTS, &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 December 1879 · page 7

A melancholy accident occurred on the afternoon of Sunday, the 7th December, by which two young people, on the eve of marriage, lost their lives. A party of four persons—Messrs. William Cantrell and Josiah Clark, with…

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Accidents and Offences

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 December 1879 · page 7

Early in the month a mail named John Roberts was committed for trial in the Water Police Court on a very curious' charge, namely, that of having Hung a wharfinger into the harbour without any…

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Accidentally Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 23 December 1879 · page 2

GUNNEDAH, Tuesday.—A porter at the railway station here named George Moul was accidentally drowned in a lagoon, 12 miles from Gunnedah on Saturday. He was in the company…

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Fearful Accident at Tamworth

Evening News · Tuesday 23 December 1879 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—A man named Patrick [?] yesterday, met with a fearful accident. He fell between the platform and the carriage, and his…

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Fatal Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 23 December 1879 · page 2

YASS, Tuesday.—A fatal accident occurred yesterday morning to a man named James Pascoe, who, while riding across the plains in company with several others, was thrown from his horse,…

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Accidentally Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 24 December 1879 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wednesday.-A little boy aged four years, son of the Rev. Mr. Young, was accidentally drowned yesterday in a water bole close to his parents' residence. Much sympathy is…

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Serious Railway Collision. Thirty or Forty People Injured

Evening News · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 4

THE Parranmtta railway station was, yesterday afternoon, the scene one of the most sensational, though not the most serious, accidents that has yet occurred on any of the railway lines of the colony…

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Second Edition Frightful Railway Accident. “Governor’s Train” Runs Another Down Break-van Full of People Two Carriages Smashed to Pieces Platform Full of People Fragments for Wreck Flying in All Directions Numbers Injured Full Account of the Accident by Our Own Reporters

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 4

AN accident occurred at the Parramatta railway station yesterday evening, which, should later particulars not prove to the contrary, can only be characterised as culpable in the extreme;…

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Extraordinary Accident

Evening News · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 4

An extraordinary accident occurred this morning at Sorry Hills. A married woman, named Jessie Newcombe, aged 27, who lives apart from her husband at 3, Taylor-street, about 4 o'clock this morning…

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Serious Railway Accident at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 5

The first serious case of " telescoping " in connection with the railway system of the colony took place at Parramatta yesterday afternoon, and it is almost miraculous that it was not attended with fatal consequences. Hitherto the…

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One Cause of Bathing Accidents

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 1125

It is very generally believed that the proper way to bathe is to take a header into the sea, or at least to immerse the whole body immediately. Theoretically this may be done, so far as the most vigorous organisms are concerned,…

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Railway Accident at Parramatta

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 5

At about a quarter to 6 o'clock yesterday evening a railway accident, which might have resulted in an appalling loss of life, occurred at the Parramatta railway station. The reporters were on…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

Evening News · Monday 29 December 1879 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest this morning, at the Brecknock Arms, on the body of Frederick Hayes, 14 years of age, son of William Hayes, of Kippax-street, Surry Hills, who was drowned whilst…

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