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Accidents, 1887

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 October 1887 · page 5

A boy named Leonard Ainsworth, 11 years of age, residing with his parents at Pyrmont, was playing with several other lads on the sandhill at Moore Park yesterday when he…

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Railway Accident on the Western Line. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 October 1887 · page 8

This morning an accident occurred on the Western Railway line, near Kelso station. It appears that the mail train, which was due at Bathurst at 3.30, had pasted Raglan, and was rounding a sharp curve about a mile from…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

MELBOURNE.—The body of Mr. Fred. Lowe, a member of the firm of Messrs. Jones and Loire, and clerk to the mining board at Ararat, was found in a dam in the Botanical Gardens at…

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Supposed Case of Drowning

Evening News · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

FORBES.—Another supposed case of drowning occurred here last night, a Frenchman named Morrell, an engineer lately in the employ of Messrs. Nicholas and Reymond, left his home in…

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Gabo-Flora Collision

Evening News · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

Captain John Pain, of the steamer Gabo, appeared before the Marine Board on Monday, to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended in connection with the…

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The Drowning Case at Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--The body of the unfortunate woman Davis, who drowned herself after killing her two children last Wednesday, was found floating in the river and buried…

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The Gabo-flora Collision. Captain Pain Reprimanded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

A meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday under the presidency of Captain Hixson, there being also present Captains Broomfield, Robertson, Jenkins, Maclean…

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The Railway Accident at Kelso. Collision Between the Mail and a Goods Train. Some Remarkable Facts. Two Officials Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 4

The Minister for Works yesterday decided to suspend two of the officials concerned in the railway smash at Bathurst. The officials that have been suspended are the men who were on…

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Supposed Case 0F Drowning at Forbes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 8

Last night an engineer named Ernest Morrell, who was engaged in fishing in the river, is supposed to have slipped in and been drowned. Search has been made for the body, but it has not yet been recovered…

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Railway Accident at Kelso

Evening News · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

The Minister for Worts, Mr. Sutherland, had a lengthy interview with the Commissioner of Railways on Monday, with regard to the Kelso railway accident. It is very evident that some…

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Windsor Railway Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

MELBOURNE.—The case Rolfe v. Railway Commissioners has commenced. In this case Rolfe and others, executors of the will of the late E. S. Parkes, superintendent of the Bank of…

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Teamway Accident at Silverton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Silverton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 8

An accident occurred yesterday afternoon on the tramway line, causing the death of man named Dennis Blake, a labourer, employed by the tramway company. He was riding up from the border to see some of his mates, and was…

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Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Accident at the Haymarket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 11

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest at thr South Sydnry Morgur yesterday, touching thr death of a boy named Alfred Menan, 10 years of age, who was run over by a cab in George-stroet, Haymarket, on Saturday…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

On Saturday night Michael Punch, labor living in Howard-street, while standing in [?] vicinity of a shooting gallery in the Haym[?] was accidently shot in the arm. He was takes…

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Tuesday's Telegrams. Death by Drowning

Evening News · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 6

BRISBANE.—A little boy named M'Nulty, son of a lengthsman on the Cooktown railway line, was accidentally drowned in a creek yesterday. The mother sent him for a can of water, and he…

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Drowned in a Tub

Evening News · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 4

It has been reported to the City Coroner that yesterday a female child, named Henrietta Victoria Mulholland, aged about five years, residing with her parents in , Alfred-street,…

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The Unemployed in London Another Demonstration. the Mob Dispersed by the Police. Twenty Arrests. Police and Civilians Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Another meeting of unemployed men took place to-day in Trafalgar-square, when over 4000 were present…

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The Unemployed in London. Threatening Demonstration in Trafalgar-square. Several Constables and Civilians Injured. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 9

Some of the speakers at the unemployed demonstration in Trafalgar-square advised the mob to march upon Buckingham Palace, and also to plunder the shops and hotels…

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Accident at Silverton

Evening News · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 6

A man named Dennis Blake, a laborer, was killed by being thrown off a track while riding on the side, which is forbidden. A sadden jerk threw him off, and two of the trucks passed over…

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The Accident to the Maitland

Evening News · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 4

The members of tne Marine Board, under the presidency of Captain Hixson, met this morning to inquire into the circumstances attending the accident to the steamer Maitland last week. The…

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