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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

3,781 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 190

A Fatal Accident. Verdict of Accidental Death. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 4

At the inquest on the body of the man Flygar, who was killed on Saturday through being thrown from a cordial cart, the jury returned a verdict of…

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Fatal Street Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

A LITTLE boy, whose name is believed to be John M'Carthy was taken to the Sydney Hospital shortly before 12 o'clock to-day, having been knocked down and run over by…

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QUEENSLAND. The Accident to the Schooner Ariel

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--A Marine Board inquiry has been commenced, at the request of the captain, in connection with the recent accident to the schooner Ariel…

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A Horrible Accident. Burnt by Molten Slag. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

A man named Brame, 40 years old, employed at the smelters on the proprietary mine, met with a horrible accident this morning. He was wheeling slag and had…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

A serious accident occurred on Saturday to a schoolboy named Michael John Dwyer, 10 years of age, who resides with his parents at 51 South-street, Rushcutters' Bay. While…

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Another Bathing Fatality. a Young Man Drowned. TOCUMWAL

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

Archibald Owens, aged 22, and his mate John Grant, went bathing at the extensive sand beach about Tocumwal on Sunday morning. Four others were bathing at the same…

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Boating Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

The water police launch returned to the Circular Quay shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon with a body, which had been, found floating in the water off Lady…

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An Intentional Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

A GERMAN laborer named Benjamin Zeon, who by reason of his inflammable disposition might reasonably be known as "Ben Zeen," was found guilty of having collided…

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A Clergyman Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Rev. Arthur E. Carnegie, a Wesleyan minister, of Shepparton, was drowned in the Goulburn River this morning. It was ascertained that his body was in a hole, but…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Tuesday. -- A man named Moore, shop assistant at Mr. Marsden's store, Smithtown, was drowned whilst bathing in the river last night…

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The Drowning Case at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

Further particulars of the drowning of Frank Greaves at Manly on Sunday show that the fatality occurred almost on the spot where a young man named Wentworth and…

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More Boat Accidents. Four Men Drowned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

PERTH (W.A.), Monday.--Two boat accidents occurred yesterday. One was in the South Passago, near Garden Island, and resulted in the Messrs Tuckey (2) and Mr. Evans, of…

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The Manly Boating Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 8

An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the unfortunate young man, Frank Greaves, who was drowned while bathing at Manly Beach on Sunday last,…

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A Narrowly-escaped Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Captain Mitchell, inspector of the marine board, to-day commenced an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the narrowly-escaped…

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The Bathing Fatality. The Body Recovered

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 4

THE body of Thomas Gilmore, the young fellow who was drowned whilst bathing at Folly Point, Middle Harbor, on Saturday, was recovered this morning shortly before 7…

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Australian. Victoria. a Clergyman Drowned while Bathing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Rev. Arthur E. Carnegie, Wesleyan Minister, was drowned while bathing in the river Goulburn yesterday morning. Deceased's…

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The Regent Harbour Fatality. Recovery of the Bodies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 8

The bodies of the unfortunate men Aubrey Neville and Arthur Goddard, who were drowned by the capsizing of the half-decker Tennyson, on New Year's Day, were recovered by the water [?] yesterday…

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Drowning of a Child. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 7

A case of drowning occurred at Central Colo yesterday. A little boy named Jones, six years old, son of John Jones, who is connected with the river trade, went in to bathe with other children early in the…

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The Late Harbor Fatality. Recovery of the Other Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 4

The bodies of the remaining two victims of the. boating accident which occurred on Now Year's Day were recovered yesterday morning on the southern shore of the harbor. The…

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The Kanahooka-Centennial Collision. Application to Sell the Centennial

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

Mr. Creagh appeared for Captain Osborne, owner of the S.S. Kanahooka, in Chambers yesterday and moved for an order for the sale of the s.s. Centennial to meet the amount…

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