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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Found Drowned. a Mysterious Case. An Open Verdict

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

MR. W. T. PINHEY, Deputy-City Coroner, held a second inquest at Croydon Hotel to-day on the body of a man named Denis Carey, which was found floating in the…

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Premature Explosion. a Quarryman Fearfully Injured. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

John Reidy (30), working at a quarry at Braybrook, was fearfully injured to-day by a premature explosion. He was blown 20 yards, and picked up insensible and…

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Fatality on the Queanbeyan Line. a Fettler Cut to Pieces. Goulburn

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

A terrible fatality occurred on the Queanbeyan line on Saturday night. A fettler named Alfred Y[?]mans was returning on a tricycle to Tuggranong, where he lives, when he was overtaken by the mail…

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The Surry Hills Burglary. a Desperate Struggle. the Injured Man's Statement

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

Charles Brown, 46, on remand, was charged before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday with having broken and entered toe house of George Hunns, White Lion…

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Shipping Disasters in China Waters. a P. and O. Liner in Collision. Sinking of a Warship, and Great Loss of Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

From China and Japan yesterday the steamer Ocampo, under the Gibb-Livngston flag, brought the following particulars of shipping disasters in China waters:—…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.-A fatal accident occurred at Block 11 yesterday. A miner named William M'Farlane was working on the landing stage and while endeavoring to get on the eage…

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The Recent 'Bus Accident. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

Sir,—The overturning of a 'bus full of passengers, which happened in King-street, Newtown, last Saturday morning, should be the means of drawing the attention of the authorities to the very dangerous…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

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

A fatal accident occurred at Block 11 this morning. A miner named William M'Farlane was working on the landing stage, and while endeavouring to get on the cage he slipped and fell down a shaft a…

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The Late Railway Accident. The Official Report

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

WITH regard to the accident which occurred to the mixed train running between Harden and Cowra on the morning of January 1, causing the derailment of the train, by…

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The Omnibus Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

WITH reference to the omnibus accident, which occurred at Newtown on Saturday, we are informed that considerable credit is due to the conductor (Mr. George Cox) of…

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Across Central Asia. Long Ride of Two American Wheelmen. Allen and Sachtleben in China. Followed for Miles by Good-Natured Mobs--Only One Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 7

Two St. Louis (U.S.) wheelmen, inexperienced in foreign riding, have done without serious difficulty what Slovens, the expert, American, recently attempted and failed to…

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Boating Accidents. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

Sir,--I have read with interest the several letters in your columns with reference to the fatal boating accident in the harbor. There is no doubt it is not very difficult to…

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The Fatal Accident at a Balmain Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Bulmain Cottage Hospital, before the Deputy City Coroner (Mr. W.T. Pinhey) and a jury, on the body of Benjamin James…

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The Homebush Bay Drowning Fatality. Inquest on the Bodies. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 3

Inquest on the bodies of the two men, William Dempsey and John Thomas Atkinson, recovered from Homebush Bar by the Ryde and the Water Police on Thursday last, 6th inst.,…

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Accidentally Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Isabella Bowes, 3 years of age, fell into a tank at her parents' residence, Minim, at 10 o'clock this morning and was drowned. The district coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 7

An open verdict was returned yesterday in the inquest on the body of the man Denis Carey, which was held by Mr. Pinhey at the Croydon Hotel. The body was found floating…

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Drowning at Minmi. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 6

A report has just reached Inspector Bronnan that a child named Isabella Bowes, 3 years of age, whose parents reside at Minmi, was accidentally drowned in a tank…

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Mining Disaster. Twenty-five Miners Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 10.-The Wheal Owls Mine in Cornwall has been flooded. Twenty-five miners were drowned…

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Mining Disaster in Cornwall. Twenty-five Miners Drowned. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 5

The Wheal Owls Mine in Cornwall has been flooded. Twenty-five miners were drowned…

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Disaster in Cornwall a Mine Shaft Flooded. Thirty Miners Drowned. LONDON, January 10

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 5

News has been received of a terrible mining disaster in Cornwall. The particulars to hand are meagre, but it is stated that an old shaft of a mine near Penzance…

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