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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Painful Accident to a Girl

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 8

A YOUNG girl named Ada Lockett, residing at 19 Waterloo-street, met with a very painful accident yesterday evening. She was engaged as a laundress at the Albion Steam…

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The Cab Accident in King-street

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 6

The death of Edward Quinlan, who was killed on Monday night at the top of King-street through being run over by cab No. 850, formed the subject of an inquest yesterday…

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Rescued From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

Between 4 and 5 o'clock on Tuesday last Norman Schultz, son of Mr. V. H. Schultz, presiding is Bank-street, North Shore, together with several other lads, was indulging in a…

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Drowned at Parramatta. The Body Recovered. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

A drowning fatality occurred about 11 o'clock this morning, when a boy named Thomas Cooper, 12 yeare of age, son of Harvey Cooper, Phillip-street, Parramatta…

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Case of Drowning at Gerogery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

A case of accidental drowning is reported from Gerogery. Full particulars are not yet to hand, but it appears that the deceased was one of a party of four who came over from Victoria with the view of selecting…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

A sailor named Mathenson was engaged in discharging ballast on the snip Dartmore, at Newcastle, about 5 o'clock on Thursday evening, when an iron bar fell upon bis knee and severely…

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A Miraculous Escape. Extraordinary Railway Accident

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 2

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.—An extraordinary accident happened on the Central railway to-day, when a man named Brisbane had a miraculous escape from death. It seams that Brisbane and…

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Oakleigh Railway Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

Melbourne, Friday.--The result of the inquiry into the Oakleigh railway accident is that the engine-driver and guard have been dismissed…

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Sad Drowning Fatalities

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 442

Two lads, named Frederick Davenport, aged 11 years and 3 months, and William Lynch, aged 10 years and 4 months, were drowned in a waterhole near the Chinese gardens yesterday afternoon. About…

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Fatal Drowning Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 5

Yesterday morning a boy named Jame Thomas Cooper, aged between 12 and 18 years of age, a son of Mr. T. H. Cooper, of Charles- street, Parramatta, was drowned in the…

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Another Tram Fatality

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 44

On Saturday last Mabel Lloyd, 5 years of age, residing with her stepfather in Comber-street, Paddington, was crossing Oxford-street near the Paddington Brewery, when she was run down by…

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A Boy Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4
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YESTERDAY (Friday) morning a boy named Thomas Cooper, aged 13 years, son of Mr. Harvey Cooper, of Charles street, Parramatta, was drowned off the…

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Casualties. a Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 12

A boy named James Cooper, aged 12, son of Mr. H. Cooper, of Charles-street, was drowned yesterday morning whilst playing on the planking of the flood gates at Parramatta. He was walking across a plank…

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Mother and Child Drowned

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 442

A sensation was caused here this looming by the disappearance of Mrs. M'DowelI, 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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Accident to a Camping Party. a Young Man Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4

On Thursday morning last a sad accident happened to one of a camping party at Cremorne Point, which resulted in the death, of a young man. It seems that a number of young men were camped…

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Drowned at Parramatta. The Body Recovered. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 6

A drowning fatality occurred about 11 o'clock this morning, when a boy named ' Thomas Cooper, 12 years of age, son of Harvey Cooper, Phillip-street, Parramatta,…

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A Bank Clerk Drowned. Sad Fate of a Young Man. Recovery of the Body

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 6

AFTER a two days' search, the Water Police succeeded this morning in recovering the body of a young man named James Cochrane, who was drowned in the vicinity of…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have offered a reward of £10 for evidence which will lead to the coviction of the person or persons who placed a wheelbarrow frame on the Western railway line…

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Accident at Sea. London, Feb. 17

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 408

During the passage of the P. and 0. R.M.S. Victoria, which left Adelaide on January 14 for England, a passenger jumped overboard midway between Colombo and…

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