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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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That Botany Tram Fatality. the Inquest

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue on Friday into the circumstances attending the death, of the tram driver, James Logan, who was killed through, the capsizing of…

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Accident to a Mail Coach. Driver and Hoeses Drowned. Miraculous Escape of a Boy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 9

BEGA, Monday.—About 2 o'clock on Saturday morning the mail coach from Bega to Lyttleton capsized in Bembooka River. The front wheel and pole of the coach are only visible The…

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Drowned Together. Sad Fate of Two Boys. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

Two little boys named Daniel Lentoll and Herbert Schnek were drowned in Ironbark Creek at Hexham yesterday. It appears that the boys were both about…

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The Taramung-colusa Collision. Captain Page's Certificate Suspended. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Court of M[?] Inquiry to-day investigated the charge of misconduct preferred against John Page, master of the steamer Taramung, in connection with the…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

A young man named Charles Hall, 21 years of age, was admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday, suffering from severe barns about the arms, caused through cleaning a tank containing…

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Fatal Mail Coach Accident

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 18

NEWS reached Bega on Sunday that the coach from Bega last night, which met the Sydney mail at Lyttleton, had been capsized in Bembooka River. The driver, George Taylor, and the horse…

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The Accident to the Lusitania

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 325

The particulars to hand of the of the accident to the R.M.S. Lusitania at Melbourne are:—About half-past 9 o'clock there was a sudden escape of steam in the engine-room, and though there was a little alarm at first, there was no panic. The…

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Accident to a Mail Coach. Bega

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 329

News has just reached town to at the coach from Bega last night, which met the Sydney mails at Lyttleton, has been capsized in Bembooka River, the accident occurred about 2 o'clock this morning. The front…

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Terrible Accident. a Girl Fearfully Burnt. No Hope of Her Recovery. CROOKWELL

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

A girl eight years of age, daughter of William Dunn, of Bigga, was severely burnt through her clothes catching fire on Thursday afternoon. The mother…

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Accident to a Goods Train. An Engine Turns Over

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

INFORMATION was received this morning by the Railway Department to the effect that the engine of a goods train turned over at Douglas Park. The train ran too far along…

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The Fatal Tram Accident. the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

The death of James Ross Logan, the engine driver who was killed on Thursday afternoon last by the capsize of a tramway motor he was driving, formed the subject of an inquest at the…

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Accident to a Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, January 31.—The steamer Jubilce, of the Ellis line, which arrived, here on Thursday afternoon from Sydney, met with an accident while entering the harbor. It appears that when…

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The Balmain Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 6

AT the Balmain Cottage Hospital to-day the city coroner held an inquest relative to the death of Henry Campbell, the man who was killed at Balmain on Saturday through a…

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A Cabman Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 6

A SERIOUS accident befel a cabman named William Creek, aged 40, yesterday. He was driving along Oxford-street, and when nearing Palmer-street his horse became…

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The Recent Tram Fatality. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 5

Sir,—In your report of the inquest herein and touching the evidence of Mr. Albert B. Brown it is stated " the motor was in good order and the wheels were perfectly sound." I think that some information should…

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Drowning of Two Boys at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 5

At the inquest on the body of the boy Lentott, who was drowned in Ironbark Creek, a verdict of found drowned was returned. The Newcastle water police have gone up to-day to drag for the body of Sehuch,…

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A Buggy Smash. Narrow Escapes. A Lady Severely Injured. BATHURST

The Australian Star · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 6

A serious buggy accident occurred yesterday near Oberon. The occupants of the vehicle were the Rev. Father Walsh, the Misses Jeffrey and Luxton. The buggy…

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Serious Gas Explosion. a House Wrecked.--a Plumber Badly Injured. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A serious gas explosion occurred at P. Carey's residence, Richmond, owing to a plumber named William Terrill lighting a match to locate a gas escape…

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The Australian Auxiliary Squadron. Explosion on the Barracoota Ten Men Injured. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 7

The third trial trip of the new cruiser Barracoota, one of the vessels of the Australian Auxiliary Squadron, has proved a failure…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 6

BATHURST, Monday.—A serious buggy accident happened on Saturday on the road between O'Connell and Oberon. The Rev. Father Walsh, Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Luxton were driving in…

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