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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1886

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Shocking Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 5

Paris, Thursday. -- It is reported that a serious railway collision occurred near Men tone, whereby 20 persons were killed, many of the number being…

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Case of Drowning at Newcastle. Newcastle, This Day

Globe · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 8

A son of Mr. Matthew Downie, a well-known citizen of Newcastle, has just been drowned in the gulf near the Bogey Hole. His body has been washed out to sea by…

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The Sad Drowning Affair at Newcastle. Newcastle. This Day

Globe · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 5

The body of Robert Downie has not yet been recovered. An unfortunate youth went yesterday, with several other pupils from the Grammar School, stripped in…

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Railway Collision in the South of France. Paris, March 11

Globe · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 3

It is reported that a serious railway collision has occurred near Mentone, whereby twenty persons were killed, many of the number being English…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Railway Collision in the South of France. Paris, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 7

It is reported that a serious railway collision has occurred near Mentone, whereby 20 persons were killed, many of the number being English…

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Serious Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 18

PARIS, March ll.—It is reported that a serious collision occurred at Mentone, whereby twenty persons were killed, many of the number being English…

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An Expensive Collision

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 6

In the District Court, on Friday, Mr. Henry Mate sued Messrs. Home And Pogrom for £50, for damages alleged to have been sustained by a collision In William-street. It was alleged by the Plaintiff…

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Fatality to a Jockey

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 36

Mr. Pirihey, the deputy coroner, held an inquiry in the Soudan Hotel on Monday into the circumstances attending? the death of William M'Dowull, 16, a jockey. The lather of the deceased, a laborer, residing in…

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The Mentone Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 5

Paris, Thursday. -- The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects…

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Seven Men Nearly Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday. -- The Postmaster-General received the following wire to-day from Rockhampton, reporting the narrow escape of seven men from drowning: -- "A…

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Railway Collision in the South of France

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 10

Paris, March 11.—It is reported that a serious railway collision has occurred near Mentone, whereby 20 persons were killed, many of the number being English…

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Railway Collision in France. Paris, March 11

Globe · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 8

The report that a-railway collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects of the disaster had been overstated,…

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Mining Fatality. Mount M'donald, Wednesday, March 10

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 14

A Bad accident occurred here on Tuesday, by which a young man named John Mullin was killed, and another named Gus. Aubrey was injured. It appears that they were working by themselves, prospecting…

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(Reuter's Telegraph.) the Railway Collision in the South of France. Paris, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 14

The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects of the disaster had been overstated, only two persons…

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CABLEGRAMS. (Some of the following Items appeared in our second' third,and fourth editors of yesterday.) Railway Collision

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 6

PARIS, March 11.—The report that a railway, collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects of the disaster had been over-stated, only two…

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The Mentone Accident

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 4

LONDON, March 12.—The London DAILY NEWS this morning reported that no less than forty of the passengers by the railway trains which collided near Mentone have died, some having been…

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Accident to the Steamship Cheviot. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 540

The steamship Cheviot arrived at the wharf this morning, the tug Sprightly having brought her up the river. It seems that her propeller slid back on the shaft, and one blade was missing. When the accident…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 537

A sad case of shooting, resulting in the death of a child named May Matthews, aged two years, occurred at Rookwood on Monday afternoon. It appears that the child had been left by her mother in the care of a neighbour named…

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The Fatal Accident on the Mariposa

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 3

A few days ago cable advices from Auckland announced that a boiler accident had taken place on board the K.M.S. Mariposa soon after leaving Honolulu for Sau Francisco, and that…

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The Fatal Gun Accident at Rookwood. Coroner’s Inquest

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 8

AN inquest was held at Abraham's Railway Hotel, Rookwood, on Tuesday afternoon last, before Mr. J. E. Bowden, coroner, and a jury, touching the death of a child named May…

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