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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

3,423 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 172

Accident to Sir Cunliffe Owen

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

Yesterday a somewhat alarming accident befel Sir Phillip Cunliffe Owen, who is the guest of the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall. When at the…

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Fatal Accident in Sussex-street. a Woman Run Over

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 8

MR. SHIELL, City Coroner, held an inquest this afternoon at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, on the body of Rose Gallagher, aged 49 years, who died in…

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South Australia. Fatal Quarry Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A "traveller" at the Kapunda Marble Quarries fell yesterday, owing to a gate in the roadway being left open, and two men, named respectively…

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A Fatal Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest at the Coroner's Court, King- street, yesterday on the remains of a woman named Rose Gallagher, aged 49, who died in the Sydney Hospital…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 5

A boy named Arthur Marriott, aged 14, residing at 18 Cary-street, Leichhardt, was working at the new gas buildings at Mortlake yesterday when he slipped and fell a distance of over…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The dead body of a man was found in the Yarra yesterday, at Queen's wharf, and now lies in the morgue awaiting identification. It has…

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The Collision on the Parramatta River. the Inquiry

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 8

THE Marine Board inquiry into the above directer is being held to-day. There were present-- the President (Captain Hisson, R.N.), and Captains Moodle, Robertson,…

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Latest Cables. Frightful Street Accident. a Tramcar Crushed. Three Persons Killed and 17 Seriously Injured. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 5

A frightful accident has occurred at Brooklyn (United States). During the section of an elevated railway through the city, a derrick which was…

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The Fatal Collision [?]N the Parramatta River. Marine Board Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 5

The Marine Board commenced an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances attending the fatal collision which occurred between the steamers Undine and Little Violet on the…

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The Fatal Collision on the Parramatta River. Marine Board Inquiry. The Marine Board [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 6

The Marine Board commenced an inquiry yesterday morning into the fatal collision between the Undine and Little Violet, which occured on the Parramatta River, off The Brothers, on the afternoon of Saturday last. The following…

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A Horseman Drowned

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

COOKTOWN, This Day.--A horse-driver named John Standen has been drowned whilst attempting to swim across the Laura River on horseback. The body was…

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The Collision in Parramatta River. Adjourned Inquest

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

MR. SHIELL, City Coroner, resumed the inquest to-day at the Coroner's Court, King-street, on the bodies of the men Daniel Miller and James Peile, who were…

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Fatal Accident in Paddington

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 4

A[?] accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Paddington. A child named Mary Lydia Alexandra M'Lachlon, aged five years, while playing on the balcony of her…

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Another Gun Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--On Wednesday a butcher boy named Bennett went to his employer's [?]ghter-house, near Plattsburg, to kill a rat. Another [?]sd named…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

A woman named Marion Jones, residing at 12 George-street, Redfern, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday by Constable Mallard, of No. 1 Station, who stated that he found…

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Serious Collision on the Parramatta River

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 364

A serious collision took place on the Parramatta River at the conclusion of the Kemp-Clifford sculling race last Saturday afternoon, as a result of which two men lost their lives by drowning. At about 5 o'clock the steam…

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The Collision in Parramatta River. Adjourned Inquest

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 8

Daniel Kerr, seamen, residing in Pyrmont, deposed that be had been 22 years at sea. Was on board the Little Violet on Saturday and went up the river to…

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Inquests. the Fatal Collision on the Parramatta River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 10

The circumstances attending the death of two men, named respectively James Peile and Daniel Miller, who, on the occasion of the race on Saturday last for the sculling championship of the world, were drowned in consequence…

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The Fatal Collision on the Parramatta River. the Coronial Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 5

The inqnest on the bodies of James Peile and Daniel Miller, who were drowned through the colliding of the steamers Undine and Little Violet on the Parramatta River on Saturday…

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Accidents treated in the Cottage Hospital

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 5

Last week Wednesday a carter, named Fred. Warner, residing in Mullens street, cut his foot severely on a broken bottle, severing an artery…

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