Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1880

715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 36

Chapter Ix. the Accident

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 6

After walking some little distance, they heard voices, and going in the direction of the sound they saw Evelyn and Nellie coming towards them with their hands full of flowers. Nellie came running to meet them with her face all aglow…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Fatal Tramway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 32

A MOST horrible accident occurred on the tramway line on Sunday afternoon to a child named Davies, aged about ll years. A number of…

Continued on Trove, page 32 →

Calamitous Collision in Connecticut

Evening News · Monday 14 June 1880 · page 2

LONDON, June 13.—The Connecticut River, the largest in Now England, and portion of which forme the boundary between the United States and Canada…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Tramway Accident

Evening News · Monday 14 June 1880 · page 3

Several members of Mr. W. M. Alderson's family had a narrow cape on Sunday morning when returning from church. The vehicle contained Mrs. Alderson, Miss Alice Alderson, Miss Katie Fairfax…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Carriage Accident. To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 15 June 1880 · page 2

SIR.—The carriage accident which happened at Park-street on Sunday was no "tramway accident" at all. If the coachman had taken notice of the look-out man, he might have gone straight on or…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Street Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 16 June 1880 · page 2

The tram-car is indirectly responsible for an accident which occurred to a man named John Duval, who was driving down Pitt-street, near the Benevolent Asylum, this morning, about 10 o'clock. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident in King-street

Evening News · Wednesday 16 June 1880 · page 3

An accident happened yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, in King-street, opposite T. Musgrave's establishment, to a little boy named Fred Bastian, of Kent-street, who was crossing the street. It…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fatal Accident

Evening News · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—-Yesterday morning Mrs. W. Buchanan, residing at a place known as the Dog and Rat near Lambton, whilst nursing a child, found her clothes on fire. She…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Painful Accident

Evening News · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 3

A painful accident occurred last Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, to a son of Mr. J. F. Smith, the ex-Mayer of Newtown. The unfortunate boy, who is aged about 10 years, was playing outside his father's…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Accident in Myrtle-street

Evening News · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 3

Myrtle-street, Darlington, was the seene, last evening, of a rather sensational mishap. A hawker, named Harold Masters, who resides in George-street, Waterloo, was returning home about 6 o'clock with…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Street Accident

Evening News · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 3

Mr. James Hugh Palmer, short-hand writer in the Legislative Assembly was knocked down by a cart at the corner of Hunter and Gorge streets, last evening, aud sustained a slight out on the right…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Another Street Accident

Evening News · Friday 18 June 1880 · page 3

The resident surgeon at the l[?] have little else to do now-a-days but attend on Patients who have been run over or knocked down by vehicles or horses in the streets. Another case was admitted…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Case of Drowning

Evening News · Monday 21 June 1880 · page 3

A fatal boat accident occurred yesterday after-noon, between I and 2 o'clock, between Manly Bench and the quarantine station. It appears that three young mechanics, two of whom were brothers, named…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Serious Accident

Evening News · Monday 21 June 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—On Saturday a man named Joseph Collier was very severely injured by a fall of coal at the A. A. Company's pit. The muscles of his legs were cut to the bone, 15…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shocking Gun Accident at Windsor

Evening News · Monday 21 June 1880 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last, two youths, one of them a nephew of Mr. Freeman, well known in Sydney sporting circles, were our shooting for practice, when by some accident Mr. Freeman's nephew…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Accident in the HARBOUR

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 June 1880 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, a fatal accident happened in Sydney harbour, by which a man named Philip John Rickett, lately residing at Underwood-street, Paddington, lost his life. It…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fatal Accident at the Murray Mouth

Evening News · Tuesday 22 June 1880 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Professor Cavill and a Geolwa policeman named Thompson vent to the Murray Month yesterday, when the boat drifted through the mouth end capsized. Cavill…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shocking Fatal Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 22 June 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A fatal accident happened at the Glebe pit this morning. A miner named Thomas Graham was shifting, when the man] flew back and penetrated his brain…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Latest Telegrams. The Mining Accident at Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 22 June 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The miner, Thomas Graham, who was yesterday reported to have been killed in the Newcastle Coal Co.'s mine, I was found to have been only stunned by an…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Fatal Boat Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 22 June 1880 · page 2

The City Coroner held an inquest at the Observer Tavern this morning, on the body of a young man who was drowned last Sunday off Manly Beach. Williams Hardie Ricket said deceased was his brother…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →