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Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 140

American Summary. Lawyer and Doctor. Action For Heavy Damages. A Gigantic Conspiracy. Murder or Suicide?-- Outrage at Liberal-- Charge of Smuggling-- Terrible Railway Accident-- Two Women Burnt to Death-- Sullivan and the Blue Ribbon-- A Wild Man-- Fear- fully Mangled-- Fatal Street Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

THE following summary is taken from the American files to hand by the R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived yesterday:-- John O. Bowman, a lawyer of…

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Buggy Accident. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

Two young girls, daughters of Mr. G. ft. Halloran, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, were yesterday driving in a buggy, to which was attached a bay horse…

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Buggy Accident. Moama

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

A serious accident happened to a wellknown selector on Tuesday evening. Mr. Archibald Leitch, J.P., Toorangably, was driving home, when his horses took fright…

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Drowning Fatality

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A grazier named Lawrence O'Connell, of Inverloch, while fishing from the rooks near Cape Paterson, on Thursday, was washed off and drowned within sight of his…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 4

At about half-past 6 o'clock this morning Alfred Hanson, living on Goat Island, discovered the body of a man on the rocks, below high water mark, on the southern side of the island. The…

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A Captain Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 4

The body of Captain Walter Shuttleworth, late master of the schooner Norman, was found floating in the harbor near Lady Macquarie's Chair yesterday morning by an…

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Drowning at Parramatta North. A Dangerous Waterhole

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 3

A VERY distressing accident occurred in North Parramatta Wednesday afternoon last, when a child named Bertie Harvey was drowned in a waterhole at the rear of his…

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Sad Case of Drowning. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne, Friday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 9

Lawrence O'Connell, grazier, of Inverlooh, while fishing from the rocks near Cape Paterson yesterday, was washed off and drowned within sight of his wife, son, and two daughters, who…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday, 8 p.m. Found Drowned

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 6

The dead body of a man was found floating in the harbour this morning, off Lady Macquarie's Chair…

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To-day's Tragedies. Drowned in the Harbor. The Body Not Identified. Supposed Suicide

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

ALFRED HANSEN, living on Goat Island, discovered the body of a man at 6 o'clock this morning on the rocks on the southern side of that island. The mutter was…

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Fatal Accident at Warren. Killed in a Well

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 8

A MAN named Thomas Murphy, who is believed to have a brother and sister in Sydney, was last Friday morning killed at the Boundary Gate Hotel, Warren. The deceased had been engaged…

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The Guardian Accident and Guarantee Insureance Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 7

An agent named Abbott George Shelton appeared before Mr. Benjamin Lee, S.M., yesterday morning in the Water Police Court, charged that he, on or about the 17th February last, being then a servant to the…

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Accidents. Storms and Wrecks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 11

LONDON, February 28.—A terrible storm has occurred on the Portuguese coast, off Oporte. Many fishing-and other vessels were wrecked and driven ashore, and 200…

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Accidents and Fatalities

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 13

On Monday afternoon last two men named Eld and Pitcairn were wrecked in a small boat in the bay, at Townsville, and Eld managed to gain the shore the same evening. The dead body of…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

The body of a man, name unknown, was found lying on the rocks below high watermark on Goat Island by a man named Alfred Hanson at about 6.30 a.m. on Saturday. He…

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Victoria. the Easby Again in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The steam collier Easby, which Home time since ran down the steamer Gambier, was a party to another collision in the Yarra on Saturday morning…

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The Brig Marie. Collision with a Wharf. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

The brig Marie sailed into the harbor from Sydney last night, and although the night was dark and a strong wind blowing she made port safely, and dropped anchor…

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The Iron Bar Again. a Chinaman Seriously Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

A MINIATURE phase of the existing rupture between factions of the Chinese cropped up before Mr. Delohery, S.M., as the presiding magistrate at the Central Police…

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Serious Cab Accident

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

An accident of a serious nature, and from which fatal results are apprehended, happened near the Redfern Railway Station on Saturday. A tram motor driver, named William White,…

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Two Accidents. Forbes

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

On Thursday last Mr. Patrick Connors was engaged slabbing a well, when two sides of the well gave way, and the unfortunate man was completely jammed in, Luckily…

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