Accident on the City of Grafton
Evening News · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 3
A very painful accident happened on board the City of Grafton on Monday afternoon to a fireman named Smith. From the statement of several workmen, it seems that Smith was lying on some staging…
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Evening News · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 5
This morning a man named Henry Mills, [?]2 years of age, married, residing at Crown-street, St. Peters, while driving a bri[?]-cart along the Newtown[?]road toward Svdney, met the 9.34 a.m. tram to Marri[?]k…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 5
WALGETT, Monday.--The mail coach which left here for Goodooga to-day, met with an accident whereby the driver and two passengers are reported to have been…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 5
An inquest was held at the Assembly Hotel yesterday by Mr. Shlell, touching the death of Richard Rowe, aged 35. Deceased came to Sydney from Melbourne on Wednesday, with Mr…
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Evening News · Wednesday 23 September 1885 · page 6
On Sunday morning, at an early hour, two German gentlemen, who had been spending the previous Saturday evening with several friends in town, had a narrow escape from drowning. After taking leave of…
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Evening News · Wednesday 23 September 1885 · page 4
A fearful accident happened on Tuesday evening to a man named Benjamin Humphreys, employed as a waggon builder in the Redfern railway yards. At the tune of the mishap he was examining a truck for…
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Evening News · Wednesday 23 September 1885 · page 4
An inquest was held to-day, in the [?]Hotel, Circular Quay, on the body of a seaman named Joseph Marie Combot. Prosper Hyacinthe Noel Legrand, a non[?]commissioned officer on board the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 23 September 1885 · page 4
On Tuesday Mrs. Jonn Cox, of Mangoplah, widow of Mr. John Cox, sen., was driving a buggy contain-ing two ladies and a little boy between Mangoplah and Hanging Rock, and when going down the hill…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1885 · page 4
An accident befel a man named Benjamin Humphreys, employed as a waggon-builder at the Redfern railway station at about half-past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and he died…
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Evening News · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 3
On Monday a miner named James Hogan, a plateman employed at the New north Clunnes mine(vie.) was p[?]tting bearers across the abaft at No. 2 without giving the engine driver the usual signal to…
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Evening News · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 4
An inquest was held by the City Coroner in the Assembly Hotel, Hunter-street, to-day, on the body of Benjamin Humphreys. Catherine Holmgren identified the body as that of her father, a native of…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A fatal accident occurred at the Wallaroo mines on Monday. John Byrnes, a miner, on the arrival of the shaft skip to the surface,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 5
WAGGA, Wednesday.--Mrs. John Cox, of Mangoplah, yesterday started to drive Mrs. Richard Cox, with her son John and Miss Moore, to visit Mrs. Garry. Approaching…
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Evening News · Friday 25 September 1885 · page 6
In New Zealand two boat accidents recently occurred, one of which was a particularly sad one. Captain James Fergusson, the Pert Chalmers agent of the Union Company, with his six children, in…
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Evening News · Friday 25 September 1885 · page 6
A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday evening, in the vicinity of Kangaroo Creek, to Mr. George M'Lennman, a much respected resident of South Grafton. who. while riding a quiet horse between…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 September 1885 · page 3
An inquest was held yesterday morning by Mr. Shiell the City Coroner, relative to the death of Benjamin Hump[?]ries, aged 50, lately employed as a waggon-builder at the Rediern…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 September 1885 · page 5
GRAFTON, Thursday.--Mr. Geo. M'Lennan, after leaving South Grafton on Tuesday, was thrown from his horse. He lay 15 hours unsconcious in all the heavy rain. He was…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 678
A shocking accident occurred at the Redfern railway works on Tuesday afternoon, by which a man named James Humphries lost his life. Deceased was a waggon-builder by trade, and…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 5
BATHURST, Friday.--Mr. John Lee met with a serious accident yesterday. He was driving his buggy towards the Vale Bridge, when the horse shied and turned so suddenly…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 18
In New Zealand two boat accidents recently cocurod, one of which was a particularly sad one. Captain James Fetgusson, the Port Chalmers agent of the Union Company with his six children, in…
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