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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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Fatal Accident Near Burrowa. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Burrowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 14

Information reached Burrowa yesterday evening that Mr. Patrick Hardiman, second son of Mr. James Hardiman grazier, met with a fatal accident by being thrown against a tree in Springfield paddocks. The accident happened about…

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Serious Buggy Accident near Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 385

Mrs. Evans, wife of the mayor of Adamstown, accompanied by her daughter and Miss Craig, were returning from Newcastle in a buggy. When near Adamstown Bridge one of the shafts of the buggy became…

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Accident to a Carter

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 4

A CARTER named William Rogers, aged 45 years, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from internal injuries. He was giving his…

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Fatal Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 6

BURROWA, This Day.--While out riding with a companion yesterday, Mr. Patrick Hardiman was thrown against a tree, through a dog having started the horse…

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Monkey Business in the Wrong Place. a Premium Offered for Accidents

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 4

THE tram-travelling public complain of the extreme carelessness of the signalman on night duty at one of the principal crossings. This young man, who apparently…

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Street Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 8

A MAN named Hector Campbell, aged 60 years, was knocked down by a horse in George-street, Haymarket, this afternoon, and injured. He was taken to the Sydney…

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QUEENSLAND. Fatal Accidents

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--The man Husband, who fell down the held of the Duke Argyle, bat since died. A man named Daniel Falvy has been…

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News by Telegraph. Accident to a Shunter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday. A shunter named Albert Carr met with a serious accident this morning. While putting the brake on a heavy, truck with his root bo slipped, and the foot…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

A YOUNG man, named William M'Ewan, was boating near Athol yesterday afternoon, with two other men named Edward Pearce and Alfred Watkins, when he had…

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The Fatal Collision in Parramatta River. Adjourned Inquest on the Bodies

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

MR. SHEILL, City Coroner, resumed the inquest at the Coroner's Court to-day on the bodies of James Peile and Daniel Miller, who were drowned in the…

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Heavy Floods in Northern Queensland. One Man Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 7

Between 3.30 p.m. on Friday, and 6 p.m. on Saturday, 20 inches 72 points of rain fell at Rockhampton. The greator part of the town was under water, beats plying to some crossings, but…

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Stranding of the Steamer Geelong. the Engineer and a Seaman Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 7

The following information was received from Townsville to-day:—"Telegraph Department,—You Yangs just arrived with foremost cut away. Reports having encountered a fearful gale in Whitsunday Passage…

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QUEENSLAND. Fatal Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, This Day.-- The man Husband, who foil down the hold of the Duke Annie, has since died…

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COUNTRY. Fatal Accident in a Colliery

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A miner named Charles Wastarlard was killed in u pit at Fassifern, and on Saturday an inquest was held. He and others were engaged in…

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Accident to a Labourer

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 8

BRISBANE, This Day.-- A man named Amos Miers, while wheeling a burrow of sand along a plank to a punt this morning, allantoic and fell into the river…

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Accident to a Minor

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 8

BRISBANE, This Day.-- A miner named John Pilkington was killed instantaneously this morning by a fall of rock while working in the Cumberland Prospecting Claim…

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Rifle Accidents. Two Markers Shot

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--A marker named James Carter was shot in the groin during the shooting at the Williamstown butts on Saturday. He died…

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Fatal Accident at Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 4

BATHURST, Saturday.--A boy named Vivian Colley was killed last night. His father gave deceased a horse to take to the owner, residing in George-street, but the horse seems to have…

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Accident at the Williams- Town Rifle Butts. a Marker Fatally Shot. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--On Saturday afternoon, at the Williamstown rifle butts, a marker named James Carter was shot through the body at Ho. 6 Butt. He was taken to the hospital,…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 6

A YOUNG man, named William M'Ewan, was boating near Athol yesterday after.-noon, with two other men named Edward- Pearce and Alfred Watkins, when he had…

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