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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

3,423 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 172

Railway Accident in Tasmania. Several Persons Seriously Injured. (By Cable)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.-- Intelligence has reached here of a rather serious accident having happened on the Scottsdale railway. A train was backing down an Incline when soma carriages…

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The Fatal Collision in the Parramatta River

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 6

Ernest Henry Clarke, residing at Balmain stated that be was master of tho Undine, on February 11. Witness steered from a platform 18 inches above the…

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The Collision on the Parramatta River. the Inquest Resumed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

The inquest on the bodies of the men James Peile and Daniel Miller, who were drowned in ' the Parramatta River on Saturday last consequent upon the collision of the steamers…

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Tho Floods at Rockhampton. A Flock of Sheep Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--A flock of 500 sheep were drowned in the floods at Rockhampton, which have done great damage there…

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Coroner's Inquest. the Fatal Collision on the Parramatta River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 4

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

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Runway Trucks at a Quarry. One Man Killed and Another Injured (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

KIAMA, MONDAY. -- An inquest was held to- day the local hospital, before the district coroner (Mr. h . Connel, P.M), on the body of William Cabs, A young man about 23 years…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 8

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

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Fatal Accident in a Coalpit. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 8

An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon, by the District Coroner, at Fassifern, Teralba, on the body of a miner, named Charles Watarlard, who was killed on the previous evening. The principal evidence was that of…

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Accident to a Little Boy

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 6

A LITTLE boy, eight year old, named Wm. Piggott, residing at the Globe, was knocked down and run over in Mitchell- street, Saturday, by a delivery cart driven…

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Tram Accident in Elizabeth Street

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

A TRAM accident took place last evening, about six o'clock, at the corner of Hunter- street and Elizabeth-street. A man named Peter Appleton, aged 67 years, and…

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TASMANIA. Railway Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, This Day.--On the Scottsdale railway while a train was backing down an incline several truck got off the rails. Three or four persons who were…

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Serious Accident in a Quarry. One Man Killed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 5

KIAMA, This Day.--An accident of a serious character occurred on Saturday, at the Bombe quarries. The trucks which ordinarily convoy the blue metal to the…

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Accident to a Coachman

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 8

A MAN named Johnson Wallls, aged 31 years was admitted to the Sydney Hospital to-day, suffering from a compound fracture of one of the fingers, contusions…

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Fatal Vehicle Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 6

An inquest was begun oy tne city coroner yesteraay, at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, touching the death of a cabman named Charles Goodman, who on the 10th ultimo, met with fatal injuries while driving his vehicle in…

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Drowned in a Fit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 6

The circumstances relating to the death of a man named William M'Keon, a dealer, who was drowned in the harbour on Sunday afternoon last, formed the subject of an inquest held yesterday afternoon by the City Coroner at…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 6

MR. SHIELL, City Coroner, held an inquiry at the Soudan Hotel, North George, street, this afternoon, into the circumstances attending the death of William…

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Drowned in Moore Park

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 5

A LAD named James Frederick Ivory, aged 13 yours, was drowned yesterday in a pond in the Agricultural Society's Grounds, Moore Park. He was bathing with three…

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Drowned While in a Fit

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 6

An inquest was held before the City Coroner at the Soudan Hotel. Lower George-street, yesterday, touching the death of the man William M'Keon, who while in, a boat in the…

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The Fatality in a Colliery. Curious Realisation of a Dream

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Day.--In the pockets of the miner Westerland, killed at Fassifern, was a letter from a Sydney lady, saying she dreamt he had been killed…

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Prospect Camp. Fatal Results of a Fire. an Infant Killed and a Mother Seriously Injured

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 2

EARLY on Sunday morning last a dwelling composed of a wooden frame, the interstices of which were filled up with canvas and corn bags, and which was occupied by Thomas Corbett, a…

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