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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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A Workman Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 6

JAMES VERMEER, an old man, living at 8 Cover-street, sustained a somewhat severe injury to his back to-day. He was working at a building in Buckingham-street…

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Victoria. the Pilot-coogee Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- At the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day Henry Attwooll, master of the steamer Pilot, appeared to answer a charge of misconduct by carelessly…

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A Photographer Drowned. Laurieton

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at Kendall yesterday morning about 10 o'clock to a photographer named Chissell. It appears that Chissell had crossed the river to Kendall in…

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Inquests. Drowned in a Waterhole

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 3

Stewart Taylor (17 years of age) recently residing in Webb-street, Croydon, was drowned while bathing on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, accompanied by a man named…

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Fatal Lorry Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 2

An inquest was held at Parramatta on Monday by Mr. J. E. Bowden, district coroner, touching the death of Herbert Mansell, aged 11, son of John Crawford Mansell, railway signalman,…

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Fatal Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 2

Wagga, Tuesday.—An accident which had a fatal termination occurred yesterday at Laks Albert. Mr. C. J. Redman, an old and well-know resident of the district was engaged, mounted on…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 6

Young, Monday.—An inquest was held to-day touching the death of Mr. John Henry Murray, late manager for Mr. M'Kinnon, M.L.A., who died yesterday morning from the effects of an accident…

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Fatal Accident at Lake Albert. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 5

An accident which had a fatal termination happened this monring at Lake Albert to C. J. Redman, an old and well-known resident of the district. His horse stumbled, and Mr. Redman was thrown forward,…

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The Aqueduct Accident. Water Supply Restored. Granville all Right Again. The Pipe Line Complete. The Official Report

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 6

THE Minister for Works this afternoon received the following report on the accident to the Boothtown aqueduct, between Prospect and Potts' Hills reservoirs, from Mr. Darley…

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The Accident to the Aqueduct. Water Supply Restored

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 4

The connection in the Sydney water supply channel was made yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, and a large body of water was at once sent through the pipes…

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Assaulted and Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 5

THOMAS STEVENSON, a carpenter, was taken to the Sydney Hospital this morning with a severe injury to his left knee. He said he had been set upon by some men in…

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Accident to the Port Denison

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 12.—The steamer Port Denison, bound from London, to Sydney, has been compelled to seek refuge at Cape town. Her propeller has been damaged…

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Accident to the S.s. Port Denison. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 5

The steamer Port Denison, bound from London to Sydney, has been compelled to seek refuge at Capetown. Her propeller has been damaged…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 5

A MACHINIST at Forsyth's mills, Waterloo, named Patrick M'Grath, received a nasty injury to his face this morning. He was engaged at an automatic spinner, when by…

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Accidents at Cockatoo Island

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 4

A return was laid upon the table of the Assembly yesterday by Mr. Lyne showing the number of accidents which have happened during the last five years at Cockatoo Island…

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The Water Supply. the Accident to the Aqueduct

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 6

Referring to the oversetting of the parapets on the aqueduct near Prospect on the morning of the 7th inst., Mr. Trevor Jones, water engineer, reported to the Water and Sewerage…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 3

ON Saturday morning a shocking accident— which unfortunately resulted fatally—occurred on the Sydney Road, at Auburn. A lad named Herbert E. O. Mansell, whilst trying to jump…

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Gun Fatality. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 7

Frederick Anderson, a bridge hand on the railway, was accidentally shot at Carrick last night at 7 o'clock. John Munro, a fellow employee, returned from shooting,…

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Special Edition Four Hundred Drowned. Loss of a British Steamer. In Chinese Waters. LONDON, January 13

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 6

A despatch from the East reports the loss of the British steamship Namchow in Chinese waters. The vessel it appears had her shaft broken, and she sank immediately…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.—A, gun accident by which Frederick Anderson, a bridge carpenter, employed on the railway; lost his life, occurred at Carrick yesterday. It appears that Anderson…

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