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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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H.m.s. Lizard in a Gale. Two Men Washed Overboard. One Drowned. Two Boats Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

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

[?].M.S. Lizard, which arrived at Wellington from Milford Sound this afternoon, reports having encountered a severe gale last Friday. When the storm was at its height a heavy…

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Boat Accident in the Harbor. a Perilous Position

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 3

A rather unpleasant experience occurred to three men named Joseph Hampson, Jenner, and Thos. Lumsden, on Monday afternoon, while in a heavily laden open boat off Man-o'-War Steps,…

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Shipping Disasters. Loss of Life. the Wreck of the Gazelle. H.M.S. Lizard in a Gale. Accident to the Waihora

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 6

Further particulars are io hand of the-wreck of the Gaizelle, in French Pass, New Zealand. The following crew shipped at Anckland, besides Captain Svenden, originally in charge:…

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Exciting Accident to the Union Company's Waihora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

Owing to bad weather on the New Zealand coast, resulting in an accident to the steamer Waihora, the departure of the vessel from Auckland for Sydney has been postponed, and she cannot be here as soon as was mentioned…

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A Chapter of Shipping Accidents. Wreck on the New Zealand Coast. Nine Lives Lost. a Sydney Vessel in Distress on the Queensland Coast. Local Casualties

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

In the Merchants' Exchange yesterday a brief message was posted on the bulletin board announcing the total loss of the barque Gaselle near the French Pass—a dangerous "short cut" lying off…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Melbourne

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

A fatal accident happened to-day in a mine at Nuggetty Hill. A couple of men were engaged laying down rails for a truck road, when about three tons of earth fell, crushing one of them, an…

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The Arcade Accident. The Inquest

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 6

The inquiry into the death of Andrew Wilson, the victim of the fatal ladder. accident on Saturday, in the Royal-arcade, was held this morning at the Coroner's Court,…

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The Fatal Accident at Redfern

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 8

A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday afternoon touching the death of William Edwards, 59 years of ago, residing at 114 Morehead-street, Redfern. The evidence…

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The Recent Shipping Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

The steamer Egmont, which sprang a leak through striking on something when crossing the Wollongong bar, and had to be beached in Johnstone's Bay on arrival here, was…

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The Royal Arcade Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

The painer Bradshaw, who was so seriously injured by the accident in the Royal Arcade on Saturday through the breaking of a ladder, by which his companion, Wilson was killed, is…

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Collision in Waterview Bay

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

A collision, fortunately of a slight nature, occurred in Waterview Bay this morning. It appears that the steamer Qu[?]ndong was approaching the Yeend-street ferry on the…

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The Burglary. the Injured Constables

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

Constable Alford is progressing as well as can be expected at the Sydney Hospital, and though his condition is still critical there is every reason to believe that he will gradually…

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French and English in Africa. the Reported Collision Confirmed

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 6.— In reply to a question in the House of Lords to-day, the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, confirmed the report received from…

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H.m.s. Lizard in a Gale. Two Men Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--H.M.S. Lizard encountered the same gale in which the barque Gazelle was wrecked when 18 miles from Cape Foulwind. Two seamen named Tucker…

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Fire on the Dornnda. Great Damage to Cargo. Wool and Hides Jettisoned. One Man Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 3

THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday— Captain Prentice, of the steamer Duke of Argyle, from London, reports that a serious fire was burning on the British India company's steamer Dorunda,…

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Special Cables, From the Herald's London Correspondents. British and French in West Africa. Another Collision Between the Troops. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 7

Advices have been received from Sierra Leone, in West Africa, to the effect that the French troops have again fired on a party of the British Frontier Police, killing…

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Fire on the R.m.s. Dorunda. Assistance Rendered by the Duke of Argyle. Great Damage to Cargo and Stores. One Man Drowned and Another Gone Mad

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday. -- Captain Prentice, of the steamer Duke of Argyle, from London, reports that a serious fire was burning on the British India Company's…

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Shocking Threshing Accident. Young Man Killed

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

URALLA, Wednesday.— A shocking accident occurred at Mr. Dorrington's farm at Balala yesterday, by which a young man named Frederick Nelson of Kentucky, lost his life. Threshing…

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Strange Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

At an early hour this morning a cabman named Arthur Stanford, 41, living at 62 Botany-street, Waterloo, was taken to Sydney Hospital by Thomas Clifford, as fellow cabman…

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Colliery Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— Yesterday two accidents occurred at the Lambton Colliery. A wheeler named Robert Burnley, while pushing skips on the pit top, was crushed by a set of skips…

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