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 7 of 36

Accidents and Offences

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 3

A respectable-looking young man, named Thomas Cutely, was on the 20th instant, charged at the Central Police Court with having committed an aggravated assault on his mother, in Dixon-street…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Accident at Wagga

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 2

WAGGA, Thursday.—Mr. Moorhouse, said to be a relative of Bishop Moorhouse of Melbourne, while tiding across the Wagga bridge last evening was met by a butoher's cart, and his horse shying…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Accident

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—Mr. Thomas Roals, butcher, of Loci[?]nvar, was thrown out of b[?]cart on the Allandale-road yeaterday, and was killed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ferry Boat Accident

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 2

The North Shore ferry steamer Sapphire sustained an accident yesterday morning, and narrowly avoided serious damage, apparently through nogligence on the part of some person or p[?] on board. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 7

On the 19th January, a shocking accident, terminating fatally, happened on the Great Northern Railway, near Honoysuckle Point Station, to an employé of the Railway Department, named Walter Phillips, carriage inspector,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Death by Drowning

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 2

WAGGA, Friday. — Intelligence reached Wagga this morning that Miss Louisa Darlow,' daughter of Mr. Joseph Darlow, long a resident of this district, was drowned yesterday evening…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Parramatta Collision. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 3

Sir,—In yesterday's issue of the Herald, I notice that, in explanation to the Minister of Works, Mr. Vernon says:—"In the Sydney Morning Herald of the 29th December, it is stated that a reporter presented himself at…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Parramatta Collision

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 203

Among the Parliamentary papers just issued is a document containing the evidence taken before the Secretary of Railways in the recent collision at the Parramatta station; the report of the Secretary for Railways to the Minister for…

Continued on Trove, page 203 →

Accident at Melbourne Opera House

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 2

An accident which might have reunited in a actions calamity occurred at the Opera House on the evening of January 30. Just after the close of the performance, and as tho audience were leaving the theatre,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accidents and Offences

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 3

On the 28th instant an was held on the body of a man named William Fazakezley,who died on the previous day through filling down a quarry at pyrmont. A verdict of accidental death was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Coroner's Court. Killed Accidentally

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

The City Coroner held an inquest this morning, at his offices, in Hyde Park, on the body of John M'Kenua. From tho evidence it appeared that deceased was 62 years of age, And a native of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mining Accident at Hamilton

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A minor named Bales, working in the A. A. Co.'s pit, Hamilton, yesterday evening, was severely injured by a fall of coal. One of his less was crushed and his…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shocking Case of Drowning

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

MENENDIE, Thursday.—Two young men, whose names are at present unknown, whilst quarrelling on the bank of the Darling river here [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Child Drowned in a Well

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

WAGGA WAGGA, Wednesday.—A child of Mr. Thornton, tailor, was found drowned in a well, in an unoccupied piece of land opposite her father's dwelling place, this morning. The child…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Accident to the Egmont

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The report of the Marine Board on the accident to the A.S.N. Co.'s steamer Egmont, when she struck a reef about 15 miles south of Cooktown, has not yet been…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Accident to the S.S. Egmont

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—The report of the Marine Board on the accident to the A.S.N. Co.'s steamship Egmont. states that it arose through the difficult of estimating the veasel's distance…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Accident to the Hankow. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 5

The Hankow was in great peril off Plymouth Breakwater. A week back while off Oporto she lost her screw, and continued her voyage under sail, reaching the Lizard…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Cable Messages. Shocking Accident

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 2

LONDON, February 10.—By the fall of a portion of the military barracks at Constantinople, 200 soldiers were killed and 300 injured…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

[?] Accidentally

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 3

[?] held an inquest this morning at [?] in Hyde Park, on the body of Jacob will From the evidence of Sarah will, residing at Crescent-street, Balmain, it appeared that deceased was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →