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Accidents, 1889

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Fatal Mining Accident at Broken Hill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 8

A man named Matthew Wm. Throupe was killed at the Proprietary mine on Saturday, by falling down an ore-pass, a depth of 66ft. The pass had not been worked for months, and that portion of the mine is not…

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Accident to the S.S. Hohenstaufen. the Vessel Towed to Colombo. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 7

The North-German Lloyd's steamer Hohenstaufen, which left Bremen on the 28th December for Sydney, has been towed into Colombo, in consequence of her tunnel…

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Accident to a Mail Steamer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 7

A CABLE received by Messrs. Finck and Betz, local agents for the North German Lloyd line of steamers, reports that the steamer Hohenstaufen, from Bremen…

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A Painful Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 6

A LABORER named Maurice Kilmurten, aged 47 years, residing at No. 500, Kent- street, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital to-day by Dr. T. C. Fisher, having…

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Accident to a Packer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 5

A younu man named William Bentley, residing at No. 101- Cumberland-street, was assisting to pack somo gooda at Messrs. Wallach Brothers' establishment,…

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Accident to the Steamer Hohenstaufen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Finck and Betz, the local agents for the North German Lloyd line of steamers, have received a cable announcing that the steamer Hohenstaufen, en route from Bremen to…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 5

A laborer named Michael Saunders,aged 48, residing at Rushcutters' Bay, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last evening suffering from a fracture of the left coliar-bone, caused…

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The Hohenstauffen's Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 18.—The s.s. Nurnberg, the following steamer of the North German Lloyd's line, takes on the passengers of the s.s. Hohenstauffen, towed into Colombo disabled…

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The Accident to the Hohenstaufen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 8

A later cable was received yesterday to the effect, as was predicted, that the passengers on board the German mail steamer Hohenstaufen will be transhipped at Colombo to the company's steamer Nurnberg. The Nurnberg leaves Colombo…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) the Accident to the Hohenstaufen. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 7

The North German Lloyd's steamer Nurnburg will take on the passengers by the steamship Hohenstaufen, which broke her tunnel shaft and had to be towed to…

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Fatal Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

CAMDEN, This Day: -- William Rothwell, a resident of Bringelly, on returning from the demonstration in connection with the laying of the foundation stone of…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

A gardener, named William Kernan, aged 77, was yesterday walking along Sussex-street, when he fell and sprained his left ankle. He lay in the street for several hours until…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday.--A sad accident has occurred at Tunbridge. A man named John Barwick, while shooting hares on Saturday, accidentally shot himself dead, but the body was…

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A Fearful Fatality. a Man Mutilated

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 8

A terrible accident occurred about 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, at the Darling Harbor railway sheds, when an unfortunate fellow, named Isaac Castle,…

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News by Telegraph. New South Wales News. A Fatal Accident

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 5

WAGGA, Wednesday.—A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday. A young man named Robert Miller was engaged tank-siuking near the boundary of Gobbagombalin run, with his brothers, when a…

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Accident to a Boundary Rider

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 5

BATHURST, This Day.--A boundary rider named Alien Pong, in the employ of Mr. James Rutherford, at Hereford, was found lying on the Sofala road, having…

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Fatal Accident at Darling Harbor

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 7

AN accident, which terminated fatally, occurred at the Darling Harbor Railway Yards yesterday afternoon. A laborer named Isaac Castle, aged 25 years, resid…

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Boating Fatality at Adelaide. Three Persons Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 5

[?]AIDE, Thursday.--During the progress, of an open-air concert on the banks of the Torrens Lake, Adelaide, on Wednesday night, hundreds of people being present, trial trips…

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A Boating Fatality, a Man and a Boy Drowned

Evening News · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A sad accident occurred on Torrens Lake on Wednesday night. An ingenious boatbuilder has, during the past few weeks, constructed a peculiar kind of water motor…

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Collapse Oe a Store--a Young Man Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday,--The wall of Perry Bros', ironmongers' store collapsed to-day, and several hundred tons of iron were displaced. A young man named Cussidy was seriously…

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