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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 140

The Harbor Fatality. Recovery of one of the Bodies

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 6

THE body of the man Beatty, one of the victims of Saturday night's boating fatality off Garden Island, was this afternoon recovered by the water police. When…

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Anarchist Activity. Another Dynamite Outrage. a Building Completely Wrecked. Many Persons Injured. LONDON, March 27

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 6

Further dynamite outrages have occurred in Paris. One bomb completely wrecked a lodging-house in which a large number of persons were staying. It is presumed that…

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The Country. Three Persons Accidentally Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 5

MOLONG, Saturday.--A serious gun accident happened yesterday at Cumnock. A son of John Leary had been chopping thistles on his father's farm and had a loaded gun…

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The English Factory Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--An inquest has been held on the bodies of nine women who were killed at Cleekheaton (Yorkshire) some weeks ago by a chimney stack…

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Flood at Lismore--a Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 5

LISMORE, Monday.--The showery weather continued until Saturday night, since when it has been beautifully fine. The river rose to a height of 18ft., covering many low-lying…

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The Harbor Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 6

A man who was pulling in a boat near Garden Island on Sunday morning informed the police yesterday that he saw the body of a woman wearing a black dress floating, face upwards, and…

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Newcastle Drowning Case. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 6

The police have been dragging since Sunday to try if possible to recover the bodies of Thomas and Speers, but without success. Should the bodies not have been…

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The Caitloch—fatality at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 6

The Clyde-built, but now Sweedish-owned; barque Caitloch arrived from Hamburg yesterday with a large and valuable general cargo. The Caitloch, as an iron ship, is well known in the Australian trade. She is now…

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Fatal Frolic. a Boy Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 6

TWO boys this morning found the dead body of another lad named Ernest Moxhain in a waterhole at, the Railway Quarry, off Murray-street, Pyrmont. The youngsters…

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The Harbor Fatality. Inquest on the Victims. How the Capsize Occurred

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 6

THE inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Emma Mayo and James Beattie, the victims of last Saturday night's boating fatality in the harbor, was held before the City Coroner…

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The Anarchists. Outrage in Paris. House Wrecked. Seven Persons Injured. Foreign Anarchists Expelled

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, March 28.—The home of a barrister, who recently prosecuted a number of anarchists in Paris, was last night the scene of a dynamite outrage. A bomb was…

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Street Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 6

A horse attached to a buggy bolted yesterday from opposite the Standard Brewery, and proceeded in the direction of the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park. On reaching…

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Narrow Escafe From a Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 8

John Curll, a well-known carrier, while travelling at night from Gundagai to Tumut with four tons of loading on his waggon, had a marvellous escape from a fatal accident. Coming up Flinty Hill a…

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The Fatal Boating Accident. Finding of the Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 3

The bodies of James Beatty and Mrs. Mayo, the victims of the fatal capsize off Garden Island on Saturday, were yesterday recovered by the water police. Beatty's…

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Boy Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 6

A boy named Ernest Edward Moxham, aged 8 years, son of Lewis Moxham, residing at 8 Murray-street, Pyrmont, was found in a waterhole at the Railway Quarry, Pyrmont, yesterday. The…

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Newcastle Drowning Case. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 6

The police have been dragging since Sunday to try if possible to recover the bodies of Thomas and Speers, but without success. Should the bodies not have been…

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The Harbor Fatality. the Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 6

The inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Mayo and James Beattie, who were drowned through the capsizing of a boat near Garden Island on Saturday night, was held at the Croydon Hotel, Lower…

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A Slight Collision. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 4

In swinging round in tho harbor yesterday the barque Kate Tatham struck the jibboom of the schooner Mary Warner, carrying it away…

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Fatal Frolic. a Boy Drowned

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 6

Two boys this morning found the dead body of another lad named Ernest Moxham in a waterhole at the Railway Quarry, off Murray-street, Pyrmont. The youngsters…

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The Fatality on the Harbour. the Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, held an inquest yesterday into the circumstances attending the deaths of Emma Mayo and James Beattie, who were drowned on Saturday night in the harbour…

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