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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 140

Fatal Shooting Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 15

MOLONG, Wednesday.— Mr. P. P. A. Kenna, Coroner of Molong district, proceeded to-day to Coates's Creek, a distance of 18 miles, to hold an inquest into the circumstances attending the…

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Accidents. Destructive Fires. Colliery Disaster

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 11

LONDON, January. 18.— An immense fire is raging at St. Saviour's Flour Mills, Millstreet, Dockbead, London, owned by Mr, Seth Taylor. Five large blocks of eight…

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A Chapter Op Accidents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 12

A ganger named Fogarty, employed on the Strahan-Zeehan line, was run over by two trucks on January 18, and instantly killed." An inquest was held on the following day, at which a verdict…

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Sad Yachting Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 13

On Saturday, January 16, a drowning accident took place at Glenelg, by which Mr. Jage, the nephew of the assistant health officer, lost his life. Deceased was in the second boat in a yacht…

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Accident at Parramatta North

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 2

A SON of Mr. R. C. Bartlett, of Paramatta North, was knocked down and run over by a horse and cart near his father's place in Church-street on…

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Accident through the Tram

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 4

MR. A. W. Carter, of Smithfield, had a sensational experience in Parramatta on Wednesday afternoon. While adjusting the bit in his horse's month, opposite the ARGUS Office,…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway line

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 3

A MAN, name unknown, met his death under rather peculiar circumstances on the G.W. Railway line near Westmead platform very carly on Tuesday morning. The driver and…

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Fatal Accident at Wentworthville. A Young Lady Killed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 3

A MOST deplorable accident took place at Wentworthville on Sunday evening last, when Miss Luey E. M. R. Hicks, met her death by being thrown…

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Drowning Fatality

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 4

BREWARRINA, Monday.—A drowning fatality occurred here yesterday, the victim being a young man named Patrick Alyward, of St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, Sydney. Deceased was…

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Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 6

AN inquest was held at the Coroner's Court this morning on the body of the unknown man who died in the Sydney Hospital last evening from injuries received, it is…

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Boy Drowned

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 6

A little boy named Sydney Powell, aged 3¼ years, son of Thomas Powell, residing at 319 Sussex-street, was found drowned in a water tank containing five feet…

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A Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--An accident resulting in the death of a man not yet identified, occurred on the railway at Port Adelaide on Friday night. The driver of the 10 o'clock…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Drowned in a Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 6

A child named Sydney Powell, three years of age, was found drowned in a tank at the rear of Messrs. John Vickery and Sons' tweed factory, off Sussex-street, about 1…

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The Darling Harbor Collision

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

THE report of the departmental inquiry into the accident at Darling Harbor generally bears out the preliminary report that the accident was caused by the train being…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

A THREE-YEAR-OLD child named Sydney Powell was drowned in a tank at the tweed factory of Messrs. Vickery and Sons, Sussex-street, on Saturday afternoon. No one…

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The Railway Collision at Darling Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have received the complete departmental report regarding the collision which took place at Darling Harbor on Thursday morning. This report…

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Fire in a Hospital. Nineteen Persons Killed Many Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Friday Night.--A telegram from New York reports that a hospital at Indiana has been destroyed by fire. Nineteen of the inmates perished, and many…

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Shocking Tram Fatality. a Boy the Victim. Killed in Front of His Own Door

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 5

A VERY distressing tram fatality, of which the victim was a boy named Sawyer, happened this morning at the intersection of Parramatta and Newtown roads. The lad,…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. a Hospital Destroyed by Fire. Nineteen Persons Burned to Death. Many Others Injured. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 5

A hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana (U.S.A.), has been destroyed by fire. The bodies of 19 of the inmates were practically calcined. Thirty other persons also…

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The Fatal Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 6

All inquest was held at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, on Saturday, before the City Coroner, touching the death of the man name unknown who was knocked down…

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