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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

1,266 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 64

The Late Steamship Collision. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 8 April 1884 · page 2

The inquiry into the collision between the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide, while racing in the bay, was continued yesterday. Mr. John Turnbull, a passenger by the Adelaide, and the…

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The COLLISION between the Steamers Adelaide and Wairarapa. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1884 · page 7

The Steam Navigation Board inquiry into the collision between the steamers Wairarupa and Adelaide, while racing in the bay, was continued to-day. Mr. John Turnbull, a passenger by the Adelaide, and…

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Fatal Accident on the Buninyong

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1884 · page 6

The adjourned inquest on the body of Miss Elizabeth Ward, who was killed on board the s.s. Buninyong last Friday week, was resumed by Mr Shiell, the city coroner, at the South Sydney…

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The Collision in Hobson's Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision between' the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide, was resumed to-day, when the examination of the remaining…

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The Late Steamship Collision. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 4

The Steam Navigation Board took farther evidence yesterday in reference to the collision between the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide. The evidence for the Wairarapa was directly…

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The Werribee Collision. the Stationmaster Committed. Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 5

The inquest into the deaths of Thomas Kitchen and Ellen Johnson, who were killed in the railway collision, was concluded in Geelong yesterday, before Mr. Heron, P.M. Mr. Chomley,…

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The Collision between the WAIRARAPA and Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 10

The Steam Navigation Board took further evidence to-day in reference to the collision between the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide, and the evidence for the Wairarapa, which was concluded, was directly contradictory…

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The Railway Accident at the Little River. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 10

The inquest respecting the deaths of Thomas Kitchen and Ellen Johnson, the two persons killed by the Little River collision, was resumed and concluded at Geelong to-day, before Mr. Heron, P.M. Mr. Chomley, Crown…

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Accidentally Drowned. COWRA

Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 2

A married woman named Ellen Charnock was accidentally drowned last Sunday morning in a deep hole in the Belabula River, near Canowindra…

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Reported Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr Wright was questioned by Mr A. G. Taylor as to whether it was a fact that No. 225 passenger train collided on March 22nd with another train. Mr…

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The Late Steamship Collision. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 2

The Steam Navigation Board has given its decision in connection with the inquiry into the recent collision between the steamers Adelaide and Wairarapa. The decision is that the…

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The Collision in Hobson's Bay. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday--The Steam Navigation Board gave their decision to-day in reference to the collision between the steamers Adelaide and Wairaraps while racing down the channel a few…

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The COLLISION between the ADELAIDE and Wairarapa. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 8

The Steam Navigation Board gave their decision to-day in the inquiry into the recent collision between the steamers Adelaide and Wairarapa. The decision was that the Adelaide, being the overtaking vessel,…

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Narrow Escape From Another Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1884 · page 4

The Melbourne " Herald" has received information to the effect that another accident similar to the frightful one which occurred between the Weribee and Little River stations on Wednesday was…

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The Buninyong Fatality

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 32

AT the South Sydney morgue, on Monday, the city coroner renewed the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Miss Ward, who was killed on board the steamer Buninyong, when she was…

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Collision between the Adelaide and Wairarapa. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 687

The Steam Navigation Board inquiry into the collision between the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide, while racing in the bay, was continued to-day. Mr. John Turnbull, a passenger by the Adelaide, and…

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The Railway Accident at the Little River. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 707

The inquest respecting the deaths of Thomas Kitchen and Ellen Johnson, the two persons killed by the Little River collision, was resumed and concluded at Geelong to-day, before Mr. Heron, P.M. Mr. Chomley, Crown…

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Coroners Inquests. Cart Accident Near Liverpool

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 1

ON Monday List, at Cabramatta, Mr. J. E. Bowden (District Coroner) conducted an inquire into the circumstance connected with the death of a widow named Elizabeth Taylor…

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Fatal Accident

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1884 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a man named Dunean M'Millan, aged 65 years, met with a fatal accident at the Fitzroy Dock, Biloela. M'Millan was stoker on the steam dredge Plato, and while descending…

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Accident to a Child

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1884 · page 2

A little boy, named John Purves, about two years of age, met with a ead accident. Ho was ran over by & cab, and had several of his ribs broken, besides sustaining other injureies. The case is an extremely…

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