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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 140

A Girl Drowned. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 7

A young girl named May M'Vade was drowned in a tank of water at 2 p.m. at Merewether to-day. It seems the child, who is 8 years old, tried to get a dipper of…

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Collision in Port Phillip. Sinking of the Steamer Bellinger. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 5

The steamer Bellinger, from Strahan, Tasmania, collided with the barque Presto, outward bound, near No. 3 buoy in the west channel, at about a quarter past 8 to-night. The Bellinger…

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Accident in King-street

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 6

Richard M. Dale, 23, builder, was charged before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, with having behaved in a riotous manner ia King-street. Constable Twiss stated…

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Accident in a Mine. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 5

Charles Palmer, 22, a miner, while working in Dudley Colliery met with a painful accident. A quantity of coal fell on him and he sustained a compound fracture of the…

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Accident to a Miner. Bulli

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 6

A man named Weeks, whilst working in the South Bulli Colliery on Saturday, was rather seriously hurt in the legs. He was removed to the Wollongong Hospital…

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Stroud Coach Accident. Dungog

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 4

Kay, the coachdriver who was so nearly killed last week, is still in some danger, though by last report he is a shade easier…

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The Collision Off Queensoliff. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 5

Further details of the collision which occurred in the channel off Queenscliff on Wednesday night are to hand. The barque Presto and the steamer Bollinger ran foul of…

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The Bellinger-presto Collision. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 3

The passengers of the Bellinger and Presto were landed to-day. They state that the officers and crews of both vessels showed commendable courage and promptitude in…

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Victoria. Collision Off Queenscliff. the Steamer Bellinger Sunk

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The tug Racer arrived in the bay this morning with the disabled barque Presto, of 384 tons, engaged in the New Zealand trade. The latter had…

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The Collision in Port Phillip. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melboune

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 5

The steamer Bellinger, which sank in the West Channel last night after having been in collision with the barque Presto, remains in the same position, with the stern above water. The Lady…

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Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

BOWRAL, Friday. -- A fatal accident happened on the railway line to-day, near Mittagong. A ballast train loaded with metal was travelling from the stone crushers near…

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Supposed Drowning. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

Percival Harvey, employed at the Rockhampton Post-office, went shooting at Nankin Crock on Wednesday, and not returning the police made a search and found his…

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The Presto-bellinger Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Marine Board has received reports from Pilot Barber and the captains of the Bellinger and Presto, narrating the particulars of the collision…

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A Little Girl Drowned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 35

A little girl, 10 years bf age, was accidentally drowned at Dubbo, on April 14, while playing on the bank of the Meequaria Biver. She was the daughter of Mr. William Pender, of the…

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A Marine Collision Narrowly Averted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- At the meeting of the Marine Board to-day Mr. H. R. Roid asked Captain Currie, the chairman, whether any official information had been received of…

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The Venezuela War. a Serious Mistake. a Passenger Vessel Attacked. Panic Amongst the Passengers--No One Injured. LONDON, April 22

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

The President of Venezuela, Dr. Palacio, has issued a despatch in which he asserts that the reported victories of the insurgents are all lies, and that the rebels have been…

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Accident to John Dillon. a Nasty Fall

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

The Dublin papers, March 12, give come partienlars of an accident of a not very serious character which happened to Mr. John Dillon, M P., is Dublin, on Wednesday evening. He arrived in…

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Street Accident

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

A mas named William Mallett, 65, living in Banks-street, Botany, was badly injured on Friday, the result of a collision in Bedfern. He was driving in a cart along Botany-streat, when…

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Accidentally Shot

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-A peculiar affair occurred in Duke's Shooting Gallery, Eastern Market, yesterday afternoon. The gallery was in charge of a youth named Wiles, and there was…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

MITTACONG, Saturday.-A fatal accident happened about 60 yards from tho railway station yesterday, to a young man named Richard Lipscomb, an assistant guard on a ballast train. The…

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