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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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Railway Accident Near Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 14

A railway accident occurred on the Boxhill line tonight by which four goods trueles and the engine were thrown off the line. One passenger, a lady, was much shaken. There is, a single line from Camberwell to…

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Saved From Drowning

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 3

A LITTLE girl, about 7 years of age, whose name has not transpired, and who lives with her parents in Surry Hills, fell overboard from the harbour steamer Leveret…

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The Railway Collision

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--An official report attributes the Canterbury collision to the fact that the driver of the goods train was unable to control the speed of…

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The Late Railway Collision Near Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 8

The railway collision at Canterbury station on Friday hight is attributed first to the inability of the driver of the goods train, whick drove the tracks off the siding, thereby, causing the…

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Bicycle Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 5

BATHURST, This Day.--A cyclist named Mello[?], while riding round the cricket ground on Saturday, was crossed by another rider named Pullen. Mellors fell…

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Severe Accident In a Mine

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Thos. Hetherington, a son of the mayor of Adamstown met with a severe accident in the old Glebe pit yesterday. He was employed [?]…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 5

A schoolboy named Thomas Burke, residing with his parents at 138 Kent-street, was knocked down by a cab in the vicinity of his home on Saturday, and on being taken to the…

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News by Telegraph. Accident to a Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 5

BATHURST, Saturday.--A young man named Mellors met with a severe accident on the bicycle track at the cricket ground this evening. He was riding round the track when he…

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The Undine-violet Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 4

The inquiry into the recent collision between the Undine and Little Violet was resumed by the Marine Board yesterday afternoon. The evidence having concluded…

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A Child Drowned in a Well

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, Monday. -- A child named Thomas Stone, aged two years, was drowned in a well adjacent to the residence of its parents, at Newtown, on…

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The Fatal Collision on the Parramatta River

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 4

The Marine Board yesterday resumed the inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision which took place on the Parramatta River on the 11th alt. between the steamers…

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The Marine Board. the Fatal Collision on the Paramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 4

The Marine Board yesterday continued the inquiry into the circumstunces connected with the colliction on the Parmmatta River on the 11th ultime between the steamers Undine and Little Violet. Dr. Sly. instruicted by Mr. G…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 4

Yesterday Elizabeth Coatee, living in Brandling-lane, Alexandria, whilst playing in a paddock in the vicinity of her parents' house, was kicked in the head by a horse, causing a…

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A Sad Case of Drowning

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 6

WAGGA, This Day.--Shortly after six o'clock last evening a boy of six years, the youngest son of Mr. Lidgate, whilst playing with some other children on the bank…

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The Undine-little Violet Collision

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 5

THE Marine Board this morning gave their finding in the Undine-Little Violet collision, which occurred on the Parramatta River on February 11, and which resulted…

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Two Children Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 5

WAGGA, Tuesday.--A fatal accident occurred yesterday, the victim being Percy Lidgate, eight years of age, the son of Mr. John Lidgate. He with some other boys was playing on the…

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QUEENSLAND. The Derwent and Otter Collision, Finding of the Marine Board

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--In regard to the collision between the Derwent and the Otter,the Marine Board has found that if the mate of the Otter had exercised more…

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The Collision Between Steamers Derwent and Other. Decision of the Queensland Marine Board. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 10

The Marine Board have given their decision concerning the collision between the steamers Derwent and Otter on the Brisbane River on the evening of the 24th of February. The board are of opinion that when…

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Serious Accident to a Teamster. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 10

On Sunday evening a messenger reached Dr. Knowles's residence with information that a serious accident had happened to Hugh Lockrey, a teamster, he being near the Halfway House, while on his way to Grafton. A waggon…

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Fatal Accident in York-street

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 4

A FATAL accident happened yesterday at Messrs. Briscoe, Drysdale and Co.'a warehouse, York-street, to a boy named Ernest Bateman, aged fifteen years, residing with…

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