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Accidents, 1893

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The Collision in Farm Cove

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 4

The steamer which was in collision with H.M.R. Ringarooma on Friday night was the Kelloe, owned by the Wallarah Coal Company. The master of the steamer…

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Another Harbor Victim. Drowning at Johnston's Bay

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 5

At about 8 o'clock this morning the body of a man named Robert Nix, 52, a laundryman, was found floating in the water just off Booth's sawmills, Johnston's…

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Special Edition a Case of Collision. the Balmain Ferry Services

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 6

A case was heard this morning at the Water Police Court, before Captain Fisher, upon an information filed by direction of the Marine Board by Captain Baldwin,…

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The Flooding of the Eclipse Colliery. Seven Miners Drowned. Narrative of a Survivor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday Night.--One of the most lamentable occurrences in connection with the unprecedented flood was undoubtedly that which happened to the…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Shocking Accident at New Castle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 6

Last night at half-past 11 Lewis Walters, one of the gangers employed in the permanent way staff, missed his footing on the Honeysuckle Point platform and fell on the line. He was run over by a…

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Railway Accident. a Ganger's Leg Cut Off. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 5

A young man named Lewis Walters, employed as a ganger an the railway, whilst riding on a car platform of a train on Saturday night about 10.20 o'clock, and when…

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Serious Accident. At Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co.'s

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 5

John Parker, 28, an employee of Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co., Limited, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this morning suffering from the effects of a serious accident…

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Fatal Accident at Parkes. Parkes

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 5

A youth named Thomas Hall was thrown from his horse on Saturday evening near Bushman's Dam, breaking his neck. He died a few minutes after he was carried into the…

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Terrible Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at the Blayney races (reports the NATIONAL ADVOCATE, Bathurst). The well-known jockey Flyun was riding Malta in the Blayney…

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Drowned at Balmain

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

The body of a man who has been identified as Robert NIX was yesterday morning found floating in the water near Booth's sawmills, Jobnstone's Bay, Balmain. Nix had been missing from his home…

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The Collision in Farm Cove

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4

The collision between the steamer Kelloe and H.M.S. Ringarooma, which occurred in Farm Cove on Friday night, appears to have been more serious than was at first…

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The Collision in Farm Cove

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 5

The collision between the steamer Kelloe and H.M.S. Ringarooma, which occurred in Farm Cove on Friday night, appears to have been more serious than was at first…

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Collision and Wrecks. Nautical Casualties on the Coast. the Kelloe-ringarooma Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

To sink one of our fast new cruisers while lying snugly moored off Farm Cove would be indeed a remarkable as well as a costly accident, and might involve a serious loss of life. But such an accident…

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The Balmain Ferry Services. a Case Op Collision

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

A case was heard yesterday at the Water P. Court, before Captain Fisher, upon an information filed by direction of the Marine Board by Captain Baldwin, master of the Lady Mary, belonging to…

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A Balmain Ferry Collision. Captain Liddy Fined £5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 3

The recent "ferry fighting" which took place between the rival Balmain companies was the cause of an action in the Summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday…

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An Ocean Disaster. a Captain and 12 Officers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Night.--The steamer [?]omcranian, of the Allan Line, while on the way to New York, encountered a severe hurricane…

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An Ocean Disaster. a Captain and 12 Officers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday Night.--The steamer [?]omcranian, of the Allan Line, while on the way to New York, encountered a severe hurricane…

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The Collision Between the Lady Mary and the Me Mel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Captain Fisher, S.M., Ediwin Lewis Baldwin, master of the Balmain New Ferry Company's steamer Lady Marry, proceeded against Josph Liddy, master of the…

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Serious Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-Lewis Walters, one of the gangers employed in the permanent way staff, mused his footing on the Honeysuckle Point platform late on Saturday night, and fell…

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Accident on the Barmen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4

The German-Australian line steamer Barmen, hence to Singapore 4th February, called at Port Kembla after leaving here, and there took in a cargo of coal, finally leaving there on the 8th, via Melbourne. While at Port Kembla…

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