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Accidents, 1893

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Buggy Accident

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-A curious boggy accident occurred at Belmont. Mr.E.Lane, with his wife and family, in all 10 in number, were returning home to Newcastle, when the horse; stumbled and fell…

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Fatal Gun Accident. (From Our Correspondent.) Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 9

Yesterday two young men named William Dower, 21, and Henry Warren, 17, son of Mr. Richard Warren, J.P., a well-known resident, went out shooting near Mullion Creek. Coming home Warren…

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A Series of Accidents. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 10

At the sports yesterday three horses fell in the Hurdle Race, two in the Flat Race and one in the Mounted Infantry Race. One lad named Burgess had his leg broken above the Knee, and sustained…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

ORANGE, Friday.--Yesterday afternoon William Dower wont with Henry Warren, son of Mr. Richard Warren, J.P., for a day's shooting. They issue working back towards…

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Victoria. Fatal Mining Accident at Bendigo

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A sad mining accident occurred in the North Old Chum minor Bendigo, to-day. Two men named John Grant and James Quick put in a charge at the…

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Drowning Fatality. Young

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

Two children, David Coleman and Agnes Beatrice Scott, were drowned in a tank, on Thursday afternoon, in their father's selection. They fell in whilst playing on the…

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Sad Fatality. Two Ladies Drowned

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

BODALLA Monday.-A sad bathing accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Tuross River, near Comerang House, Bodalla, when Mrs. Edward M. Mort, of Derraquin, and Miss H. S…

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The Country. Bathing Fatality--two Ladies Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

BODALLA, Sunday.--A very cad bathing accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Tuross River, near Comerang House, Bodalla, whereby Mrs. Edward M. Mort, of…

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Distressing Fatality Near Bodalla. Two Ladies Drowned While Bathing. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bodalla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

A terribly and accident, which has cast a deep gloom over the whole district, occurred here yesterday afternoon. Whilst several ladies, members of the Mort family, and some friends, were bathing in…

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Sad Drowning Accident. Loss of Two Children. (From Our Correspondent.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

Two children, named David Coleman and Agnes Beatrice Scott, aged respectively 7 and 5 years, were drowned in a tank on Mr. Scott's selection on Thursday afternoon. From particulars elicited at…

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Two Ladies Drowned. Bodalla

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

A very Bad double drowning fatality occurred here on Saturday afternoon. Several ladies were bathing in the Tuross River, and Mrs. Edward Mort, of…

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A Child Drowned. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

A child, 18 months old, son of Mrs, Fred. Martin, a widow residing at Carlingford, was playing with several other children at a dam near his parent's residence on…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning Sunstruck While Fishing

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 6

A young man named Richard Richards, an assistant in Dymock's Book Arcade, had an extraordinary escape from death by drowning at Sans Souci on Anniversary Day. He had been fishing…

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Shocking Mining Fatality. a Miner Buried Alive

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.-At the North Old Chum Mine, Bendigo, John Grant and James Quick fired a shot in the stopes over the 1000ft level on Friday. They tried the ground overhead with an…

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Accident to the Rodondo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 4

A telegram received last night from South Australia says that the Howard-Smith line steamer Rodondo, which left Sydney last Wednesday for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Port Pirie, was sighted by the steamer Bullara in a disabled…

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Terrible Mining Accident. a Miner Buried Alive. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

At the North Old Chum minE, Bendigo, on Friday John Grant and James Quick fired a shot in the stones over the 1000ft. level. On returning, they tried the ground overhead with an iron rod,…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

Albert Henry Milton, aged 17, was rabbit-shooting near Geelong with his brother yesterday, and whilst runing he slipped and fell, with the muzzle of his gun near his breast. The gun went…

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Buggy Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 3

A buggy accident which might have been serious occurred about 3 o'clock on Saturday evening to a man named Main. Main was driving towards his home at Canterbury…

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The Bodalla Drowning Fatality. Further Details

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

The news of the sad fatality at Bodalla was received with intense regret in society circles in Sydney, where both Mrs. Mort and Miss Dight were very well known. Mrs…

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Drowning Accidents. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 5

James Little, the proprietor of the coach running betweeu Mudgee and Gulgong, was drowned last night in Cloudy Bay, near Mudgee, while out fishing. It appears that he stripped off his clothes, and said…

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