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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1886

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A Brave Engineer. a Disastrous Collision Avoided

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

William Wallwork, of Great Lever, Bolton, an engine-driver in the service of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, has been presented with £35 in recognition of the courage displayed by…

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Collision Between the Nemesis and Nelson. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A serious collision occurred in the River Yarra this evening between the steamer Nemesis bound for Sydney and the Nelson. The Nemesis had…

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Serious Collision in the Brisbane River. Brisbane, Jan. 22

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 225

A serious collision occured this morning between the Queensland steamer Archer and the A. S. N. Company's steamer Cintra. The former boat, which arrived last night from the north, was…

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Steamship Collision in the Yarra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 14

A collision occurred in the Yarra this afternoon between Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's, steamer Nemesis, and the Western Steam Navigation Company's steamer Nelson, by which…

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Accident

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 4

The following patients were admitted into the Sydney Hospital to-day:—Samuel Foster, 25, a plasterer, was working on a lift at the Free Public…

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A Strange Accident. Someone's Blunder. an Inquest Necessary

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 4

A men named Jeremiah Fitzgerald died in the Sydney Hospital, on Friday, from the effects of injuries received by him on January 20. The statement Dr. Munro supplied to Mr. Shiell was to the effect…

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Coroner's Inquests. Singular Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday morning at the South Sydney morgue on the body of a man named John Duggan, who died on the previous day from the effects of injuries…

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Serious Accident. a Stonemason Injured

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 6

A stonemason named Francis Curley, 29, residing in 199, Goulburn-street, Surry Hills, met with a serious accident Saturday. While he was working at Inglis's new Horse Bazaar, opposite the School of…

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A Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 5

An accident occurred at Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, at noon on Saturday to two brothers, aged 10 and 12 years. It appears that the eldest boy stripped himself of his clothes,…

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Accidents in Balmain

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 4

A serious accident happened in Balmain on Saturday to a young man named Acmoa Hutchinson. It appears that he fell from some scaffolding in Moore-street, and received a compound fracture of the left…

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A Quarry Accident. a Sleepy Juror

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 6

An inquest was held in the Assembly Hotel on Saturday, touching the death of Jeremiah Fitzgerald, 22, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Friday morning. Thomas Fitzgerald, the brother of…

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Railway Accident on the Northwestern Line. the Line Washed Away. (By Telegraph.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 7

The line is in a very dangerous state after the recent heavy rains. Several wash-aways have occui[?]ed. The train that left here this morning with a gang of fettlers and Mr Duffy, inspector of the permanent way, went off the…

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Accident to the Brunswick (S.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 8

The steamer Brunswick, Captain Benson, a,well-known trader to the Macleay River, returned to port in a disabled condition on Saturday morning in tow of the steamer Rose of Sharon. From a description furnished by Captain Benson, it appears that the…

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Accident to the S.s. Fair Light

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 5

An accident which occasioned considerable annoyance to some of the residents of Manly occurred on Friday evening to the P.J.S.S. Company's paddle- steamer Fairlight. It seems that…

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Accident to the Great Northern Line

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Information was received at 5 o'clock this afternoon that a portion of the Great Northern line being repaired near Werris Creek has been again…

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A 'Busman Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 3

On Saturday morning a serious accident happened to a young man named Kelly, driver of one of the St. Peters omnibuses, while he was proceeding from Sydney to St. Peters. When opposite Mr…

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Miller's Point Fatality. the Resumed Inquiry

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 3

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Joseph Kenyon, a wharf laborer, who died in the Sydney Hospital, on Thursday, from the effects of injuries sustained in a fight with a man named…

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Accident

Globe · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 8

A rather severe accident befel a young lad named William Spugg, aged 7 years, residing at Pitt-street, Redfern, this morning. He was riding in a cart in…

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Tram Accident. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 6

A tramcar collided with a cart which, was being flriven across the line at Lennox-street. The horse fell on the slippery wood, and the driver fell out on to the engine…

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Fatal Accident to a Jockey

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—It has not been deemed necessary to hold an inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Huht, the jockey who was killed in the Steeplechase at the Geelong races on Saturday through the…

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