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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Fatality at RockWood

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 2

On Monday evening, about 7 o’clock, a lad named Harry Greenyer was drowned in a water-bolo at Rockwood. It appears from the meagre particulars to hand that the lad was…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 5

Mr. J. E. Bowden, coroner for the Parramatta district, held an inquest on Tuesday on the body of Harry Grymer, 10, who was drowned the previous evening. The principal evidence was that…

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A Child Drowned. Forbes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 5

Last evening a young son of Mr. M'Kay, warder at the gaol, was drowned in the Luchlan River, near the waterworks. The child had been playing on the bank and…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 7

At Burnt Yards at noon yesterday a fatal accident occurred to Sarah June Keens, aged 19, at her mother's residence. A young man named David Ogle, [?]itting at a table in the centre of the room,…

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Buggy Accident. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 6

As Misses Nellie and Tressie Lee (daughters of the Hon. George Lee, M.L.C.) and another young lady were driving into town yesterday the horse suddenly bolted…

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Thf Accident to the Rotoma[?]ana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 4

After the [?]otomuhana was towed off the steamed up to the wharf at La[?]nceston, and on arrival was greeted with cheers from a number of persons on the Wharf, the welcome being respended to by Captain Sams and his officers. The…

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Terrible Gun Accident. Carcoar

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at Burnt Yards near Carcoar on Monday. A lad named Thompson, while in the act of taking a cartridge out of his gun with a penknife,…

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Street Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 7

BY being knocked down by a cab yesterday a commission agent named J. A. Labonan, 63, a resident at 12 Leicester- street, Paddington, sustained a very nasty…

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Drowning Fatality

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 2

Goulburn, Friday.—A drowning fatality occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Yarra. A boy named Ernest Ball, 8 years old, son of Mr. E. Ball, Mayor of Gonlburn, had gone there with…

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Drowning Fatality at Rookwood

The Weekly Advance · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon last Mr. J. K. Bowden, Coroner for Parra[?]ntla and district held an inquest at the Hallway Hotel, Rookwood, on the body of a lad named Harry Grinyer…

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Sad Drowning Fatality Near Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred this afternoon at Yarra. A little boy named Ernest Ball, son of Mr. R. Ball, Mayor of Goulburn, had gone with his mother and others on a visit to a friend. The boy…

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Collision at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 4

The brig Hebe when entering Newcastle on Tuesday night collided with the ship Southern Cross, which was lying in the stream loaded and ready for sea. The boom of the brig was carried away, and some alight damage done to the…

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The Gambier-easby Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Gambler and Easby collision, which occurred on August 27 last, in the bay resulted in the loss of 21 lives, was revived in the Supreme Court…

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Fatal Accident at a Race Meeting. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Rylstone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 6

A sad accident, attended with fatal results, occurred yesterday at Narrango, 12 miles from Rylstone, where races were held during the day. In the last race two or three horses came into collision, the riders being…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday morning to a lad about 14 years of ago named Thomas Firnane, whose parents reside at Cuddell, on the Narrandera and Jerildorie railway line. It appears that the lad…

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Serious Buggy Accident. Young

The Australian Star · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 6

A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon, when Mr. W. West, of Marengo, was driving home from town in company with his wife and Miss Lloyd and two…

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Drowning Fatality at Rockwood

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon last Mr. J. E. Bowden, Coroner for Parramatta and district, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Rockwood, on the body of a lad named Harry Grinyer…

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Drowning Fatality at Rookwood. A Dangerous Spot

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

A DEPLORABLE accident occurred at Tudor Park, near Rookwood, on Monday last, when a lad named Harvey Grinyor was drowned in a waterhole in…

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Fatal Ice Accident. Forty Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, February 5.—Thirty barges lying in the River Oder at Breslau, Prussia, were torn from their moorings yesterday by great floes of drift ice floating down the…

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Drowned in the Lachlan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 14

OXLEY, Monday— A man named Edward Lloyd, 24 years of age, was drowned in the Lachlan, near Oxley, on Saturday afternoon. Deceased was attempting to swim the river on…

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