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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1880

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Street Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 2 November 1880 · page 2

To-day, at about noon, a boy named John Quine, aged 10, residing at 63, Kippax-street, Surry Hills, was riding on horseback in George-street went, when the horse stumbled, and Quine was thrown off. He…

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'Bus Accident in King-street

Evening News · Tuesday 2 November 1880 · page 2

This morning, about 9 o'clock, at accident oscurred in King-street to a four-horse 'bus (No. 17) from Double Bay, driven by Patsy Dwyer. Two tramway motors were about to cross King-street in…

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Fatal Cart Accident

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 November 1880 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday morning at St. Vincent's Hospital before the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) and a jury of 12, touching the death of a boy named Thomas Henry Butler, who…

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A Little Girl Drowned. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Wednesday 3 November 1880 · page 2

The district coroner held an inquest yesterday [?], on the body of a little girl two years of [?] Annie Leitch, the daughter of a miner residing at Minmi. It appeared that the day…

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Accidental Death of a Child

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 November 1880 · page 4

Yesterday morning an inquest was held at the Ancient Briton Hotel, Dowling-street, Surry Hills, before the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) and a jury of 12, touching the dentil of a child named…

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Sad Accident. COWRA

Evening News · Thursday 4 November 1880 · page 2

Infromation has been wired here of the untimely death of James Cummings, a carrier, and resident of this town. His team was loaded with wool, proceeding from Forbes to Orange. Deceased…

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Fatal Railway Accident in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1880 · page 7

Another dreadful railway disaster has been added to the melancholy scries of fatalities which have darkened the domestic annals of tha past two months. Nearly all the previous accidents occurred in the northern portion of our…

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Accidents and Offences

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 November 1880 · page 6

A man named John F. Walsh, who came from New Zealand on the 25th ultimo, shot himself through the heart at his lodgings in Kent-street, Sydney, on Saturday night last. The day before…

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Accident at the Railway Station

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 3

This morning about 8 o'clock, a man named Frederick Donkin, living in Goodlet-street, whilst at work in the station yard at Redfern, had the misfortune to get his right hand crushed between the…

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Fatal Railway Accident in London

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 887

Another dreadful railway disaster has been added to the melancholy series of fatalities which have darkened the domestic annals of the past two months. Nearly all the previous accidents occurred in the northern portion of our…

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Accident. NEWCASTLE [?]

Evening News · Monday 8 November 1880 · page 2

Henry Short, & Raspberry Gully miner, had his leg fractured by a fall of coal, on Saturday. Dr. Gabriel, of Lambton, happened to be at hand, and at ones set the limb…

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Accident to the Albury Coach

Evening News · Monday 8 November 1880 · page 2

An accident of a peculiar nature occurred to one of Cobb and Co.'s coaches while journeying from Albury to Gerogory. The Half-way House, at which the horses are changed, was reached about…

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Accident to the Albury Coach. [By Electric Telegraph.] Albury

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 November 1880 · page 3

An accident happened today to one of the coaches taking passenger from Albary to Georogery. On starting with fresh horses at the changing station at Sandy Creek, the driver found he had…

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Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 10 November 1880 · page 2

A man named John Quage, aged 25 [?] in Phelps-street, Surry Hills, was run over yesterday in Bourke-street by a cart. He had one rib broken, and other bruises on the body. He was under the…

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Dreadful Accident in George-street

Evening News · Wednesday 10 November 1880 · page 2

A terrible accient, resulting in the death of one person and a narrow escape to several others, occurred this day between 2 and 3 o'clock. Mr. Butcher, of the firm of Butcher…

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Accident on the Railway Line

Evening News · Wednesday 10 November 1880 · page 2

An accident occurred on the Western line line morning about 3 o'clock, by which a workman named Alexander Campbell, living at Miller's Point, lost his life. The train was bringing down a gang of…

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The Accident in George-street

Evening News · Friday 12 November 1880 · page 2

The man Christian Kleinbach (not Leary[?]ch, as reported Wednesday), who courageously attempted to stop a runaway horse and cab, Wednesday, in George-street,near the Town Hall, and was knocked down…

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Painful Accident

Evening News · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 4

An accident occurred under very sad circumstances yesterday afternoon. A little girl, 11 years of age, named Mary Ann Slater, was playing with other children in a room on the second storey of the Crown…

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Accident to the Coach between Albury and Gerogery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 24

An accident of a peculiar nature occurred to one of Cobb and Co.'s coaches while journeying from Albury to Gerogery. The Half-way House, at which the horses are changed, was reached about…

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Two Drowning Cases. BRISBANE

Evening News · Monday 15 November 1880 · page 4

Doctor Mertel, of Goondiwindi, was missing since Friday evening, and search being made, his body was found in the river. The body of David Sinclair, who was drowned…

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