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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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Yachting. Shocking Accident on the Mersey

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 2

One of the most lamentable of yacht accidents that have ever occurred on the Mersey in connection with yachting occurred on Saturday last (reports the Birkenhead Newt of June 24), and…

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Sad Accident. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Yesterday morning, two little boys, named Arthur and Burton. Ford, aged 5 and 8 years respectively, left their parents' residence at Islington, for…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Thursday. -- A son of Mr. James W. Hayes, publican, of Smithtown, was drowned last evening through falling off the wharf. The body was recovered this…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 6

QUEANB[?]YAN, Saturday.—Miss Catherine Glover, about 20 years of age, daughter of Mr. Glover, railway engineer, left her home at about [?] o'clock on Friday evening, and as she did not…

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Drowned in a Tank

Evening News · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 4

On Friday a young man earned Bell was taken out of a tank on the North Shore. The deceased was employed on the North Shore tramway works, sad was a carpenter by trade. He was…

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Two Boys Drowned. NEWCASTLE

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 12

A sad case of drowning was reported to-day from Islington, a couple of miles from town. It appears that on Wednesday morning two children named Arthur and Bertie, respectively 8 and 4…

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Sad Fatality at the Victoria Barracks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 4

A melancholy accident occurred at tho Victoria Barracks shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the Permanent Artillery Force was assembled to receive revolvers…

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Collision in Newcastle Harbour. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 372

The steamer Buninyong while entering the port last night, came into collision lightship. Captain Stanford, of the Buninyong, reports that he came in by the usual route, but on account of the strong spring tide the…

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Another Railway Collision at Rooty Hill

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 2

AN accident occurred at Rooty Hill Station on Monday evening, when two goods trains collided. The goods train which left Penrith at about a quarter to 5 o'clock was delayed some time on the…

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Serious Railway Accident. BRISBANE

Evening News · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 6

A railway accident, causing considerable damage to rolling stock, occurred early on Friday, at Bundanba station, near Ipswich. It appears that some empty coal tracks on a siding were…

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Fatal Tramway Accident at Parramatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 372

A fatal accident occurred on the Parramatta-Duck River tramway line on Saturday, resulting in the death of a woman named Sarah Thomas, aged 58 years. The deceased, who was a widow, and so far as known had no friends,…

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Collision in the Harbour. a Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 5

A collision occurred in the harbour on Saturday afternoon between the A. S. N. Company's, steamship Wentworth, bound to Brisbane, and the ketch Lizze Frost, inward bound, from Camden Haven, resulting in the…

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Collision in the Harbor. a Ketch Sunk. One Man Supposed to Be Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 5

A collision, which will doubtless occupy the attention of the Marine Board, occurred in the harbor on Saturday afternoon, between the A.S.N. Co's. steamer Wentworth (Captain J. E. Munroe),…

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Found Drowned. QUEANBEYAN

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 6

Miss Catherine Glover, about 20, daughter of Mr. Glover, railway engineer, left her home At about 5 o'clock on Friday evening, and as she did not return, search was made by a number of the…

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Fearful Fatality. a Youth Killed by Machinery. Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 6

Charles Hare, 18, working as a lath cutter in Messrs. Sutor and Turnbull's sawmills, Victoria-parade, died in the Melbourne Hospital to-day, an hour after his admission, from shocking injuries. It…

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Fatality at St. Peters. a Man's Head Shot Off

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon the ordinarily quiet borough of St. Peters was thrown into a state of excitement by a shocking occurrence by which a man named Starkey Parkinson lost his life. The deceased resided at…

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Collision in the Harbor. Supposed Loss of Life. a Ketch Sunk

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 5

A collision, which is supposed to hare occasioned loss of life, occurred in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m. the A.S.N. Co.'s steamer Wentworth came out from the wharf to…

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Serious Railway Accident. BRISBANE

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 6

A railway accident, causing considerable damage to rolling stock, occurred early on Friday, at Bundanba station, near Ipswich. It appears that some empty coal trucks on a siding were…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 8

On Saturday morning, about 8 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred at Messrs. Suter and Turnbull's saw mills, Albert-street, East Melbourne, resulting in the mangling and death of a lad named Charles OIT, aged 14 years,…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A youth named Charles Hore, employed at Sutor and Turn-bull's sawmills, Victoria-parade, met with a horrible accident to-day. By some means…

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