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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1891

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Fatal Accident t[?]at Ryde

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 4

As about half-past 9 o’clock yesterday (Tuesday) morning, Mr. Win. Johnson, Council of the municipality of Drummoyne, was proceeding to his office, when by some means…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 6

Coleman Phillips, proprietor of the Day River Station, Wairarapa (N. Z.), has been committed for trial on a charge of dummyism. In the Melbourne Hospital, on Tuesday. Thos…

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Fratricide or Accident?

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 5

GEORGETOWN (Q.). Wednesday.—A young man named Chares Ellies died at the Georgetown Hospital from tetanus on Tuesday night, caused by a gunshot wound in the le? inflicted by his…

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Accident in Pitt-street

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 6

THIS afternoon a peculiar accident happened in Pitt-street. A little boy, seemingly not more than 11 or 12 years of age, was driving a horse and cart, when by some inexplicable…

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CABLEGRAMS. Accidents and Offences. Terrible Marine Collision. Five Hundred Drowned. the New Orleans Lynching. More of the Mafia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 11

LONDON, March 18.—News has reached London to the effect that a fearful marine disaster has taken place off Gibraltar, involving dreadful loss of life…

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Two Boys Drowned. The Record of Goulburn. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 6

Two boys, Joseph and John Warton, 12 and 14, were drowned at Malwaree this morning while fishing. One. boy fell in and the other jumped, in to the rescue. It…

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The Collision between H.M.S. Anson and the Utopia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 707

Our cablegrams, published elsewhere, give particulars of a terrible marine disaster which took place last week off Gibraltar. The steamship Utopia, of the Anchor line, while bound from Genoa to New York…

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Serious Accident

Evening News · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 4

A young Italian, 22, named Capeletti Benedetto, was admitted to the Paramatta District Hospital, on Thursday suffering from severe injuries to his left leg. He had been engaged with other…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. Haydon's drapery shop at Orange, was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The Victorian detectives on Friday seized about 4000 cigars at the Terminus Hotel,…

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Shocking Fatal Accident at Penrith. a Young Man Cut to Pieces on the Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 8

A fatal accident occurred on the railway here this evening, and has caused quite a sensation in town. On the arrival of the express train from Sydney something was noticed to drop from the engine,…

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Fatal Accident Near Melbourne. a Compositor Decapitated on the Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 8

Yesterday evening James George Fewster, aged 41, was killed at Middle Park Station. He was there with a friend awaiting the train for Melbourne. His friend crowed the line to inquire…

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Fatal Accident at Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 7

A sad accident happened last night, by which a boy about 14, named Rogar Thomas Horan, lost his life. He was riding with another boy on a baker's cart which was delivering buns, and when crossing the bridge the…

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Shocking Accident to a Girl. Lismore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 729

An accident occurred at the Woodburn Dairy Factory on Saturday, when a girl aged 12 years, daughter of Mr. D. M'Phee, hotelkeeper, while in the factory near the shaft, was caught by the hair of her head and…

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Fatal Accident and Inquest

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 2

AN inquest was held at Ryde, on Tuesday, the 24th inst., by the District Coroner (Mr. E. Bowden) touching the death of Mr. W. Johnston, who was killed on that morning, by…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 5

GOULBURN, Saturday. -- Two brothers, Joseph William Warton (aged 10) and John Henry Warton (seven), sons of Mr. W. G. Warton, were drowned this morning in the Mulwarree,…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Peculiar Drowning Case at Botany

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 4

A young married man named John Morton Guthrie was drowned in the dams at Botany yesterday afternoon under rather peculiar circumstances. It appears that he left his home,…

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A Sad Fatality at Goulburn. Two Brothers Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 5

Two lads named Warton, respectively 10 and 7 years of age, were drowned to-day in the Milwaree, at the place where the recent fatality occurred. While the boys were fishing the younger slipped in; the other…

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Drowned in Botany Dam

Evening News · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 5

A married man named John Guthrie met his death on Sunday afternoon in a peculiar manner. It appears that one of his children lost his hat, which blew into the water of the Botany dam…

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A Powder Explosion. Three Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Another explosion has taken place at Arblaster's powder factory, Job's Gully, Eaglehawk, by which injury was inflicted on three persons, namely, William…

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Two Boys Drowned. The Record of Goulburn. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 6

Two boys, Joseph and John Warton, 12 and 14, were drowned at Mulwaree this morning while fishing. One boy fell in and the other jumped in to the rescue. It…

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