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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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A Lift Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

A painter named Charles Meier met with a serious accident on Tuesday afternoon. He, with two other men named Calvan and Sinclair were at work at Gardner's new warehouse…

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Peculiar Accident. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 4

Arthur Valentine fell through a window at St. Kilda and cut his throat. He is in a serious state at the hospital…

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Killed on the Railway. Shocking Accident at Newtown

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 5

Still another has to be added to the long list of persons killed on the suburban railway lines. William Jones, a wood and coal merchant, lately residing at the corner of…

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Gas Explosion at a Bank. Two Men Injured

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 6

At about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a gas explosion, resulting in two workmen being injured, happened at the Australian Joint Stock Bank, George and King streets. From…

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Another Railway Accident. a Man's Leg Cut Off

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 4

The Redfern railway yard, at the end of No. 3 platform, was the scene of an accident on Wednesday night, Which fatal results are apprehended. The victim was a sleeping car…

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Another Railway Accident. At Redfern Station

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 8

Just about dusk yesterday a serious accident happened to a sleeping-car conductor named Donald M 'Donald at Redfern Railway Station. M'Donald was crossing the…

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The Newtown Railway Accident. the Coroner's Inquest

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue to-day on the body of the man William Jones, who was killed on the railway line at Newtown…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Peculiar Suicide of a Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 6

Stanley Walker, 14 years of age, a son of Mr. P. B. Walker (Acting-Superintendent in the Electric Telegraph Department), and who resided with his parents at Glen Islay,…

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Recovering of Drowned Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday, 4.10 p.m.--Early this morning the body of James Florance, a bricklayer, residing in Chester-street, Fortitude Valley, was found floating in the…

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Drowned in the Hunter

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.-A youth named Stanley Compton, 15 years of age, attending the High School at East Maitland, was drowned yes­terday while bathing with some school mates in…

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Newtown Railway Fatality. the Inquest

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 6

At the South Sydney Morgue, Belmore Park, on Thursday, ah inquest was held on the remains of the body of the wood and coal merchant, Wm. Jonas, who was ran over and killed by a train…

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A Flower Boy Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 7

Nicolini Filora, 13 years of age, and a flower-seller, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from injuries received through falling under a cab whilst…

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A Wharf Laborer Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 5

Joseph Thomson, 64, a wharf laborer residing at No. 5 Pyrmont Bridge-road, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this morning suffering from fracture of the leg caused…

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Loss of an Anchor Liner. Thirty-seven Drowned

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 4

London, February 9.-The Anchor Liner Trinacria has been lost off the Spanish coast. Thirty-seven of the craw were drowned…

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Wreck of the Trinacria. Thirty-one Persons Drowned. London, February 9

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 5

The steamer Trinacria, of the Anchor Line, has become a total wreck off Cape Villano, Spain. Thirty-one of those on board were drowned. The Trinacria was a…

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Loss of an Anchor Liner. Thirty Seven of the Crew Drowned. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 5

The Anchor Liner Trinacria has been lost off Corunna, Spain, at exactly the same spot where H.M.S. Serpent foundered. Thirty-seven of the crew were…

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The Push and the Police. Row in an Hotel. A Constable Badly Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 6

Between 1 and 2 o'clock this afternoon a number of young men, said to belong to the Abercrombie-street push, assaulted Constable Joseph Cook, of Redfern Station,…

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The Drowning of the Jackson Family. Up in a Tree for Twenty-four Hours. How One of the Rescuing Constables Perished. Plucky Conduct of a Young Lady

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 6

One of the saddest calamities in connection with the flood is the drowning case of the Jackson family, which occurred at Blackwall. The Toowoomba Chronicle gives the…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 6

A sad fatal accident occurred last night, resulting in the death of Walter, second son of Mr. John Channon, J.P. The decease, who was 14 years old, was repairing a swimming-hole at Surface…

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