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Accidents, 1889

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Serious Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 6

PARRAMATTA, This Day.--An accident of a painful nature befell a man named James Brady, employed by Mr. Oatley, of Sural, and who was returning in a cart…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 3

A laborer named Daniel Godfrey, aged 45, was in the act of scaling a fence yesterday, when he landed on a small stone twisting his ankle. He was attended to at the Sydney…

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Inquests. Accidentally Poisoned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 3

Mr. W. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial Inquiry at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday into the cause of the death of a child named David Wellcaley Read, aged 2 years and 8…

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Fatal Accident on the Training Track. a Jockey Killed. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Two racehorses, while being trained at Tabilk, Nagambic, collided with some cattle. One of the riders named Morris Gardman, of Corowa, aged 19…

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Railway Accident in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday. -- The signal on the railway at Ipswich having been turned to the wrong point, three goods waggons were derailed on Saturday night, and traffic was blocked for…

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A Railway Accident. Fourteen Persons Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- A telegram from the Continent conveys the intelligence that a serious railway accident occurred yesterday at Brussels, by which 14 persons wore killed…

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Collision at Sea. Twenty-four Lives Lost. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

The steamer Nereid collided with the ship. Killochan, bound from Lyttelton, New Zealand, off the coast at Dover. Twenty four persons were drowned…

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A Shocking Fatality. a Man Cut to Pieces by a Train

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 4

COOTAMUNDRA, Wednesday.-A man named Hales, of Bethungra, met a terrible death on Tuesday night. It appears Hales had visited Cootamundra on Tuesday for the…

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To-day's Cablegrams. Collision in the English Channel. List of Survivors

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON February 4.-It has been ascertained the collision in the English. Channel between the steamer Nereid and the Killochan, bound from Lyttelton (N.Z.) to London, that…

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Further Floods in Victoria. Two Persons Drowned. Immense Destruction of Property at Castlemaine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Last night saw a repetition of the calamity by floods in the Castlemaine district on New Year's Day. On this occasion, however, only one life -- that of a…

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Collision in the English Channel. Two Vessels Sunk in Four Minutes. Twenty-four Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 7

The steamer Nereid, while passing down the English Channel, came into collision off Dungeness with the ship Killochan, bound from. Lyttelton, New Zealand. Both…

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The Late Crown Prince of Austria. Tremendous Crush to View the Body. One Person Killed and Twenty-four Injured. Further Particulars. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

While the body of the late Prince Imperial of Austria was lying in state in the Court chapel at Vienna the crush of people to view the remains was so…

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Fatal Mining Accident at West Wallsend. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 8

A miner named Stirling, who was working at the West Wallsond Colliery, was killed this morning by [?] fall of coal Mr. Coroner Martin has been apprised of the accident, and will hold an inquest to-morrow…

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Training Accidents

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day. -- Last Friday, while two young racehorses were being trained in the paddock of Mr. Philip Morgan, at Tahbilk, they collided with…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 4

A cabman named William Allan was driving his horse rather quickly round the corner of Liverpool aud Castlereagh streets yesterday when the cab swerved and he fell to the ground…

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Fatal Colliery Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Inspector Brenan received intelligence from West Wallsend to-day that a miner named Stirling had met with a fatal accident in the colliery there, presumably…

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A Railway Fatality

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday.- An inquest was held on the body of Harry Hales, on Wednesday, by the district coroner, Mr. Barnes. The evidence went to show that Hales was under the influence…

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Drowned in a Tank

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.-A magisterial inquiry was held today into the death of the child Maggie Collins, aged 19 months, found dead in a tank near the railway station. The evidence…

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Another Shipping Collision. Supposed Heavy Loss of Life

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 6.—The vessel Largs Bay bound for Auckland, New Zealand, has been in collision with a steamer in the Channel, and has been to Spithead in a sinking condition. The…

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Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 6

A cabdriver, named William Allan, was on Tuesday admitted to the Sydney Hospital by Dr. T. J. Henry, suffering from fracture of the right fibula above the ankle, and a lacerated wound on…

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