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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Sad Bathing Accident. a Yachtsman Badly Hurt

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 2

At Middle Harbor on Sunday afternoon a young man named James Young, who was one of the sailing crew of the half-decker Snowdrop, met with a serious accident while swimming, which…

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Accident in the Royal Arcade. Collapse of a Ladder. Two Men Fall From the Roof. One Death

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

As briefly reported in our first edition Saturday an accident of a shocking nature happened in the Royal Arcade, George-street, shortly before 11 o'clock that day. The interior of…

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Accident to a Steamer

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—The steamer Aldinga, when entering Wollonging this morning, ran against the wharf, severely injuring her bows. The vessel had to put back to Sydney without…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

TEMORA, Saturday.—A serious accident happened to the family of Mr. (Settings, overseer of the Mimosa Station, last evening. Mr. Gettings and family were out for a drive in a buggy when…

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The Arcade Accident. the Injuries to the Men

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

The ladder on which the two then injured were standing broke in two places in the middle, between the two ropes, and in an instant the…

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The Arcade Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 2

Dr. R. Vandeleur Kelly writes:--"I notice in your report of this accident that the injured men were taken to the hospital in a cab. This unnecessary cruelty to…

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Serious Bathing Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 3

A serious bathing accident occurred yesterday morning in Middle Harbor, the victim being James Young, a clerk, 20 years of age, who resides with his parents at…

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Accident at Lavender Bay

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 3

Mr. James Hahn, an engineer in the Water and Sewerage Department, who resides in Mount-street, North Sydney, fell while descending the steps leading to the ferry at…

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Accident at Sutherland

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 3

James Kite, 58, gardener, met with a serious accident yesterday. While walking along the Woniora-road, Sutherland, where he resides, he fell down a cutting…

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Shipping Accidents. Nine Lives Lost. Wreck of the Gazelle. At the French Pass--Other Steamers Disabled--a Chapter of Accidents at Sea

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

Accidents, at any rate in seafaring experience, never come singly, and there is generally a trio of them within a brief interval…

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The Accident in the Arcade. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 2

Sir,--I notice in newspaper reports of this accident that the injured men were taken to the hospital in a cub. This unnecessary cruelty to sufferers can for the future be…

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Serious Driving Accident. (From Our Correspondent.) Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

Mr. James Gibbons, manager of the Mimosa station, was returniug from the races with his family of five, when the horses bolted, and ran the vehicle against a tree. All the occupants, except a baby,…

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Pound Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Croydon Hotel yesterday afternoon concerning the death of Rosetta Maria Wilson, whose body was found in the water as Mosman's Bay on…

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The Diving Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 8

In the case of James Young, the young man who died list night in the Sydney Hospital from the effects of an injury to his spine, sustained while diving in Middle…

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A Clergyman's Wife Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--During the Floods at Laidley the Rev. M. M. Millat (Lutheran clergyman at Hallon Vale) and his wife were attempting to cross a creek, when Mrs…

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The Bathing Accident. Death of the Injured Man

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 6

The young man James Young, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Sunday evening suffering from a fracture of the cervical vertebrae, died in the institution on Monday night. As…

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Serious Stabbing Case. a Woman Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

A woman of 35 years, named Julia Wright, was brought to the Sydney Hospital this morning by Constable Weind, of No. 3 station. She was suffering from injuries…

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French and English in Africa. Collision Between Forces. a Fight at Sierra Leone

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 5.—The Globe publishes a report from Sierra Leone that the French troops have fired on a party of the British frontier police and killed five of…

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The Burglary. Arming the Police. The Injured Constables. The Escaped Burglar --Valuable Information

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

On account of the considerable amount of information which the Sydney police have obtained in regard to the burglar who managed to escape on Friday morning after…

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