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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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COUNTRY. Railway Collision. General Smash-up

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5

GOSFORD, This Day.--Two engines, with several trucks attached, were proceeding yesterday, one from Gosford to Woy Woy, and the other from Woy Woy to Gosford,…

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The Tram Accident in Liverpool-street. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5

Sir,—I notice in your paper this morning a report of the accident in Liverpool-street with the tram and the cab, and I think correctly reported, being a passenger in the car at the time it happened; but being in delicate health the cries…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE following casus have been treated at the Sydney Hospital yesterday:-- Chas, Smith, 26, cabman, crushed finger ; John Campbell, 48, foreman, crushed finger…

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The Tram and Cab Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 6

CHARLES GOODMAN, the clerk who was injured yesterday by being nearly run over by a tram is progressing favorably, but he is terribly braised about the lower…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BLAYNEY, This Day.--Ernest Marsh, a youth 16 years of age, living with his parents here, was gutting over a fence to-day while out shooting with his brother…

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A Young Lady Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

BRAIDWOOD, Thursday.--At 9 o'clock this morning the body of Miss Milne was recovered. She was bathing with two daughters of Mrs. Wilson and got out of her depth, the water…

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News by Telegraph. Drowned Near Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAMD, Thursday.--On Tuesday the body of a mining engineer named Thomas Horsefield, was found floating in a lagoon at Telarah, near Maitland. At an inquest held on…

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A Young Girl Drowned while Bathing

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 6

BRAIDWOOD, This Day.--The body of the young girl, Jane Milne, who was drowned in the Charleyong River, near Braidwood, yesterday, while bathing, was…

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Two Children Drowned at Armidale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 7

Yesterday a boy 10 years old and his sister, aged six years, children of Mr. George Davis, superintendent of Herbert Park station, were drowned in Cameron's Creek; 12 miles from Armidale. The children went to the creek…

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Another Railway Smash. Five Men Injured. a Miraculous Escape. Gosford, Thursday Evening

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

FURTHER particulars concerning the collision last evening between two of Mr. George Blunt's trains, 2 miles south of Gosford, show that the trains were…

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Serious Railway Accident A[?] Gosford. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 8

An accident occurred on No. 3 contract of the Southern and Northern Junction Railway from the Hawkesbury to Gosford, yesterday, through the coupling on four trucks attached to an engine proceeding from Mullet Creek…

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The Accident at the Glebe. Death of the Victim

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

MART FITZPATRICK, an elderly woman, met met with a severe accident recently at the corner of Mitchell and Campbell-streets at the Glebe, died in the Prince Alfred…

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Accident in a Mine

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.—A telegram from Avoca reports a great fall of sand at the Working Miners' United claim, which has filled up the drives and part of the…

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A Defensive Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.—On Wednesday night while the efficiency of the defence preparations at the Heads was being tested for the satisfaction…

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QUEENSLAND. Accidents

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--A mason named Reibelt, employed at the new Town Hall works, fell from the scaffolding, a distance of 16ft., and sustained severe but not…

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The Toolburra Tragedy. Murder or Accident ? The Mystery Increased

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--There is very little fresh to add in reference to the double fatality at North Toolburrs. The magisterial inquiry will be commensed…

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Fogs in England. Fatalities and Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Heavy fogs have prevailed throughout England during the past two days, seriously interfering with business. A number of fatalities and…

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A Boy Drowned

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--News from Plattsburg states that a son of Robert Murray, 13 years of ago, was drowned yesterday afternoon in the reservoir near the…

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