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Accidents, 1888

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Accident at Singleton

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

[?] This Day.--[?] Hubbard Smith, daughter of the Rev. E. Hubbard Smith, of Jerry's Plains, met[?] accident on Saturday morning. The horse,…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 4

A laborer named John Keating, employed at the Sydney Baths, Pitt-street, met with a painful accident on Saturday afternoon and received injuries which necessitated his removal to the…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--James M'Neill, aged [?], a resident of Windsor, was drowned whilst bathing at St. Kilda. A companion named Jas. Haywood was unconscious for two hours…

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Found Drowned. an Open Verdict

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

AN inquest was held this morning at the South Sydney Morgue before tho City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.), on tho body of the woman found in Darling…

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The Railway Fatality at Darling Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 3

The death of Michael Callaghan, who was killed on the railway at Darling Harbor on Saturday, formed the subject of an inquest at the Coroner's Court, King-street, yesterday…

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Fatal Accident at Darling Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 4

An inquest was held by the City Coroner at the Coroner Court, Chancery Square, yesterday, concerning the deat[?] a man named Michael Callaghan, a labourer, who died in t[?] Sydney Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The decea[?]…

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Accident in George-street

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

CHARLES WHITTAKER, 37. carpenter, residing at 52, Bathurst-street, was working at the new Joint Stock Bank building at King and George streets this morning…

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Accident to the Charlotte Fenwick

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 4

The steamer Charlotte Fenwick, a regular trader between Gosford and Sydney, was towed into Port Jackson at 10 o'clock last evening in a disabled condition, having touched on the…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 3

The following cases have been treated at the Prince Alfred Hospital:--William Winter, for injuries to his cheek, caused by a kick from a horse; Thomas Rudder, for the fracture of his…

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Tram and Cab Collision. Frightful Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

A MAN named Charles Goodman, living in Ultimo, had a narrow escape from losing his life yesterday afternoon through a cab in which he was driving coming into…

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Inquests. Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 4

The City Coroner held aa inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, touching the death of a woman named Elizabeth Spencer, whose body was found floating in the water…

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Found Drowned. an Open Verdict

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 6

AN inquest was held this morning at the South Sydney Morgue before the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell. J.P.), on the body of the woman found floating in Darling…

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Painful Accident at Gosford. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 10

A boy named James Hunter, 15 years of age, son of Mr. A. Hunter, a selector, residing at Penang, met with a serious accident this afternoon. He climbed a tree, for the purpose of affixing a rope to act as a lever to pull the tree…

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Accident in George-street

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 6

CHARLES WHITTAKER, 37, carpenter, residing at 52, Bathurst-street, was working at the new Joint Stock Bank building at King and George streets this morning…

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Queensland. a Mining Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

CHARTERS TOWERS, This Day.--A serious accident occurred to a miner employed in the Day Dawn P.C. He was " boss" of the shift, and engaged looking…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 6

A cabman named John Goodman, residing at 104 Quarry-street, Ultimo, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received through having been knocked…

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Collision on the Northern Railway. Six Workmen Injured. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 4

GOSFORD, Wednesday.--Blunt's two engines with a number of trucks attached to each, one going from Woy Woy to Gosford and the other from Gosford to Woy Woy, met to-day. The…

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Drowned while Bathing

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5

BRAIDWOOD, This Day.--Miss Milne, a young lady who has been on a visit from Sydney was drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing in the Little River at…

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Drowned in a Swamp

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday. -- The body of Thomas Horsfield was yesterday discovered in the swamp at the rear of the Benevolent Asylum, Campbell's Hill…

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A Young Lady Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 4

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.--Intelligence hag just reached town that Miss Milne, a young lady from Sydney, who was on a visit to Mrs. H. P. Wilson, has been drowned in the Little…

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