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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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A Mountain Accident. Professor Marshall Killed. a Fall From Scafell

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January l.— Professor A. M. Marshall, of Owens College, Manchester, lost his life while on a mountaineering excursion…

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Knocked Down by a Train Accident at Kogarah

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 6

A railway accident of a serious nature occurred at Kogarah railway station this morning. At about 11 o'clock Mrs. Milgate, who is about 60 years of age, was crossing the…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. G. B. Rowley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

Mr, George B. Rowley, the well-known and popular secretary of the Rosehill and Kensington race clubs, died yesterday morning. Mr. Rowley and some friends were out…

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The Country. Fatal Shooting Accident at Bingara. Accidentally Killed by a Friend

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

BINGARA, Monday.--A melancholy accident occurred on Saturday near Keera station, when a young man named Henry Rose, 20 years of age, son of a respected local…

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Saved From Drowning

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

A passenger by one of the Mosman's Bay boats had a narrow escape from drowning in the harbor last evening. Captain George King, of the steamer Marra Marra, when on his 7.30 trip…

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Melancholy Double Fatality. Suicide by Chlorodyne and Drowning. Death of a Brave Rescuer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A domestic servant named Annie M'Lellan, aged 27, was on the Kerferd-road pier to-night talking with her lover, Robert Alfred Burtles. They…

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Extraordinary Double Fatality Determined Suicide of a Girl. Her Would-be Rescuer Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A remarkable double fatality occurred at Albert Park last night shortly after 10 o'clock. At the time there were hundreds of people promenading in the…

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Chishina-Ravenna Collision

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 2.—The British Court at Yokohama has dismissed the claims made against the P. and O. Company for the loss of relatives drowned through the recent…

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The Chishina-ravenna Collision. Compensation Claims Disallowed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, 1.25 p.m.--The British Court at Yokohama has dismissed the claims made against the P. and O. Company for the loss of relatives drowned…

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The Kiama Boating Fatality. Mrs. Honey's Body Recovered

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 4

KIAMA, Wednesday.—Last evening just before dark the body of Mrs. Honey, one of those drowned in the late boating disaster, was discovered floating in the breakers within a short distance of…

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Extraordinary Double Browning Fatality. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

An extraordinary double drowning fatality occurred to night at about half-past 10 o'clock at Albert Park. A band waa playing on the Esplanade, and it being a hot night in…

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The Kiama Fatality. Discovery of the Body of Mrs. Honey. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

About 6.30 o'clock this evening the body of Mrs. Honey, one of the victims of the late boating fatality, was discovered floating within a shore distance of the scene of the accident. The body was in a good…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Sad Shooting Fatality. a Terrible Experience. Bingara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

A terrible shooting fatality occurred on Saturday, at Keera Station. A young man named Harry Rose, with two other youug fellows named Brown and Smith, were kangaroo-shooting,…

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Tragic Suicide. Death of a Brave Man. Within View of Hundreds. Double Fatality-- A Girl Takes Chlorodyne and Then Jumps Into the Sea. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

Within view of hundreds of people on the Esplanade, Albert Park, last evening an occurrence of an extraordinary and tragic nature took place, and two lives were lost…

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Accidentally Shot. a Peculiar Case

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—On the racecourse yesterday a serious shooting case occurred. A Mrs. Peters was standing on the course conversing with a friend when some man discharged a rifle being…

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Railway Accident at Kogarah. a Narrow Escape

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

An elderly lady named Mrs. Milligan was knocked down on the railway line near Kogarah Station on Tuesday, at about 11 o'clock, and had a very narrow escape of her life. It is believed that…

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Fatal Accident at Dubbo. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

A sad fatality occurred to-day. A team, laden with wheat, was turning from Church-street into Brisbane-street, when a boy named Corrigan, aged 6 years, ran up under tho team and sat on the…

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Knocked Down by a Train Accident at Kogarah

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

A railway accident of a serious nature occurred at Kogarah railway station this morning. At about 11 o'clock Mrs. Milgate, who is about 60 years of age, was crossing the…

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The Double Drowning Fatality at St. Kilda. Further Particulars

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The tragic drowning of the young woman M'Lellan and the young man William Satehell, who jumped into the sea last night, to save her,…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 6

The Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue to-day into the drowning of the man whose body was…

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