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Accidents, 1891

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

Two burglars entered the residence of Mrs. Pereiera, at Moonee Ponds, at an early hour on Thursday morning. In the absence of that lady on a holiday, her brother, J. Daly, was taking…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

THOMAS BISSON, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday last with a very severe injury to his left arm, which subsequently had to be amputated,…

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Crushed by a Train. Accident to a Young Man. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

About 5 o'clock last evening a man named William Reeves, about 35 years of age, employed at Hudson's works, Clyde, fell under a train at Clyde platform, and…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

Neil Anderson, one of the crew of the steamer Leura, was taken to the hospital yesterday suffering from a fracture of both bones of the right leg. While the vessel was on a voyage…

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Accidents with Cream Separators

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

MILTON, Thursday.--A peculiar accident, which might hare been attended with fatal results, occurred on Tuesday at Woodstock farm to a daughter of Mr. James M'Lelland…

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Fatal Accident at Wets Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--An accident happened in West Maitland this afternoon resulting in the death of a man named Wright. He was working near the…

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Casualties. Fatal Accident on the R.m.s. Massilia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

Shortly after 10 o'clock last evening a fatal accident happened on board the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Masailia, lying at Circular Quay, to a man named William Carghill. Deceased, who was a labourer, was…

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Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 10

The man, Thomas Bisson, a flagman in the employ of the Railway Department, who received serious injuries by being run over by a locomotive in the Darling Harbour railway cutting on Tuesday last, died in the…

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Casualties. Injured by a Fall of Clay

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

Two men, named William Wicks (of Guildford) and Frederick Turner (of Landsdowne-street, Parramatta), were severely injured on Tuesday forenoon whilst working in Messrs…

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Boiler Explosion at St. Peters. Six Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

A serious explosion occurred at St. Peters on Tuesday afternoon last, when the boiler at Mr. Vickery's Vulcan Brickworks burst and blow out at both ends. As showing the force of the…

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A Collision at Sea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 9

The ship Halla, which arrived to day from Liverpool, reports having been in collision at 4 o'clock on the morning of October 26 in lat, 26·48, 53' N. long. 9·23 W. While close bauled on the…

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Accidents and Offences

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

Edward Murphy , 13 years of age, assigned from the State Children relief Department to John Broderick, jun., settled near Crookwell, gave himself up to the police, stating that…

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Inquests. Fatal Accident on the Massilia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 7

The City Coroner held an Inquest in the Croydon Hotel yesterday on the body of a man named William Cargill, who, on the preceding night, was found dead in the hold of the R. M.S. Maasilla, lying at Circulard…

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Fatal Accidents at Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 89

At the Victoria Square Railway Station, on the Glenelg line this morning, a tragic act of suicide occurred. Rowland Augustus Treadie, hairdresser, rushed out of his shop in King William-street…

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Shocking Accident at Leeds. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 72

A dreadful occurrence is reported from Leeds. In that town a Church bazaar was being held, at which a number of children were acting. The dresses of fourteen of…

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Crushed by a Train. Accident to a Young Man. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

About 5 o' clock last evening a man named William Reeves, about 35 years of age, employed at Hudson's works, Clyde, fell under a train at Clyde platform, and…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

THOMAS BISSON, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday last with a very severe injury to his left arm, which subsequently had to be amputated,…

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The Scotch Railway Strike. Offers of Mediation Rejected. Frequent Railway Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- There are no indications at present of a settlement of the railway strike in Scotland. Various offers of mediation have been made, but all overtures…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Darling Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

Thomas Bisso[?], who was knocked down and run over by an engine in the Darling Harbor cutting on Tuesday, died in the Sydney Hospital early yesterday morning. From the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Dead Body Found at Forest Lodge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

Early yesterday morning the dead body of an unknown man was found lying on the ground at the rear of the Lillie Bridge running grounds, Forest Lodge, by a man named John Murray…

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