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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Accident to a Coach. Raymond Terrace

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 4

An accident occurred to the Gloucester coach on Wednesday night, six miles from Limeburner's Creek. The tyro of the back wheel came off, but, fortunately, no one was…

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The Parramatta Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 7

The inquest on the body of the old man William Conroy, who was found drowned in the Parramtata Park on Wednesday morning, was commenced the same evening before the Parramatta Coroner,…

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Suicide by Drowning. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 6

An old settler of the Gordeau River locality named Mrs. Moran, wife of William Moran, committed suicide yesterday by drowning herself…

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Drowned in Prospect Rese[?]ir

The Weekly Advance · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 2

O[?] Saturday afternoon young man named William Neaves, a r[?]nt of the Prospect district lost his life is the E[?] R[?]ir. During the day his was with his [?] on the…

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Found Drowned. Evidences of Foul Play. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 6

John O'Donnell,. who was missing since Sunday, was found dead yesterday at Torren's Creek in a well containing 9in. of water. The body was bruised over the left…

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Collapse 0F a Factory Chimney. Thirteen Persons Killed--others Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--A chimney at a flannel factory in Bradford collapsed while being repaired, and in falling killed 13 persons and injured many others. Most…

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Drowning Fatality at Prospect

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 2

AN inquest was held at the Royal Cricketers Arms, Prospect Reservoir, on Sunday last before Mr. J. E. Bowden, District Coroner, on the death of George William Neeves, whose…

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Shocking Fatality at a Rifle Range

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 8

A DREADFUL accident happened at the Townsville rifle range, Queensland, on Saturday afternoon, by which Richard Oswell Geddes, a young member of the Townville Mounted Infantry, lost his…

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Eastern Creek and Rooty Hill. Sad Case of Drowning

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

On Saturday last a young man named William Henry Neaves was drowned in Prospect Reservoir. It appears that young Neaves and his father went to the Reservoir…

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Found Drowned in the Park. Another Lively Inquest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

On Wednesday morning last the body of an old resident named William Conroy was found floating in the river near the pavilion in the Parramatta Park. Full particulars connected…

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Fatal Blasting Accident at Broken Hill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 15

A FATAL blasting accident occurred in one of the scopes in Block 11, on the Proprietary mine, on Monday morning. Five holes had been charged with dynamite, and when four or them had…

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Fatal Accident

Evening News · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 4

WARDEN, Saturday—A man named Thomas Murphy, who is supposed to have relations in Sydney, was killed at the Boundary Gate Hotel. Mr. Taylor, the proprietor of the hotel, had…

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Peculiar Accident

Evening News · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 1

One of London's most popular preachers—the Rev. E. A. Stuart, M.A., vicar of St. James's, Holloway-has sustained an un-fortunate accident under peculiar…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 9

A man named Thomas Murphy, who is believed to have a brothor and sister in Sydney, was this morning killed at the Boundary Gate Hotel. The deceased had been engaged by Mr. Taylor, proprietor of the…

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Prince Christian Accidentally Shot. By the Duke of Connaught. Loss of an Eye

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 9

THE following notice appeared in the COURT CIRCULAR under date Osborne, December 27:--"The Duke of Connaught, Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, Prince…

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Accident to a Jockey

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 37

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— On the Caulfield training track this morning Tom Corrigan, while jumping Fire King over the schooling hurdles, met with a nasty accident. In taking the second hurdle Fire King…

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Accidents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 11

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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Accidents and Fatalities

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 13

A youth named Patrick Warren Noonan, 16 years of age, was recently killed at Lowood through, his horse stumbling and falling, with him. William Gagen, an inmate of the Dalby…

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Accident at Wilson's Shaft

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 17

A peculiar accident occurred at Wilson's Shaft Proprietary Mine, on Saturday evening. The driver left the engine-house for a few minutes when an explosion took place at the Ironstone…

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Killed by a Falling Tree. Sad Accident at Carlingford

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 2

A SAD accident occurred near Carlingford railway station on Friday afternoon, when a little girl named Ethel May Wilson, 2 1/2 years years of age, daughter of a railway labonrer…

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