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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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A Little Child Drowned. Magisterial Enquiry

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

MR. R. H. MATHEWS, J.P., held a magisterial enquiry at the. Racecourse Hotel, Granville, on Monday last, on the body of Gladys May Simpson, aged 2 years, who was drowned…

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A Father Tries to Save His Son and Is Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

A married man named Thomas Marlow (34), a carpenter, who resided with his wife and family at Renwick-street, Marrickville, was drowned in Cook's River yestorday…

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The Missing Steamer Naronic. a Bottle Message Washed Ashore. Reported Collision with an Iceberg

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A message contained in a bottle has been washed ashore at Norfolk, a port in Virginia, United States, purporting to be from the…

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Message From the Sea. the Missing Steamer Naronic. Collision With an Iceberg. LONDON, March 30

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 5

A bottle containing a message purporting to be from the missing steamer Naronic, oi the White Star line, has been picked np at Norfolk, Virginia (U.S.). The…

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Accident at Stockton Colliery

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—G. T. Lee, carpenter, employed at Stockton Colliery, while effecting repairs at the top of the shaft yesterday had one of his legs badly broken by a rope on a revolving…

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Serious Coaching Accident. Louth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 657

Cobb and Co.'s coach from Wilcannia arrived here this morning, 19 hours late. The driver, Mr. E. Fillery, and three passengers had a most mis[?]culous escape on Saturday night. It appears that…

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Serious Coaching Accident. a Miraculous Escape

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 14

LOUTH, Tuesday.—The Wilcannia mails arrived here yesterday, 19 hours late. Mr. E. Pillory, the driver, states that three passengers and he had a most miraculous escape on Saturday night…

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Boating Fatality. Two Men Drowned

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 4

HOBART, Monday.—News has been received here that a boating accident occurred at Tamar Heads on Friday night. It appears that a resident of Launceston named Ceilings,…

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Narrow Escapes From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

KIAMA, Saturday. -- This morning two young men, visitors from Sydney, Messrs. David Hall and James Hastings, had a narrow escape from drowning. They were…

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A Swagsman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

MOAMA, Saturday.--A swagsman named Cromby was drowned in the Murray yesterday. The body has not yet been recovered…

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Mining Accident. Two Men Killed--others Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

ORANGE, Saturday.--A terrible accident occurred this evening, at about 6 o'clock, on the Lucknow field. Thomas Nicholls and Francis Dobson, miners, with others, were…

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Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Drowning Accident in Moreton Bay. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

A drowning accident occurred in Moreton Bay on Friday night. A party of young men were out on a pleasure trip in Sir Thomas M'[?]wraith's yacht Harriette Ann, and during the night…

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Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Fatal Boating Accident. Two Men Drowned. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

A fatal boating accident occurred near the Tamar Heads on Frida night. A Launceston resident named Collings, owner of the sailing boat Waratah, accompanied by a young…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Two Passengers Drowned

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The Ruby, a small costal steamer belonging to the Hauraki Steamship Company, while crossing the Mangawi bar, five miles north of Auckland, on Friday, was totally…

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Tasmania. Capsize of a Yacht.--two Men Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--From Launceston it is reported that a fatal boating accident occurred on Saturday. Early in the morning the yacht Waratah, having on board John…

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New Zealand. a Steamer Dashed to Pieces. Two Passengers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Yesterday, while crossing the Wangawai bar, on the East Coast, the passenger steamer Ruby was dashed to pieces on a rock. Most of the…

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Shooting Accident

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 3

A young man named Albert M'Donald, 18, a resident of Bay-street, Bondi, met with a painful accident at Balmoral on Sunday afternoon. He was camping, with a number of other…

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Accidentally Shot

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A shooting accident occurred on Saturday afternoon on Bird Rock, a small island near Geelong, resulting in the death of a young man named Alexander Fraser. The deceased…

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Sad Gun Accident. Melbou[?]ne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

A sad shooting accident occurred yesterday afternoon on Bird Rock, a small island near Geelong, rasulting in the death of a youth named Alick Fraser, aged 16. The deceased with two…

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Accidental Shooting

The Australian Star · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 3

A painter named Albert (M'Donald, 18, while camping at Balmoral received a bullet in the knee from a revolver which accidentally went off. He was admitted to the…

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