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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

3,423 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 172

Another Disaster at Sea. Collision Off Dungeness. Twenty-nine Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--A serious collision, resulting in the loss of 29 lives, occurred off Dungeness between the barque Tasmania and the ship City of Corinth. The…

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Accidents at the Hawkesbury Bridge. Death of a Workman. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peat's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 8

Another accident occurred at the Hawkesbury Bridge this morning. A man named Dauiel Cullen got his hand severely crushed between a large iron bucket and a stone, and had to proceed to Sydney this afternoon to have his…

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The Fatal Tram Accident at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 8

Further particulars in connection with the fatal tram accident on Saturday night show that the deceased was the wife of Mr. Matthew Downie, well known in Newcastle as a master carman. She with her husband had…

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Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Accident at Camperdown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 11

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Prince Alfred Hospital regarding the death of a man named David Raynor, a sawyer, who died in the Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday, The deceased…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 11

The ciroumstancos attending the death of a man named Henry Smith, who was killed while making a journey to Botany on a tram on Saturday last, were partly investigated by the City Coroucr at the Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Fatal Street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 11

An inquest was begun by the City Coroner at the Prince Alfred Hospital, yesterday, touching the death of a man named George Switzer, 65 years of age, who was fatally injured at the intersection of Botany and Regent streets,…

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The Fatal Tramway Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Inquest yesterday on the tramway of the woman Downie, who was killed on the tramway on Saturday night, lasted nearly all the…

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The Fatal Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 6

THE funeral of the late Mr. Henry Smith, foreman of the boiler-making department of the Eveleigh workshop, who was killed on Saturday while travelling in a tramcar…

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QUEENSLAND. Coach Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, This Day.--Cabb's coach met with an accident yesterday at Saint George. While going out with the mails, the driver took ill, and a traveller named…

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Melancholy Accident. a Mishap Repeated

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

A MAN named John Allerton, aged 52 years, a plumber and gasfitter, residing in the Wellington Estate. North Botany, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital by Dr…

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Fatal Accident in Redfern. a Woman Falls Downstairs

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

Mr. SHIELL, City Connor, held an inquest to-day at the South Morgue on the body of Ellen Twiss, aged 53 years, a widow who was found dead on Sunday morning…

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A Fatal Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 4

An inquest,was subsequently held by the Coroner on the body of a man named George Switzer, aged 67, who was knocked down and killed by a Cab on Saturday last. It…

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Accident to a Railway Manager

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.--Mr. O.H. Grant, manager of the Tasmanian Main Line of Railway, encountered a very serious accident this afternoon. He was driving a phaeton and pair of…

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Accidents at the Hawkesbury Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

PEAT'S FERRY Monday.--Another accident occurred at the Hawkesbury Bridge this morning. A man named Dan Cullen got one of his bands severely crushed between a large iron bucket…

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Shocking Accident at Ipswich. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 10

A shocking accident occurred at Ipswich this afternoon. A two-horse cab, containing the driver, Donald M'Neil, his son, and two passengers na ned Wilson Henry and his wife, was run into by a…

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Fatal Accident in Redfern. a Woman Falls Downstairs

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 6

Mr. SH[?] City Coroner, held an inquest to-day at the South Sydney Morgue on the body of Ellen Twiss, aged [?] years, a widow who was found dead on Sunday morning…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Ipswich

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A fatal railway accident happened at an open level crossing about a mile from Ipswich. When the train was approaching the street the…

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COUNTRY. Another Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Yesterday a woman tried to drive a horse and cart over the tram line at Hamilton, but a motor came racing along and knocked the whole…

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Melancholy Accident. a Mishap Repeated

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 6

A MAN named John Allerton, aged 52 years, a plumber and gasfitter, residing in the Wellington Estate, North Botany, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital by Dr…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 5

IT was reported at the Water Police Station at about 8.30 this morning by Sub-Inspector Cotter, of the North Shore Police, that the dead body of a woman…

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