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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

2,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 140

Serious Burning Accident

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

A little girl named Annie M'Hugh, 4 years, met with a painful accident on Friday afternoon, at the residence of her parents, No. 170 Cumberland-street. The child was playing in the…

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Fatal Accident Near Mittagong Railway Station. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 10

A shocking accident happened about 50 yards from the railway station to a young man named Richard Lipscomb at about a quarter to 11 o'clock this morning. He was assistant guard on a ballast…

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Fatal Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 932
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Whilst a settler named Kempton, near Portland Victoria, was handling a gun on Tuesday show his brother the difference between that weapon and one which had been offered to him for sale the gun…

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Serious Coach Accident on the Manning. Stroud

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 962

A serious accident to the coach to the Manning Elver happened early on Good Friday morning. As the down coach was nearing Stroud with a heavy mail, and in consequence of the holidays a full…

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Fatal Accidents on the Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 924

Two fatal accidents occurred on the suburban line on Thursday, the 14th. instant, one near the Lewisham viaduct, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the other about a mile away, near Petersham station,…

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Accident to a Battery of Field Artillery. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 937

At the artillery camp, at Lancefield Junction, nearly all the tents were struck when the rain commenced, and the final manoeuvres were interrupted by an accident resulting in…

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Killed on the Railway Line. Bodies Shockingly Mutilated. Deaths Accidental

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 17

An accident occurred near the Lewisham railway platform on Thursday, April 14, by which a man named George Augustus Kane met his death. Kane was working on the line at the new…

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Accidents. Bank Holiday. Terrible Crush. Eight People Killed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 11

LONDON, April 13.—Disastrous floods have occurred in the State of Tennessee, United States. Immense damage has teen done in the river valleys, attended with great…

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Accident to Artillerymen

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 15

At Lancefield Junction, where the Artillery are Camped, to-day (Monday) nearly all the tents were struck, when the rain commenced, and the final manœuvres were interrupted by a serious…

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Fatal Accident at Manly. Falling Over the Cliffs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 14

A shocking accident happened on Easter Monday at Fairy Bower, Manly Beach, to a man named Thomas Toohey. In company with his wife and children, Toohey proceeded to Manly…

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Victorian News. Destructive Fire. The New Agent-General Makes an Explanation. Baby Farming. A Centenarian. Accident to Artillerymen. MELBOURNE, April 18. Big Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 15

A serious fire causing much damage broke out at 3 o'clock this morning in Queen-street, Warragul. The flames were first observed at the rear of M'Watt's grocery store…

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Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 8

AN elderly shoeblack named Hugh Fairley died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday from injuries received the previous evening. On Saturday night the deceased was found…

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Street Collision

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 6

As the result of a collision between two carts in Oxford-street, Padding ton, on Saturday, a carter named John Hennessey received a very serious injury. He was d[?]iving his cart along Oxford-street…

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Drowned in the Darling

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 4

WILCANNIA, Monday.-Mr. Rodgerson, district coroner, held an inquest at Mount Murchison Station on Saturday on the body of a man named Daniel Heydon, who was found drowned in the…

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The Injured Jockeys. Progressing Favorably

The Australian Star · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 5

WE are pleased to report that the injured jockeys, Miles, Schaafe and Lewis, who were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday afternoon through injuries…

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A Marine Collision Narrowly Averted. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 4

Sir, -- My attention has been drawn to a report from Melbourne in your issue of this date that the steamer Coogee, from Launceston, very nearly collided with a large…

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Drowned in the River Darling [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 7

Mr. Rodgerson, the coroner, held an inquest at Mount Murchison station on the body of Danie Heydon, who was found drowned in the Darling the preceding day by an aboriginal working on the…

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Railway Accident at Redfern

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 6

An engine-driver named Thomas Smith, 39, a resident of Great Buckingham-street, Redfern, met with an accident on Saturday. At the time of the occurrence he was driving an engine…

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Accident in Pitt-street

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 6

An accident of a very serious nature occurred in Pitt-street, near the Post Office. Saturday The victim was a youth named Sidney Gibbon, 17, who was in the employ of Mr. Andrew Downie…

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