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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Accident Coupon Co

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

The manager of the Accident Coupon Insurance Co. of New York asks as to mention that owing to a defective type one of the numbers in the advertisement giving the…

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Tasmania. Terrible Accident to a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

HOBART, Friday.--A two-year-old son of M. Wilson, a farmer of Sheffield, got into the corn his father was cutting with a reaper. 'The father could not stop the…

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Accident to Bishop Chalmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 12

GOULBURN, Tuesday— Word was received here yesterday that the Right Rev. W. Chalmers, D.D., Bishop of Goulburn, met with a serious accident at Hobart the clay after the consecration…

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Murderous Encounter with Burglars. Five Constables Injured. Two of Them in a Critical State. Fractured Skulls and Broken Arms. Two Men in Custody. the Police to Be More Fully Armed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

Happily crimes with violence are not of frequent occurrence in Sydney, but now and then the community is shocked by the news of assaults of more than ordinary ferocity,…

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Burglary and Blood. Attempted At the Union Co's: Offices. Five Policemen Severely Injured. 'Two Moa Arrested. A Third Still at Largo

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1894 · page 5

THE departure of the Union Steamship Company's Mararoa late on Thursday last with a full passenger list appears to have filled the Sydney burgling element with an…

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Bicycle Accident

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1894 · page 5

At 11 p.m., a bicycle-rider, Alexander McLean, fractured his right arm and cut his light eye, through colliding with a dray at the earner of George and Campbell-street…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

The body of a woman was on Saturday found floating Mossman's Bay, and, the police being informed Constable Logan recovered it with assistance, and removed it to the North Sydney Morgue…

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The Country. Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

BOURKE, Saturday.--A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned in connection with the death of the lad Alfred Clay, who was drowned while bathing last…

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Fatality at Redfern

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

A carter named William Edwards, living at 144 Morchcad-street, Redfern, was killed on Saturday evening as 8 p.m. The deceased was backing a horse and…

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The Royal Arcade Fatality

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

In the Coroner's Court, Chancery Square, to—day, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., the city coroner, held an inquest regarding the death of the painter, Andrew Wilson, who was killed on…

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Drowned in a Dam

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 3

BOURKE, Monday.—Two blacksmiths named Began and Jones were bathing in a dam near By rock on Saturday when the latter sank, his comrade being unable to rescue him. The Bourke…

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The Injured Men

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

Constable Alford, who is now in the most serious condition of all the injured constables, is this morning improving. On admission on Saturday evening he was in a…

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New Zealand. a Fisherman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Saturday.--A fishing boat sank off North Head to-day, and Robert Mellisone one of the crow, was drowned. Four other men succeeded in reaching the shore…

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ACCIDENT in the Royal Arcade. a Man Killed and Another Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

A serious accident happened on Saturday in the Royal Arcade. Two men, named Samuel Bradshaw and Andrew Wilson, were, at about 11 a.m., engaged in painting the roof of the Arcade, near the…

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The Condition of the Injured Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

It is pleasing to be able to state that the five men who were injured are progressing as favorably as can be expected from the nature of their injuries. Constable Taylor,…

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A Fatal Fall. One Man Killed and Another Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

The breaking of a ladder at the Royal arcade on Saturday morning resulted in two men being hurled violently to the ground and sustaining serious injuries--so serious…

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The Bridge-street Affray. Condition of the Injured Officers. Removal of Constable Alford to the Hospital. Bravery Rewarded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

The police have been pursuing their investigations of the records of Thomas Millidge and Thomas Carroll, the supposed names of the two men apprehended in connection with the affray in Bridge-street…

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The Burglary. the Police Promotion. The Revolver Question. Portraits of the Prisoners -- Their Record in Victoria -- The Third Man--The Injured Constables

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

In connection with the Bridge-street burglary and murderous assaults, Senior, constable Ball was on Saturday evening placed on the records as sergeant. That…

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The Encounter with Burglars. Condition of the Injured Constables. Promotion' for Sunior-constable Ball. Antecedents of the Arrested Men. the Missing Third Man

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

The inquiries made by the police as to the antecedents of the two men who are now under arrest charged with maliciously wounding show that there is room for suspicion that…

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Fatal Accident at Redfern. a Vanman Killed

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 3

Shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night a vanman, named William Edwards, a widower, who resided at 144 Morehead-street, Redfern, was killed near his residence. About the time stated…

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