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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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News by Telegraph. Buggy Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1885 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- A serious accident happened to Inspector Lewis on Saturday morning. He was driving on the Nundah-road, when his horse shied, turning quickly…

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Sad Fatality. Two Men Drowned. Gunnedah

Evening News · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 6

Mr. John Walker, compositor in the NAMOI INDEPENDENT office, and Mr. J. Jones, hairdresser, were drowned in the Namoi on Sunday while fishing. Jones attempted to throw a bottle of…

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Steamboat Collision. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A telegram from Overland Corner states that the Princess Royal arrived yesterday evening in a disabled condition, having been in collision…

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Accident at Petersham

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 4

On Monday afternoon an accident happened at the Petersham railway station to little girl, daughter of Mr. John Ellis. of, Brighton-street. Since the erection of the new over bridge at the station the…

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A Serious Accident. WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 6

A serious accident happened this morning in Walker's blacksmith's shop. A man named Ferigle Hegherty was sitting on a bench engaged in conversation with Walker, who was cutting a…

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Street Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 4

Emanuel Watson, 57 years of age, residing at 447, Oxford-street, Paddington, was, this morning, admitted to the Sydney Hospital, suffering from fracture of five or six ribs on the right side of the chest…

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Serious Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 6

A man named Jeremiah Crimas, 40 years of age, was received into the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday, suffering' from a compound fracture and crush of the right leg and foot. He was working at M'Mahon's…

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Fatal Accident to a Rider

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. David Farquharson, chemist, of Port Melbourne, was thrown from his horse to-day through the animal stumbling. He fractured his…

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Fatal Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 4

Mr. Emanuel Watson, an old and respected resident of Paddington, met with a fatal accident at about noon yesterday, in Bridge-street, near George-street. He was driving a…

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A Girl Drowned

Evening News · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 5

A sad death, occurred at Prospect the other day, when the daughter of Mr. Furlong, a farmer living close to the reservoir, was drowned in a waterhole about one hundred yards from her home. It appears…

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The Bridge-street Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 3

The fatal accident that betel Mr. Emanuel Watson on Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock, was the subject of a coronial inquiry yesterday at the Assembly Hotel. Deceased was…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 5

YOUNG, Thursday. -- A man named John Maroney a navvy working at the Young-Cowra railway extension at Ten-mile Camp, met with a fatal accident yesterday. He was…

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Serious Accident at Yong. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Youn[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 14

A sad and what it is feared cannot be oth[?]than a fatal accident occurred on Wednesday evening Mr. J. J. Barnet, a well-known resident of the town, a[?]a nephew of the Colonial Architect. Mr. and Mrs. Bart went to the…

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Accidental Death

Evening News · Monday 31 August 1885 · page 5

To-day the Coroner held an inquest in the South Sydney Morgue on the body of a Chinaman named Gee Hook. It appeared from, the evidence that, the deceased left his home on Saturday morning with a horse and drat, with the intention of proceeding to…

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Accidentally Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The son of Mr. James Pigdon, farmer of Boomahnoomoonah. Yarrawonga, was accidentally shot in the breast to-day by the proprietor of a shooting…

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Terrible Collision at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 6

A collision resulting in a loss of 13 lives occurred on July 21, off the west coast of Cornwall. Her Majesty's ship Hecla, torpedo depot, was proceeding on her way to Portland, and the Cheerful, 601 tons, the passengers and…

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A Sad Fatality. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 6

The sad death of a child took place in Darbystreet on Monday night. The infant, which was a year and nine months old, was the offspring of a couple named Dougherty. Shortly after 2…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 4

A most distressing accident happened at Stanmore railway station shortly before 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The victim was a lad about 15 years of age, named Johm Jager, employed at the Works now…

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Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 4

On Tuesday the following cases were admitted into the Sydney Hospital:—Alfred Dolan, suffering from concussion of the brain, caused by a fall from a horse in George-street. Peter Morgan [?]…

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Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 3

AN accident occurred at Hudson Bros. works on Saturday afternoon by which two men, whose names have not reached us, were badly injured. They were carrying a bucket…

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