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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

2,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 137

Alarming Accident to a Train. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 7

While a passenger train, running from Maryborough to Castlemaine, was passing this evening over the bridge overspanning Campbell's Creek, the leading pair of wheels of the tender left the…

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Fatal Accident. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 5

A selector named Henry Field, who resided 13 miles from Temora, on the Morangarell-road, met his death an Thursday last through being run over by a waggon on…

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Railway Collision

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 6

GOULBURN, Thursday.—A collision occurred between two engines in the shunting-yard on Wednesday. Driver Jackson, who had brought the paper express from Sydney, was taking his…

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Albert Park Drowning Case. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 6

Manton, the husband of the woman who was drowned at Albert Park under peculiar circumstances, gave evidence at the coroner's inquiry, to-day, and explained matters…

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Albert Park Drowning Manton Charged with Murder. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 5

The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of the young married woman, Clara Manton, whose body was found in the lake of the Albert Park under suspicious…

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Victoria. the Albert Park Drowning Case. a Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The inquiry into the death of Clara Manton, who was drowned in the Albert Park Lake by the upsetting of a boat, was continued to-day…

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Third Edition. Northern Items. Drowned in a Water Tank

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—A very old resident of West Maitland named Kline lost his life in a remarkable manner yesterday. It appears that he was cleaning out a tank from flood…

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Fire at Merewether. Two Men Severely Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 6

Last night, shortly after 10 o'clock, a fire broke out in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage at Merewether, the property of Mr. James Aspinall. The building was burned to the ground. The house is…

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Strange Accident

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 5

A school boy named William Willan, 9, who lives with his parents at 100 St. John's-road, Forest Lodge, met with a peculiar accident yesterday afternoon, which may have a very serious…

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The Fatal Mining Accident. Recovery of the Bodies. the Inquest

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 5

LEADVILLE, Wednesday.—In connection with the mining disaster, Carr's body was recovered at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and Stapleton's at 4 o'clock this morning, both being…

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Accident to an Ironclad

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 22.—H.M.S. Undaunted commanded by Captain Lord Charles Beresford, V.C., C.B., has gone aground at Alexandria. Her position is thought…

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A Bailiff Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 2

A bailiff named William Hession was treated at the Sydney Hospital yesterday by Dr. Sherlow for a contused wound on the left arm, sustained while holding the fort at…

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Drowned in a Water Tank

Evening News · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—A very old resident of West Maitland named Kline lost his life in a remarkable manner yesterday. It appears that he was cleaning out a tank from flood…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 6

ORANGE, Thursday.—A miner named Samuel Rule, aged 27 years, was killed about 3 o'clock this morning at Lucknow, while working about 350 feet below the surface, by a fall of rock,…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Fatal Mining Accident at Lucknow. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 5

This morning a fall of stone occurred in the drive of the Ph[?]nix mine, at Lucknow by which a miner named Samuel Rule was killed. The deceased with other miners, was engaged in timbering, when one…

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Terrible Blasting Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 9

Another fatal accident through the premature explosion of a blast happened to-day. Bernard Quinn, one of the steadiest and most careful quarrymen employed in the Richmond Quarry,…

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The Albert Park Drowning Case. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 599

The inquest concerning the death of Clara Amelia Manton, the young woman who was drowned in less than 3ft. of water in Albert Park lake on the night of the 6th, while out boating…

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The Albert Park (Vic.) Drowning Case. A Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 6

THE inquiry into the death of Clara Manton, who was drowned in the Albert Park Lake by the upsetting of a boat, was concluded on Wednesday. The particulars of the case are, no…

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Knocked Down and Run Over. a Man Seriously Injured. Two Arrests Made

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 6

Robert Gray, a laborer, was to-day taken to Prince Alfred Hospital suffering from a fractured skull and same very severe internal injuries. At a late hour last…

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Loss of a Warship. the Cockatrice in Collision. She Sinks Almost Immediately. Narrow Escape of the Crew. LONDON, March' 24

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 6

News has been received of the total loss of H.M.S. Cockatrice, a vessel of the Mediterranean fleet. The Cockatrice came into collision with another vessel at Trieste and…

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