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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

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American Mail News. Extraordinary Wreck at San Francisco. Seventy Tons of Powder in a Wreck. Fearful Railway Collision. 'The British Political Crisis. Irish Affairs. the German Army Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1887 · page 3

The Union Company's s.s. Alameda arrived bi Sydney yesterday morning, bringing European and American news to January 16. The following is Renter's summary of…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 10

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the New York Hotel, Union street, Pyrmont, relative to the death of a Little boy, named Joseph Crook, who was found…

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Inquests. Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 10

An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday morning at the Soudan Hotel relative to the death of Walter J. Coghlan, a young man, who was found drowned early on Wednesday…

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Boy Drowned in Darling Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 7

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon by the City Coroner at the New York Hotel, Union-street, Pyrmont, concerning the death of Joseph Crook, 6 years of age, whose body was on Thursday afternoon found floating in…

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Drowned in a Swimming Bath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 7

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, yesterday, concerning the death of a young man named Walter J. Gogalan, whose body was found floating in the water at…

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Terrible Railway Accident in America

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 16

New York, February 6.—News of a terrible railway accident has just been received. The express train from Boston to Montreal yesterday left the rails while crossing a bridge over the…

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Terrible Railway Accident in America. New York, Feb. 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 326

News of a terrible railway accident has just been received. The express train from Boston for Montreal yesterday loft the rails while crossing a bridge over the White River…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 11

NEW YORK, February 6.—News of a terrible railway accident has just been received. The express train from Boston to Montreal yesterday left the rails while crossing a bridge over the…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 5

An inquest was held by the City Coroner on Saturday morning at the Soudan Hotel, touching the death of William Lloyd, a laborer, who was drowned while working on the A.S.N…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday into the death of the youth Fuller, whose body was found floating in the river near Sandgate on Wednesday last…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 4

At the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, on Saturday, the City Coroner held an inquest touching the death of a man named William Lloyd, whose body was found in the water near the A.S.N. Company's Wharf, Circular…

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Accidents in the Harbour. Two Lives Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 8

The south-easterly squalls and generally "dirty" weather which prevailed during Saturday and Sunday resulted on each day in the capsizing of a boat in the harbour, attended with loss of life…

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Fatal Boating Accidents Two Boats' Crews Upset

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 6

The somewhat heavy weather prevailing during the last two days along the coast was attended with disastrous results in the harbor as elsewhere. Between Saturday and yesterday…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 5

WENT MAITLAND, Saturday.--A man named Louis Asmussen, while racing along the Hinton road on horseback with another man, met with an accident on Wednesday. The horse he was…

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A Girl Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1887 · page 4

Information of a sad drowning case near Redbank, Lane Cove Hirer, reached the water police at a late hour last evening. A young girl, daughter of Mr. Fuller, of Cockatoo Island,…

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Accident to a Cyclist. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1887 · page 8

Kuhnell, the bicyclist, fractured his skull on Saturday night, and will be unable to competo in the bicycle matches at Melbourne in March…

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Wreck of the Tug Ranger Near Macleay Heads. the Master and Engineer Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1887 · page 10

Fears were entertained that the exceptionally heavy easterly weather which has prevailed along the coast since Friday last would be productive of disaster to shipping, and yesterday news reached town confirming the worst…

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Fatal Accident to a Vanman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1887 · page 6

The City Coroner held on inquest yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern, William and Underwood streets. Paddington, touching the death of a vanman named Thomas Whitehead, 27 years of age, who resided in…

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News by Telegraph. Fatal Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monthly.--A mining accident occurred at Eaglekawk to-day. resulting in death of a miner named Alfred Hanley. Hanley's mate was overpowered with bad air at…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1887 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquest at the London Tavern, William-street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon relative to the death of Thomas 'Whitehead, a van-driver, who died on…

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