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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 140

Another Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 2

Mr. Morgan, of Auburn, met with a nasty accident at the Meat Works one day last week whilst he wag at his work —tin blocking. By some means his foot slightly slipped in working…

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Auburn Notes. Serious Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 2

AN accident happened on Thursday last, by which Mr. A. M‘Millan, cab proprietor, sustained serious injury. It appears that he was driving two persons, anxious to catch the 11.35…

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Serious Blasting Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 2

A blasting accident of a serious nature: occurred on Thursday last, at noon, , on the road now being formed to the Field of Mars Cemetery, by which Albert Lindsay was…

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Accidents and Fatalities

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 13

David Crack, a well-known drover, died recently at Jundah after 10 days' illness. The cause of death is supposed to have been rheumatic fever— Matthew Hobbs was working…

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Boy Drowned

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 2

A lad named William Neaves aged 17, was drowned in the Prospect Reservoir on Saturday night. In the afternoon he went with his father to lay some eel lines, after which he left with the…

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A Collision Apron

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 6

What is described as a successful trial of an apron for [?]se in case of damage by collision has, it would seem, taken place at Melbourne; and most assuredly any inventor who diminishes the risk of the shocking loss of life occurring…

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Bathing Fatality at Albury

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Sunday. -- A bathing accident occurred in the Murray yesterday afternoon, by which a lad named Barratt, 12 years old, lost his life, and another lad, named Harris,…

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Coronial Inquiries. Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 6

THE death of Joseph Schneider, who was killed at the corner of Oxford and College streets yesterday, through being run over by a 'bus, formed the subject of an…

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Found Drowned. Albury

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 6

A report from Munyalba states that a man named Schlinker, formerly a resident of Albury, was found drowned in 3ft. of water. The man had been missing, and his…

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Drowned While Bathing. Nowra

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 5

The inquest on the body of the lad Peter Duncombe, who was drowned whilst bathing in the Shoalhaven River on Friday, was held on Saturday at the residence of…

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Wreck of a Whaler. Eighteen Drowned

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 4

London, February 19.—The Tamerlane, a whaling ship belonging to Hawaii, has been wrecked. The captain and 17 of the crew were drowned…

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Wreck of a Whaler. the Captain and Seventeen Others Drowned. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 7

News has reached San Francisco that the Tamerlane, a whaling ship belonging to Hawaii, has been wrecked. The captain and 17 others on board were drowned…

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A Boy Drowned in the Murray. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 8

A little boy named Barrett, son of a local resident, went to swim in the Murray last night in company with several other boys. As the river is very low just now the water was shallow where they went in, but…

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'Bus Accident

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 6

The death of the man Joseph Shneider, who was run over and killed by a 'bus in Oxford-street on Friday evening, formed the subject of an inquest which was held at the North Sydney…

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Killed by a Button. Peculiar Fatal Accident. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 6

A rifle was accidentally discharged at the rifle range at Townsville on Saturday. The bullet shot a button off a bystander's coat. The button entered the body of a volunteer…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fatal Blasting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 4

A laborer named Peter Green (36), recently employed on the new North Sydney railway line, died at the Sydney Hospital on Saturday morning from injuries…

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Drowning Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 5

Tocumwal, Tuesday.—Mr. D. S. Beveridge, a well-known resident and farmer of Murray Hut, was accidentally drowned here on Saturday evening. He with, a neighbor, Mr. John Blair,…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--A remarkable drowning case was reported to-day from Munyabla, a farming settlement 40 miles distant. A farmer named Shlinker was missed from his…

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Peculiar Drowning Case

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 5

Albury, Tuesday.—A peculiar drowning case has been reported from Munyabla, a farming settlement 40 miles distant. A farmer named Shlinker was missed from his home on Saturday,…

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Shocking Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 5

Brisbane, Tuesday.—An accident of a dreadful character occurred at Townsville rifle range on Saturday afternoon, by which Richard Oswell Geddes, a young member of the Townsville…

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