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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1882

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A Child Drowned. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Saturday 2 September 1882 · page 6

A little girl, daughter of a man named Charles Brown, a carpenter, and late landlord of the Squatters' Hotel, fell into the river yesterday afternoon and was drowned, the river being…

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Latest Telegrams. Sad Accident at will amstown. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 2 September 1882 · page 4

A young lady, Miss Martha Steebbing, 25 years, was seriously injured at the Williamstown station last night, whilst stepping into a train which was just moving from the platform. She missed her…

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Accident at Copmanhurst. GRAFTON

Evening News · Monday 4 September 1882 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature has just been reported from Copmanhurst. Three men, named Lobb, Corcoran, and Michael, entered Jordon's blacksmith's shop. Michael had a canister of…

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Terrible Accident. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 5 September 1882 · page 2

Yesterday Alfred Betty, employed by the Harbours and Rivers Department at Bullock Island, met with a shocking mishap. He was bearing down a lever to lift a sleeper, which gave way,…

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Serious Street Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 5 September 1882 · page 3

A sensational and rather serious street accident occurred this morning. The new jaunting car recently brought from America by Messrs. Ryman and Clark, of the Gaiety Theatre, and which has attracted…

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Shocking Accident by Burning

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 September 1882 · page 3

A labourer named John Murray, 55, a resident of Lane Cove, was admitted to the Hospital about 1 o'clock yesterday morning, having been brought up from North Willoughby by Constables Ross and…

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Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 6 September 1882 · page 5

Yesterday a party, consisting of Mrs. Megan, Mr. Dewhurst (the tragedian), and Mrs. Dewhurst, Mrs. Moulton, and a little girl named Daisy Holly, left the residence of Mrs. Moulton, Victoria-street,…

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Railway Accident in Germany

Evening News · Wednesday 6 September 1882 · page 4

LONDON", September 4.—News has been received of a terrible railway accident which took place on Saturday in the Grand Duchy of Baden. It appears that an excusion train, very…

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Telegraphic News. [By Submarine Cable.j Terrible Railway Accident. Fifty People Found Killed. London, September 4

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 September 1882 · page 3

News has been received of a terrible railway accident, which took place on Saturday, in the Grand Duchy of Baden. It appears that an excursion train, very heavily laden, was passing…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Disastrous Railway Accident in Germany. London, Sept. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1882 · page 7

News has been received of a terrible railway accident which took place on Saturday in the Grand Duchy of Baden. It appears that an excursion train, very heavily laden,…

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Railway Accident

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 3

An inquest was commenced to-day on the body of a boy named William Charles Smart, aged 5 years, who died at the Hospital yesterday from the affects of injuries received on the railway line at Petersham…

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Accident at a Review

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 5.—Daring a military review at St. Petersburg, at which the Czar and Czarina were present, a portion of the fortifications gave way immediately after their Imperial…

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Pistol Accident

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 3

About noon yesterday John Hinchy, aged 15, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital Buffering from a bullet wound in the left wrist. It appears that a friend named Plunkett presented him with a small…

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Alarming Accident at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 10

The steamer Nelson, from Sydney, in entering port to-day, at top of high water, came into collision with the powder magazine, carrying away the galvanized awning on the latter, and doing other damage. The affair caused…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Petersham

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 September 1882 · page 3

The City Coroner commenced at inquiry at his chambers yesterday morning into the circumstances attending the death of a little boy named Charles William Smart, 5 years of age,…

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Accidents and Offences

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 6

Owen George, alias Dawkins, wag charged before Mr. Crane, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday morning with entering the house of Albert Griffiths, with intent to steal. It appears that the…

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Railway Accident in Germany

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 11

LONDON, September 4.—News has been received of a terrible railway accident which took place on, Saturday in the Grand Duchy of Baden. It appears that an excursion train, very…

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Accident at a Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 11

LONDON, September 5.—During a military review at St. Petersburg, at which the Czar and Czarina were present, a portion of the fortifications gave way immediately after their. Imperial…

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Man Drowned at Penrith. PENRITH

Evening News · Monday 11 September 1882 · page 2

A young man named Roger Ward, 19 years of age, was drowned in the Nepean River yesterday. He went in to bathe, although he could not swim. His body was found two hours afterwards. An…

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Boat Accident near Cooktown. COOKTOWN

Evening News · Tuesday 12 September 1882 · page 2

During a heavy squall off Cape Bedford, on Thursday last, a Custom-house boat, containing Mr. B. Fahey, sub-collector and police magistrate, and two men named Coles and Anderson…

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