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Accidents, 1890

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Accident to a Sailor

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- A painful accident occurred to a sailor named Matthewson yesterday. He was working on the barge . Dartmouth, which is lying at the A. A…

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An Unsuccessful Bore Stopped by an Accident. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 5

HAY, Friday.--The artesian bore which was started by public subscription on the Woolondool run, near here, about 13 months since, is at standstill. The contracting company was…

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Terrible hurricane. Three Thousand Fishermen Drowned

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 22. — A thousand Chinese fishing boats have been driven out to sea by a hurricane in the China Sea. Three thousand fishermen — were drowned…

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Bursting of a Reservoir. Forty Persons Drowned

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 4

NEW YORK, February 23.—Intelligence has been received from Arizona of a terrible calamity. Owing to heavy floods a reservoir at Prescott burst its banks, the…

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Collapse of a Lift. a Young Man Badly Injured

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5

At the saddlery establishment' of Mr. Frank Grimley, Clarence-street, on Saturday, an accident happened through the collapse of a lift, which resulted in one of the employes,…

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Shocking Fatality in the Domain. a Man Falls 30ft. And is Killed Instantly

The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 7

A FATAL accident happened in the Domain last night shortly after 11 o'clock, when a man, whose body has not yet been positively identified, was killed by falling over…

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Hurricane in the China Sea. Three Thousand Chinese Fishermen Drowned. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5

A thousand Chinese fishing boats have been driven out to sea by a hurricane in the China Sea. Three thousand fishermen were drowned…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 6

On the night, of the 21st instant a house (No. 417, Riley-street, Surry Hills) was broken into, and some jewellery stolen. This made the third time the place had been robbed, which is not…

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Fatal Accident While Camping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 6

An accident, which terminated fatally, occurred to a young man named James Cochrane, 25 years of age, employed in the New South Wales Saving[?] Bank, on Thursday, last. He with three other friends decided…

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Lift Accident. a Marvellous Escape

The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 6

THOMAS CAMPBELL, aged 20, escaped from meeting with an instant and frightful death to-day. He was working a lift in some large establishment in Clarence-street…

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Our "Special" in London. a Nobleman Before the Police Court. Charged With Annoying and Insulting Girls of Tender Years. An Influential Friend at Court. Not Proven The Benzon Forgery. Vicarious Sacrifice--Sister Gertrude Stakes up the Lata Father Damien's Work at the Molokal Leper Settlement. Something Further About Stanley. Horrible Sufferings in the Great Forest. Early Retirement of Lord Wolseley. The Comte de Paris Avoids England and Goes to America The Private Journals of the Empress Augusta--Lost, Strayed, or Stolon --Some Strong Opinions Concerning the Iron Chancellor. The English Derby--The Value of the Stakes. Disorderly Scenes in the French Chamber--Three Boulangists Expelled. Frightful Mining Accident--Only three out of 30 Miners Escape without Serious Injury. Telegraphed from Albany. LONDON, January 24

The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5

It has beep reported that the Government contemplate the passing, during the coming session of the "Black Sheep" Bill, the object of which is to keep out of the Lords…

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Fatal Result of an Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 8

JOHN CLINTON, living at 42 Crown-road, Pyrmont, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Monday last, suffering from some serious injuries received through…

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Fatal Accident in the Domain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 4

A man who has not yet been positively identified met with a terrible death last night, shortly after 11 o'clock, while walking in the Domain. The unfortunate fellow was not…

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The Premier Permanent Building Society. Accident to the Secretary. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The warrant issued for the arrest of Doherty, late secretary of the Premier Permanent Building Society, has not yet been executed. Doherty met with a severe…

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The Domain Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 7

AT the South Sydney Morgue yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before the city coroner into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Henrickson, the man…

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A Lighter Sunk. One Man Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A collision took place to-night near the mouth of the Tarra between a ballast lighter and a steam tug. The lighter sunk in tho fairway and a man named…

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Nearly Swept Away. Two Horses Drowned. TAREE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 5

Mr. Wood, piano tuner, when returning from Gloucester last week, narrowly escaped being drowned while crossing a creek near the Barrel Creole. His two horses were…

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The Flinders-waitemata Collision. an Action for Damages. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An action is being tried in the Vice-Admiralty Court, before the Chief Justice and Captain Toyer, nautical assessor, wherein the Tasmanian Steam…

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Great Disaster in America. Bursting of a Dam 40 Persons Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--News has been received that a darn, three miles long and three-quarters of a mile broad, situated near the town of Prescott, on a branch…

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News by Cable. a Terrible Calamity. Bursting of a Dam in America. Forty Persons Drowned LONDON, February 24

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 4

A despatch from America states that a dam, three miles long aud three- quarters of a mile broad, situated near the town of Prescott, on a branch of tho Colorado, in…

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