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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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The Accident at the Glebe. Further Particulars

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 6

IT has now been ascertained that the woman who sustained such severe injuries last night, at the Glebe, through a horse having bolted, is a Mrs. Ryan, of…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 6

The following have been treated at the Sydney Hospital:--Richard Whellan, 30, cabdriver, crushed fingers; Thomas Davidson, 33, engine driver, crushed hand;…

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An Extraordinary Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Yesterday a young woman named Mrs. Masher, at Williamstown, was pushing up a window with a poker, when it fell and the poker…

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Painful Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Charles Kimpton, an old man, sustained fracture of both arms, at Mysa yesterday. He was driving a bay waggon. A sheaf fell on the…

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Another Mining Accident. A Foolhardy Act

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

BULLI, This Day.--A miner named Thomas Tyndall nearly lost his life to-day through a piece of evidently reckless bravado. The winding gear by which the…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE following were treated at the Sydney Hospital yesterday:--Arthur Campbell, 13, printer, crushed toe; John Smith, 38, labourer, crushed finger; C. Donahew, 2,…

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Accident at a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

BULLI, Thursday.--Through the breakage of the winding gear at the local mine a train of waggons descended the incline towards the jetty at a terrific speed, and Thos. Tindall, in…

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A Drowning Fatality. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE.,Friday.--A sad ease or drowning occurred in the river Onkaparinga, near Mount Torrens. on Thursday. A boy named Turner, aged 13, went out with a servant girl, aged 20…

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Found Drowned in Prospect Dam

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 7

Mr. J. E. Bowden, Coroner for the District, held an inquest at Radbourne’s Commercial Hotel, Prospect Camp, on Friday afternoon last, on the body of a man named John Lavell, which…

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Boating Fatality on the Hawkesbury River. Peat's Ferry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 47

A fatal boating accident occurred on the Hawkesbury-River, near Peat's Ferry, yesterday, New Year's Day. Charles Henry Coleman, a foreman in the employment of Messrs, Anderson and Barr, contractors for the Hawkesbury…

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The Accident in Tattersall's Cup. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 12

Sir,—I have waited until the conclusion of the coroner's enquiry into the cause of this deplorable accident before asking you for space for a few lines regarding the remarks of your sporting writer in your issue of 3rd instant…

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Accidentally Shot

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—An inquest was held this afternoon on the boy Ayers, who was shot yesterday by another boy, and who died to-day, as wired. A verdict of…

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Accident on the Railway'

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

Newcastle,Friday.--This morning a gatekeeper named Robert King was engaged in opening the Market-Street gates to admit a cart passing, when a locomotive coming towards the…

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News by Telegraph. Fatal Accident at Hexham

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--A terrible accident, resulting in the death of a youth named Henry Rice, took place at Hexham yesterday. It seems that Rice was driving a milkcart,…

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Fatal Gun Accident. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

Melbourne, Friday.--A gun accident occurred at Williamstown to-day, resulting fatally. Two boys named Ayers and Potter were out shooting, and while exchanging…

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Beware of the Gas ! A Terrible Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Frank Nelson, a boots employed in Woods' Hotel, Bourke-street West, met with a frightful accident on Saturday night. He…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 6

THE following have been treated at the Sydney Hospital: -- P. Harford, 40, engineer, crushed fingers; Josiah Clark, 21, carpenter, splinter in wrist; S…

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COUNTRY. Fatal Shunting Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- The District Coroner held on inquest at Charleston, on Saturday afternoon, on the body of John Simpson, clerk at the colliery works, South…

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Death Through Drink. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

AN inquest was held this morning at the South Sydney Morgue, before the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell[?], J.P.), on the body of Conrad Wickett, a [?]-finisher by…

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