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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

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Accidentally Killed. COWRA

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1884 · page 4

John Lacey, 18 years of age, was killed on Monday a few miles from Cowra while riding a young horse. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Serious Coach Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1884 · page 7

The Bombala Times of the 29th ult. reports that "on Saturday last, as Mr. E. Ivill was driving his coach to Eden, he met with a serious accident. The passengers at the time were Miss Love, Miss…

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Fatal Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1884 · page 2

On Monday last an inquest was held at the Parramatta District Hospital, before Mr. J. E. Bowden and a jury of twelve, on the body of John Ryan, who was admitted to the…

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Drowning Accident at the Woolloomooloo Baths

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 4

A very sad accident occurred yesterday afternoon at 4.15 at Foley's swimming baths. A man named Edward Turner, about 50 years of age, went in company with a friend named Henry Richards to the…

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Collision between Orangemen and Nationalists at Dromore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 5

LONDON, January 2.--At Dromore, yesterday, the anticipated collision between the two large bodies of Orangemen and Nationalists occurred. The wildest excitement prevailed in both…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 8

Thomas Connell, a fireman in the Government employment, whilst walking along a line of rails at the Redfern station about 1 p.m. yesterday did not notice an engine approaching him, and was in…

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Shocking Mining Accident in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 7

A terrible accident happened this morning at the Union Gold-mining Company's mine, at Mount Greenock, which is expected to terminate fatally to two of four men who were very seriously injured. When the 8 o'clock…

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Victoria and Keilawarra Collision

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 2

The following is the official report of an inquiry held by the Marino Board into the circumstances attending a collision which occurred between the steamers Victoria and Keilawarra in the Brisbane River on December 18,1883…

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A Girl Drowned. BLAYNEY

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 2

A sad death by drowning occurred at the Teapot Swamp, yesterday. A young daughter of William Piper, farmer, was playing near a waterhole, and slipped in. Before help could be obtained…

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Railway Accident

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 2

TORONTO, January 3—A railway accident has occurred here, causing a large number of fatalities. A railway train containing workmen collided with a goods train, by which 20 persons…

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Railway Accident at Toronto. Toronto, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 5

A terrible railway accident occurred near this city yesterday, occasioning a large number of fatali[?]ies. A railway train containing workmen [?]llided with a goods train…

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Collision Between the Commodore and Boomerang

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 42

A collision took place in the harbour on the 27th altime be tween the Port Jackson Company's steamtug Commodore and the Newcastle Steamship Company's steamship Company's steamer Boomerang, bound to Newcastle. The Commodore, which had…

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Marine Board. the Dreamland-glenelg Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 9

At the meeting of the Marine Board yesterday there were present, Captain Hixson (president), and Captains Jenkins, M'Lean, Robertson, and Broomfield. The inquiry into the Gleuelg-Dreamland collision,…

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Peculiar Accident at a Picnic

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 4

A man named William Allison yesterday met with an accident in a most peculiar manner. He, with several others, was picnicking at Mossman's Bay, and whilst he was attempting to open a bottle of…

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Coroner's Inquests. the Late Team Way Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 23

The City Coroner concluded the inquest at hie chambers On the 28th ultimo, on the body of the' u[?]fortunate man Robert Hogg, who died at the Sydney Hospital, on Sunday Homing,' from the effects of injuries received on the…

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Shocking Mining Accident in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 34

A terrible happened this morning at the Union Gold-mining Company's mine, at Mount Greenock, whish is expected to terminate fatally to two of four shift went, on, four men, entered the cage, and, were…

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Accident to the Eastern Monarch. Brisbane, Dec. 28

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 15

The steamer Quiraing, which arrived from the Northern ports to-day, reports that the ship Eastern Monarch, bound from Townsville for Calcutta, in ballast, is ashore at the south-west end of Holbourn…

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The Accident of Birth

Sydney Punch · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 8

HE looked out over the silver rippling harbour of Port Jackson (our very own by the way) and reflected (like his linen, we may interject), aloud : " Yes," he soliloed, I might have been a son of the Rothschilds, and this day be entertained by the…

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Postscript. Latest European News. Railway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 16

TORONTO, January 3.—A railway accident has occurred here, causing a large number of fatalities. A railway train containing workmen collided with a gooda train, by which 20 persons…

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The Tomki Fatality

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1884 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of John Mulhern, who was found dead in the fore-cabin of the Tomki during the recent fire on board that steamer was held by Mr. W. T…

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