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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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The Tram Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 6

The inquest on the body of the boy Stanley Sawyer, aged 8½ years, who was killed by a tram at the Newtown-road junction on Monday, was held at the South Sydney Morgue in the…

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Railway Accident. Two Persons Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 4

ALBURY, Tuesday.—A railway accident occurred at Yerong Creek, a small wayside station between here and Wagga Wagga, late on Saturday night. Goods trains had been run at…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest at the Robert Burns Hotel, Sussex and Bathurst streets, relative to the drowning of Sydney Powell, the little boy who…

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The Country. Railway Accident at Yerong Creek. Two Passengers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--A railway accident occurred at Yerong Creek late on Saturday night. An occasional goods train had been run that evening from Junee to Culcairn to…

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Frightful Harbor Accident. Explosion on a Nightsoil Punt. Two Men Blown to Atoms. Remains Recovered

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 4

Anniversary Day was ushered in very gloomily this year, for no sooner had the day dawned than a frightful accident happened in the harbor which resulted in two men being blown to atoms,…

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Accident to M. Stambouloff

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, January 25.—M. Stambouloff, the Premier of Bulgaria, has met with a somewhat peculiar accident. While out driving at Sofia a revolver exploded in his…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Coeeespondents. Accident to the Premier of Bulgaria. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 5

M. Stambouloff, the Premier of Bulgaria, has met with a somewhat remarkable accident. While out driving in Sofia a revolver, which he usually carries with…

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Railway Accident at Yerong Creek. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 5

A railway accident, similar in character to that which nearly had the effect of wrecking the Sydney express at Culcairn a few months ago, happened on Saturday night at Yerong Creek, a small wayside…

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Fatal Accident to a Racehorse. Paterson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 6

The racehorse Mundic, by Grandmaster, while doing a trial gallop, collided with another horse while running on the course here. He fell heavily to the ground, and broke his shoulder in two…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 3

Stanley Herbert Sawyer, a boy eight years of age, was run over and killed by a tram yesterday morning. It appears that about 9.30 a.m. he was on his way to school. On…

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Accident to M. Stambuloff

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- M. Stambuloff, the Bulgarian statesman, has been wounded in the thigh by the explosion of a revolver which he was carrying…

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An Injured Husband

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 6

One day recently, soon after the hour of noon, an individual who seemed to be laboring under considerable excitement, entered a grocery shop, and asked for a private word with the proprietor…

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The Country. Drowned Crossing a Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 5

BREWARRINA, Tuesday.--On Sunday, whilst attempting to cross the Cute on horseback, a young man maned Patrick Aylwood lost his life. Not knowing the creek, he…

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Gored by a Bull. An Old Man Terribly Injured. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Gordon, aged 60, a farmer, was terribly gored by a bull at Ash Island. He attempted to drive the animal away, but this seemed to have irritated…

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A Sad Accident in the Harbour. Bursting of a Steam Boiler. an Engineer and a Sailor Blown Into Fragments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 7

One of the most frightful accidents that has happened in the harbour for some time occurred yesterday morning, when two men composing the crew of the schooner Catherine Agnes, were blown to…

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Accident to a Child

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 2

A VERY unfortunate accident, and one by which Mabel Matthews, a little girl, had the sight of one of her eyes destroyed, happened yesterday. The victim, whose parents keep…

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Drowned in a Well. Albury

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 6

John William Hughes, licensee of Courthouse Hotel, Corryong, was drowned in a well on the hotel premises. The deceased had recently given evidence of mental…

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Accident to Mr. J. Quinn

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 6

On last Friday week, Mr. J. Quinn of Jamison Town, on returning home and whilst cantering across Hornseywood estate, was thrown from his horse and so seriously injured that that he had to be…

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Railway Accident at Yerong Creek. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 271

A railway accident, similar in character to that which nearly had the effect of wrecking the Sydney express at Culcairn a few months ago, happened last Saturday night at Yerong Creek, a Email wayside…

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