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Accidents, 1894

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Shocking Gun Fatality

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1894 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—At Craigieburn on Saturday a party, consisting of John Mitchell, blacksmith, of Campbellfield, Henry Poole, wheelwright, employed by Mitchell, and a third man, went out rabbit-shooting. Pool a had a…

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Explosion on a Locomotive. Two Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--When the 7.30 train from Healesviile to Melbourne readied Ringwood station last evening the boiler of the engine exploded, and did considerable…

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Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (Frm Ourcorrespondent.) Strange Death of a Girl. Drowned by Her Brother. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1894 · page 5

On Friday evening Chas. Chipper, aged 15, William Chipper, aged 9, and Hilda Chipper, aged about 6, went crabbing at William-street jetty. Later on the two boys returned without…

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New Zealand News. a Child Roasted Alive. Charged with Murder. The Ballance Memorial-- Death of an Arawa Chief-- Suicide by Eating Matches-- Six Persons Poisoned-- Boating Fatality-- Attacked by a Tiger

The Australian Star · Monday 22 January 1894 · page 6

The following items of news are gleaned from New Zealand files to hand by yesterday's mail:-- On Saturday, January 6, a number of…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1894 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at Craigieburn yesterday A party, consisting of John Mitchell, blacksmith, of Campbellfield, Henry Poole, wheelwright, employed by Mitchell,…

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Another Boating Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 4

BEGA, Tuesday.—Three young men, Russell, Legge, and Hunter, went out in a boat on a fishing excursion along the coast on Sunday. They were returning home, and when about 16 miles…

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Collision with a Bicycle. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 6

Marion Stewart, who was run over by a bicycle at Fitzroy last night, is in a precarious condition at the hospital. Her skull is fractured…

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West Australia Drowned Dy a Brother

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.--A sad case of drowning under peculiar circumstances occurred on Friday night. Three children named Chipper went crabbing at Perth. The eldest was…

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A Coal Lumper Injure[?]d

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 5

Whilst engaged on the steam collier Civility discharging at the North Shore Gas Co.'s works this morning William Taylor, 40, a coal lumper, fell into the hold, a…

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Boating Fatality Near Bega. (From Our Correspondent.) Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 5

A boating accident occurred yesterday on the coast, 15 miles from Bega. Three young men, named Russell. Legge, and Hunter, went out fishing. In returning home they tried to get into…

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Serious Gun Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 4

ALBURY, Tuesday.—At Henty on Sunday two boys, 12 and 14 years of age respectively, sons of a farmer named William Shemer, were Wiling a loaded gun, when the weapon was accidentally…

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Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 4

The following accident cases nave been treated but not admitted at Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, since Saturday: Frederick Trenbath, 16, 288 Elizabeth-street,…

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Cycling Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A young lady named Marion Stewart, while crossing the road in Fitzroy on Saturday night, was run over by a bicycle and seriously injured. Her skull is fractured and she…

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Accidental Death

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 5

The city coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held an inquest to-day at the Royal Standard Hotel, corner of Bathurst and Castlereagh streets, relative to the death of a child…

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Accident to a Cyclist. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 5

A. J. Body, the New Zealand champion, who came over to compete at the Austral Wheel Race and who was to have made an attempt to lower the hour record next Saturday at St.Kilda, met with a…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An inquest was held to-day on the body of John Mitchell, who was accidentally shot at Craigieburn on Saturday by a young…

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Accidental Death

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1894 · page 5

The city coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Royal Standard Hotel, corner of Bathurst and Castlereagh streets, relative to the death of a child…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Pi[?]hey, Acting City Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue this morning on the body of a Chinaman found drowned in a waterhole…

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Trams in Collision

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 3

While two cars of a Glebe Point tram were being run into the terminus yard, Bridge-street, about half-past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a collision occurred with mator No…

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A Chinaman Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 6

The City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, held a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue, this morning, on the body of the unknown Chinaman that was found at a…

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