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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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A Mother and Child Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 7

A sensation was caused here this morning by the disappearance of Mrs. M'Dowell, wife of Mr. J. M'Dowell, late warder in Cowra Hospital, now in possession of the Railway Hotel, and her infant son. A…

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A Terrible Calamity. Three Children Burnt to Death. The Mother Severely Injured. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

A shocking burning fatality occurred here last night about 10 o'clock, when the house of Charles Cantlon, a barber in the west portion of the town, was totally destroyed…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 6

St. James's Park Skating Kink, in Yarra-street, Hawthorn (Vic.) was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary…

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Another Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

About 20 minutes to 9 o'clock on Saturday morning a shacking fatal accident occurred in Paddington, when a little girl named Mable Lloyd, between 5 and 6 years of age, was run over and killed by a tram. The child…

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Casualties. Accident at the Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

At the Canterbury Park races on Saturday afternoon a jockey named Honry Morn, 16 years of age, residing at Warwick Farm, Liverpool, met with a serious accident. He was riding Pugilist in the Flying Handicap,…

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Accident to a Railway Employe. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

HARDEN, Saturday.--A young man named Ed. Carpenter, whilst engaged shunting at Harden station to-day, was caught between the drawhooks of two trucks and was picked…

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Inquests. Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 4

An inquest was commenced yesterday morning by the City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., at the Brewery Hotel, Oxford-street, Paddington, touching the death of a child named Mabel[?]Lloyd, who was killed by being run…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A young man named Walter Henry was drowned while bathing in the Gulf, near the Bogey- hole, on Saturday. This is a most dangerous, place…

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A Workman Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

AN accident, resulting in a boilermaker named John Clinton, aged 29, living at 42 Crown-road, Pyrmont, sustaining a rather serious injury to his back, happened…

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A Collision in the Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 8

As the Tasmsnian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oo[?]h, from Hobart, was coming into port yesterday she came into collision with the schooner Venus, and the latter vessel received some damage, including the carrying away…

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A Child Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

GRENFELL, Monday.--A child named Pettitt, two years of age, was drowned on Saturday evening in a waterhole in its parents garden. An inquest was held before M. Crommelin, the…

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The Tramway Fatality. Inquest on the Victim

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

THE inquest on the body of Mabel Lloyd, the little girl who was killed on Saturday morning through being run over by a trans in Oxford-street, was held today before Mr…

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The King-street Cab Fatality. The Victim Identified

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

THE body of the man who was fatally injured last night through being knocked down and run over by a cab was this morning identified as that of Edward Quinlan,…

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Drowned at Newcastle. The Body Recovered. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

The body of the young man Hendry, who was drowned in the Gulf on Saturday, was recovered this morning. An inquest will be held…

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Collision on the South Australian Coast. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 7

The schooner Zephyr, which came into collision with the Mary Webster in Spencer's Gulf on 1st February, has been put in the hands of the Sheriff, at the instance of the owners of the Mary Webster,…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

The late Mr. Talbot was a liberal donor to St. Peter's Church, Cook's River. For this, if for no other reason, his surviving relatives think it hard that his grave cannot be preserved from persons…

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Fatal Street Accident. Run Over and Killed by a Cab

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

Shortly after half-past 10 o'clock on Monday night a street accident happened near the Queen's Statue, at the top of King-street, which resulted in the death of a man whose name is at…

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Serious Mining Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 8

On Saturday a serions accident occurred in Stockton pit to a wheeler named John Adams. The horse Adams was driving would not work in limbers, so a thain was used, and prior to Saturday two wheelers…

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Casualties. Fatal Cab Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

Last night a fatal accident happened at the Queen's Statue to [?]ame unkno[?] Cab No. 800, driven by James K[?]dy, was going in the direction of St. Mary's Catl[?]al, and when opposite the statue it…

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Painful Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

About 20 minutes past 6 o'clock last evening a very painful accident happened to Victor Martin, 11 years of age, a schoolboy residing with his parents at Calga, Brighton-street, Petersham. The…

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