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Accidents, 1890

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Drowning Fatality in Cook's River

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

THE city coroner yesterday afternoon held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue into the circumstances attending the death of William Ah Sing and George Ah Sing, the…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

THE jury at the inquest held to-day on the body of James Doyle, the man who was drowned at Circular Quay on Tuesday, evening through falling off the wharf, returned a…

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Drowning Fatality in the Murrumbidgee. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

A drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee on Tuesday, the victim being a little girl named Blanche Ah Fie, between eight and nine years of age. The child was bathing with live other children near the…

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Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

A tram accident, resulting in the death of a child named William Slattery, 6 years of age, occurred yesterday afternoon at the corner of Oxford and Pelican street. The little fellow was seen on the tram line at…

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The Bathing Fatality

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

WAGGA WAGGA, Thursday.-The body of the girl Blanche Ah Fie, who was drowned on Tuesday afternoon, while bathing, formed the subject of a magisterial inquiry today. Charlotte Sam…

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A Mining Fatality

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

HILLGROVE, Friday.-A man named Michael Greeney fell from the rope while being hauled up the shaft this morning at the Golden Gate Goldmining Company, and was instantly killed. The…

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Two Chinese Lads Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

An inquiry was held yesterday afternoon at the South Sydney Morgue, before the City Coroner and a jury of 12, into the cause of death of George and William Ah Sing, the two…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

The death of Jumes Doyle, who was drowned near the Monly jetty, Circular Quay, on Tuesday evening, formed the subject of an inquest by the City Coroner, at the Crovdon Hotel, George-street North, yesterday…

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Inquests. Two Boys Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

The circumstances of the death of two boys named William Ah Sing and George Ah Sing, who were drowned in Cook's River on Wednesday afternoon, formed the subject of a coronial inquest at the South…

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The Wagga Drowning Case. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

WAGGA, Thursday.--A magisterial inquiry was held to-day before Mr. W. Rand, J.P., touching the death of Blanche Ah Fie, who was drowned in the River Marrumbidgee. The…

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Inquests. the Drowning Case at Circular Quay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Croydon Hotel, George-street, on the body of James Doyle, the man who was drowned…

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The Drowning of Two Brothers. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

About midday yesterday Arthur Edward Poole, aged 12, and his brother Frank, aged 10, were drowned in an artificial lake at Preston while bathing. They asked permission to bathe of a man…

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Floods in Queensland. People up the Trees. One Man Drowned. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

The Minister for Mines has granted exemption to all miners on the Croydon field for one month, owing to the heavy floods in the Aramac district. The flood is the…

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The Queensland Floods. Mounting Trees for Safety--one Man Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. --The Minister for Mines has granted an exemption to all the mines at Croydon for one month owing to their being flooded…

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Attack by a Savage Bullock. One Man Killed and Another Injured. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

When in the act of droving cattle from the Bellinger two men, named Marsden and Willis, were attacked by one of the bullocks. The former was killed, and the latter was badly injured while endeavouring to ward the…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

Alfred Norris, a well-known selector in the Gulgong district, and who was born without arms, was on Thursday sentenced to two months' imprisonment in Mudgee Gaol for larceny from…

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The Mamari—an Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

Another instance of a new steamer having stripped her propeller occurs in the case of the Mamari. The Mamari has put into Melbourne for repairs. The vessel was built specially for the shaw, Savill, and Albion line for the…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Died in a Few Minutes

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

A BOY named William Slattery, living in Francis-street, was knocked down by a tram motor in, Oxford-street about 20 minutes to 6' o'clock last evening, and…

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The Czar's Illness. Due to Epilepsy. Result of the Booki Accident. LONDON, January 8

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

A journal published at Munich announces apparently on good authority that the recent illness of the Czar, which was attributed to an attempt at poisoning him on the part of…

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Fatal Accidents. a Boy Killed by the Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

An accident occurred yesterday afternoon in Oxford-street at about half-past 5 o'clock whereby a boy, five years old, named William Slattery lost his life. As the 5.15 p.m. through…

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