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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Collision in the English Channel. a Danish Schooner Sunk. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

A collision has taken place in the English Channel, between the Orient liner Oroya, outward bound for Australia, and a Danish chooner…

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A "Southerly Buster." Damage to Shipping. a Steward of the Oruba Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

Sydney was visited by a fierce "Southerly buster" on Saturday night, the natural sequence of a peculiarly close day. From early morning the heat was most oppressive…

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Capsize in the Harbor. a Steward Drowned. His Bo'y Bitten by a Shark

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 3

JUST before midnight on Saturday, and during the heavy 'buster, a steward of the R.M.S. Oruba named John Cracknell was drowned in the harbor by the capsizing of a…

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Steamboat Accident

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, January 2.—A shocking steam-boat accident has occurred on the Canoe River, British Columbia. Thirty-nine persons were drowned…

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Steamboat Accident in British Columbia. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

A shocking steamboat accident has occurred at Canea, on the River Columbia, in British Columbia. Thirty-nine persons were drowned…

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Shocking Accident. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 6

A young man named Parsons nearly met his death on Saturday afternoon. It seems Mr. Parsons, who is employed by Messrs. Blackall and Hunt, chemists, was returning…

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Accident to a Cricketer. Wellington

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 6

Whilst engaged playing m a cricket match on Saturday a young fellow named Burnett met with a severe accident. He attempted to hit the ball, which rose up and struck…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Experience of the Survivor. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

A sailing boat capsized in Cleveland Bay yesterday, and its three occupants, Alfred Batch, 18, Thomas Batch, 13, and Walter Toppin, 65, were thrown into the water…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 4

GEELONG, Saturday.--A buggy accident, which has terminated fatally, took place on the read from Yanga to Colac on New Year's Eve. Mr. Fawcett, solicitor, who…

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Those Drowning Fatalities

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

Inquests into the circumstances connected with the death of the boys Bichard Charles Morgan and Kobert Elston, whose "bodies were found floating, in the harbor on Sunday, and John…

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Coronial Inquiries. Two Drowning Fatalities

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

At Blair's Hotel, Kent and Margaret streets, an inquest was held to-day into the drowning of John Cracknell, the young man who lost his life in Neutral Bay on…

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The Oroya-fylla Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--After the collision in the English Channel yesterday between the Orient liner Oroya and the Danish schooner Fylla, in which the latter vessel…

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Inquests. Two Boys Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 3

The City Coronor held an inquest yesterday at Blair's Family Hotel, at the comer of Kent and Margaret-streets, upon the bodies of two boys named Richard Charles Michael Morgan and Robert Alston, which had…

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Drowned While Bathing Brisbane

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

A youth named Harry Icke was drowned at Bulimba while bathing. Serious statements have been made concerning the action of certain persons in the vicinity at…

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Collision at Sea. 15 Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, 4.-The barque Child well has been sunk by collision of Flushing with an unknown steamer. Fifteen persons were drowned…

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Collision in the Channel London, January 4

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

After the collision in the English Channel yesterday, between tho R.M.S. Oroya and the Danish schooner Fylla, when the latter was sunk and her captain drowned, the…

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Collision at Sea. a Barque Sunk Sixteen Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- An unknown steamer collided with the iron barque Childwall, off Blushing, on the coast of Cornwall, and sank her. Sixteen of the…

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The Moreton Bay Boating Fatality. Miraculous Escape. Ten Hoctes in the Water

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

Beisbane, Tuesday.-In connection with the fatal boating accident at Moreton Bay, on Sun-day, the boy Alfred Batch, who was supposed to have been drowned with the man Toppin,…

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The Barque Child Wall. Sunk by an Unknown Steamer. Sixteen Persons Drowned. LONDON, January 4

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

A collision has occurred off Flushing, on the coast of Cornwall, between an unknown steamer and the iron, barque Childwall. The barque was sunk, and 16 of the officers and…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

A boat containing three aboriginals was capsized off Peel Island on Saturday, and one was drowned. A passing boat rescued the others after several hours' immersion…

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