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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 140

Serious Cab Accident Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 6

What might have been a very serious accident occurred here last evening. A man named Charles Davis, a cabman, was driving down Newcomen-street when the horse…

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Thrown From Her Horse. Terrible Accident to a Lady. NARRABRI

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 6

The wife of Mr. Joseph Piper, proprietor of the local soap and candle factory, met with a serious accident yesterday. While out riding her horse was attacked by…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Two Men Drowned. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 6

One of the saddest boating accidents which has ever taken place in our midst occurred yesterday evening. It seems at about half-past 2 Mr. Spiers, licensee of the…

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Collision in Newcastle Harbor

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 4

Newcastle, Friday.—While the ship Strathearn was lying at No. 1 buoy in the harbor yesterday, loaded and ready for sea. she Lad some damage done forward through…

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Boating Fatality at Newcastle. Three Persons Browned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--This afternoon three persons lost their lives through the capsizing of a sailing boat in the harbor. Those drowned were R. S. Spiers, landlord…

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Capsize of a Boat. Three Persons Drowned

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 6

Newcastle, Thursday.—Shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon a small sailing boat in which was Mr. Duncan Spiers, licensee of the Reserve Hotel, Bolton-street, Mrs. Spiers, a little son,…

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Capsize of a Sailing Boat in Newcastle Harbour. Two Persons Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

Mr. N. C. Spiers, landlord of the Reserve Hotel, his wife, and a male lodger were out salling this afternoon in the harbour. The boat suddenly capsized. Ali were thrown into the water. Some ships' boat…

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Collision in Newcastle Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 6

A collision occurred in Newcastle on Thursday morning between the ship Strathearn and the steamer Federal. It appears that the steamer was proceeding to sea, bound to Melbourne with a cargo…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 6

One of the saddest boating accidents which has ever taken place in our midst occurred yesterday evening. It seems at about half-past 2 Mr. Spiers, licensee of the…

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Found Drowned in Berry's Bay

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 16

The body of a man was found floating in the water at Berry's Bay on March 21. In the afternoon the body was identified by Henry Reginald Keightley, of 3 Bellevue Terrace, Blue's…

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Accident in the Hunting Field

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

A shocking accident is reported from King's County. Miss K. Dunno, daughter of Mr. Robert H. Dunne, J.P., Ballycumbor House, was hunting with the Ormond (King's County)…

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Fatal Railway Accident Run Over by a Train. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

A man was killed at Blacktown last night by being run over by a train. The Parramatta coroner bus been informed, but no particulars are yet to hand…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 15

ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—A terrible accident has just occurred here. A train, when entering Armidale Station, knocked William O'Brien, the gatekeeper, down. One foot was cut off,…

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Accidents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 12

LONDON, March 18.—A terrible fire occurred at Kensington, London, last night, five persons being burned to death. LONDON, March 19.—An explosion has…

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Drowning Fatality. Off Garden Island

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 3

A VERY distressing harbor fatality, and one by which two lives were sacrificed, happened off Garden Island on Saturday night at about 7 o'clock. A party made up of…

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A Harbor Fatality. a Man and a Woman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 5

A capsize occurred in the harbor early on Saturday evening, which resulted in a woman named Mrs. Mayo and an A.B. named Beatly being drowned. The…

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Sad Boating Fatality. a Man and a Woman Drowned

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 4

An accident of a sad nature happened about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening near Garden Island resulting in the drowning of a young lady, Mrs. J. Mayo, and a seaman named Beatty. It appears…

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Newcastle Boating Fatality

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The water police were engaged all day yesterday searching for the bodies of the unfortunate men Spiers and Thomas, who were drowned in the harbor on…

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Newcastle Boating Fatality. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 4

The police have not yet been able to find the bodies of the two unfortunate victims of the late sad boating fatality…

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Horrible Accident. Four Men Killed. Five Terribly Injured. Capsize of Molten Steel. LONDON, March 27

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 6

A terrible accident, resulting in the death of several persons, has occurred at a steel foundry at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. An immense vat of molten steel by some means…

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