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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Accident at the Sports

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 6

A man whose name is supposed to be Stewart, and is said to be in the employ of the Railway Department; was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday by two detectives…

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The Railway Accident. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

COWRA, Tuesday.-After the accident at Wattamandara the passengers, 16 in number, were transferred to another train and landed at Cowra. None of them were seriously injured…

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Skating Accidents in England. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

Numerous accidents through skating on the ice continue to be reported. Several fatalities have occurred…

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The Railway Accident on the Blayney Line. Escape of the Passengers. the Inquest on Driver Willloughby. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

There were 16 passengers in the train which met with the accident yesterday near Wattamandara, the majority being for Cowra. All escaped serious injury, though several are suffering from contusions…

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The Railway Accident. Inquest on Willoughby. COWRA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

Mr. J. T. West, District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday on the body of James Willoughby, the driver of the train. Mr. Sid Webb, of Bathurst,…

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Accident at a Sports Gathering. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 6

During the progress of the sports at the Centennial Grounds yesterday a mishap occurred by which three or four persons narrowly escaped very serious injury. The…

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The Cowra Railway Accident. Further Particulars. the Inquest on the Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 4

The gangs of men who were on Sunday put on to work at the wreckage of tho accident which occurred on that day on the Harden-Blayney line, between Koorawatha and…

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The Fatal Boating Accident. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 2

Sir,--Had I required a proof of my contention that the Marine Board should have power to prevent such loss of life as occurred in the Iolanthe disaster, it would have been…

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Fatal Beating Accident. Capsize of a Dingey. Two Men Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

A fatal boating accident occurred about half-past 5 yesterday afternoon, when owing to the violence of the southerly gale a dingey contain­ing five men was swamped in Homebush Bay…

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The Boating Fatality. In Homebush Bay

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 6

THE water police to-day resumed dragging for the bodies of the two men, Dempsey and Atkinson, who yesterday lost their lives through the capsize of a dingey in…

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Fatal Boating Accident. A. Dingy Capsized at Homebush Bay. Two Workmen Drowned. the Police Skiff Endangered

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon, owing to the violence of the southerly gale, a dingy containing five men was swamped at Homebush Bay, Parramatta River, and two of the occupants,…

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Boating Fatality. On the Farramatta. Two Lives Lost

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 2

A BOATING accident, attended in two instances with fatal results, occurred yesterday evening on Homebush Bay, near Ryde, Parramatta River. Five men, who were…

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Desperate Encounter with an Armed Burglar. A Publican and a Constable Injured

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 2

About 4 o’clock on Monday morning George Hunn, the licensee of the White Lion Hotel, at the corner of Riley and Goulburn streets, Sydney, was awakened by a rustling noise in…

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Serious Street Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 6

A man named James Irvine, who described himself as a saloon-keeper, met with a serious accident yesterday at the corner of Wexford and Elizabeth streets. Irvine, who is 30 years of…

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Cycling Notes. the Summer Cup. The Highland Gathering Races. Bathurst Sports. Accident to Howard Lewis. [?] in New [?]Land

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 7

THE SUMMER CUP,—With reference to the unfinished contest for the Summer Cup, Mr. Lambton before leaving for Melbourne on Thursday last called to inform me that he has…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Emmaville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

A fatal accident happened here to-day. The eldest son of John Carey accidentally shot himself. He was out shooting with two others, and was in the act of putting his gun down on the ground when it…

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The Boating Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 3

REGARDING the fatal capsize of a boat in Homebush Bay on Monday evening, it now transpires that tho persons who actually rescued the survivors were Messrs. Green and…

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This Homebush Bay Drowning Natality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 4

The water police yesterday were engaged all day at Homebush Bay dragging for the bodies of the two men, William Dempsey and Thomas Atkinson, who were on the…

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Drowning at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 6

The steward of the barque Lochree, named Godfred, 40 years of age, whilst returning from visiting the steward of the barque Bengarin slipped from the ballast…

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Drowned in Newcastle Harbor

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-A man named Godfred, 40 years of age, steward of the barque Lochcree, fell-off the ballast wharf at the dyke last night about a quarter to & o'clock, and was…

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