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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Drowned in the Harbor

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

Shortly before 9 o'clock on Sunday morning the body of a man was discovered floating in the water near the rocks at Mrs. Macqnarie's chair. The water police were communicated…

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Fatality at the Atlas Works

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

THE Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at the Balmain Cottage Hospital this afternoon regarding the death of John Moran, who was…

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Street Fatality at Redfern. Alleged Manslaughter

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

A FATAL accident occurred at Wells-street, Redfern, on Saturday night, when a stonemason named James Dooley was killed through being run over by a springcart,…

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A Fatal Capsize--two Seamen Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE Sunday --Two seamen named Thos Petersen and Chas Rusmussen, both residents of Footscray hired a sailing boat this afternoon and proceeded down…

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Capsize of a 'Bus. on the Newtown-road, Several Passengers Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

A SERIOUS 'bus accident, resulting in considerable injury to several persons, occurred on the Newtown-road shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. The portion of the…

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The Winter in Europe. Fifteen Persons Frozen to Death. Forty-one Drowned. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 7

The total number of persons frozen to death in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe up to the present is 15. Forty-one persons have perished by the…

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News by Cable. The Weather in England. Frozen to Death. Fatal Skating Accidents

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 6.-Up to this evening 11 cases of persons having been frozen to death have been reported. Forty-one persons have also been…

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Fatal Accident

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

TARES, Monday.—A settler named John Thomas Mathew, who had delivered a log at the Tinonee sawmill, was returning to Purfleat on Saturday, when he met with a fatal accident. It…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 7

A fatal boating accident occurred on the Lower Yarra, near the sugar works, yesterday. Thomas Petersen and Charles Rasmussen, of Footscray, engaged a boat of about eight tons, and w[?]nt for…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Fatal Accident Near Tinonee. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 8

A fatal accident occurred on the Redbank-road, near Tinonee, this morning. A settler named John Thomas Mathew, who had delivered a log at the Tinonee sawmill, was returning to Purfleet, and was…

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Fatalities and Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

ANOTHER BEAD INFANT FOUND.--On Saturday morning a man who is in the employ of Messrs. Wright, Heaton, and Co. discovered a tin box floating in the water at…

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Triple Drowning Fatality. Warialda

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

Whilst trying to cross the Gwydir River with a cart, 14 miles out of town, a man and his two children were drowned through the current sweeping the horses and vehicle…

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Sad Fatality Near Warialda. a Father and Two Children Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 4

WARIALDA, Monday.-- sad fatality occurred at Ezzy's Crossing, Gwydir River, Morce-road, 14 miles from here, on Saturday. A man, his wife, and three children, were…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

A number of children were playing on the pier at Bushcutters' Bay on Saturday afternoon when one, a girl of about 5 years, overbalanced herself and fell into the water. A boy little older than…

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That Street Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

The deputy city coroner, Mr W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held on inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital on the body of the man James Dooley, who was run over and killed by a horse and…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two brothers named Edward James and Henry Stephen, aged 8 and 10 years respectively, residing with their parents near Rushworth,…

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Drowning Fatalities. Eight Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 4

WARIALDA, Tuesday.-News has just been received of a sad drowning accident at Ezzy's Crossing, Gwydir River, Moree-road, 14 miles from here, on Saturday. A man, his wife, and…

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Melbourne Drowning Cases. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

The body of a man unknown was found in the Yarra to-day, William M'Neil, 25, was drowned at Kew while bathing. The body has not been…

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Sad Case of Drowning. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

A sad case of drowning occurred here about midday yesterday. A lad named Michael Morris, aged 14½, accompanied by some young companions, proceeded to Floyd's Creek to bathe. After…

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Two Boys Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

A sad drowning accident occurred yesterday near Rushworth. Three sons of John Clayton were playing at a dam when the youngest, aged 8, fell in. His brother, aged 10, in attempting to…

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