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Accidents, 1894

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 6

George Long, coal -lumper, 44, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this afternoon suffering from the effects of a serious accident which he had sustained while…

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Another Bathing Fatality. Drowned in a Waterhole

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 3

WAGGA, Tuesday.— A case of drowning was reported to the police last evening. A boy named Walter M'Dermott, 7 years of age, returned home from school and went with three boys to a…

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Deaths by Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--Yesterday afternoon Alfred Deakin, aged 13, who was swimming in the Hunter, dived and was held fast in the mud. When he was rescued…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

BURRAGA, Monday.— A man whose name is supposed to be Andrew Meehan was found drowned this morning in the Abercrombie River at Burraga, Mount Costigan Crossing…

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Drowning at Rutherglen. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

Charles Edgar Wheeler, 28, manager of a furniture warehouse at Rutherglen, was drowned on Sunday in a creek while bathing. Wheeler and five others went to…

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Fatality at Williamstown. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

Daniel Quail, who was knocked down and injured at Williamstown Railway Station on Saturday, died in the hospital today…

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Injured by an Explosive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two men named Ross and Clarke were badly injured at the Nice explosive factory near Braybrook by an explosion of a small quantity of the…

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The Bridge- Street Burglary. the Injured Constables

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

The injured constables are all progressing most favorably, and are now almost out of danger. Constable Alford is very weak from the loss of blood, but is expected to…

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Bridge- Street Burglary. the Injured Constables. Constable M'Cracken

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

Constable Frank M'Cracken, of the water police, was the first officer to tackle Williams, and his introduction to the smaller burglar was heralded by a blow on the…

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Among the Ice. The Wellington in Collision with a Berg. The Captain Rendered Insane-- Three Seamen Killed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 8

Particulars are to hand from Rio of the serious collision with an ice island of the ship Wellington, bound from New Zealand to London with a freight of frozen mutton,…

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Accident to a Princess. Princess Beatrice's Daughter

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 12.—Princess Victoria, Eugene Julia Ena, only daughter of Princess Henry of Battenberg (Princess Beatrice), met with an accident yesterday by being…

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Accident to a Royal Princess. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

Princess Ena, aged 7, daughter of Princess Henry of Battenberg (Princess Beatrice), has been thrown on her head while out riding at Osborne, in the Isle of…

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The Windsor Railway Accident. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 2

The report of the Parliamentary Board in the case of Genge, who was stationmaster at Prahran at the time of the Windsor railway accident, has been presented to the Premier…

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Explosive Accident. Two Men Severely Burned. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 2

An accident happened at the explosive factory at St. Albans to- day, when William Robs (23), John Clarke (24), brothers-in-law, had been scraping a box…

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Accident to a Laborer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

John Walker, 36, a laborer, residing at Banks- street, North Sydney, was brought to the Sydney Hospital this morning by Constable Cleagh, Water Police Station. He…

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Accident to a Wharf Laborer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

Richard Henry Bennett, 46, a wharf laborer, residing at 36 Forsyth- street, Glebe, was taken to the Sydney Hospital to- day by William Gowans, and admitted by Dr…

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Accident to a Princess Thrown From Her Pony. While Riding at Osborne London, February 12

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

Princess Ena, daughter of Prince Henry of Battenberg, has been seriously injured through being thrown from her pony. The Princess who is…

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General Cable News. Accident to a Princess

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--Princess Victoria Eugenie, daughter of Prince Henry of Battenburg, has been injured by being thrown from a horse at Osborne,…

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A Boy Drowned

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

The Parramatta coroner, Mr. J. E. Bowdon, held an inquest at Gladesville yesterday into the drowning of a boy named Arthur Billington, who lost his life on…

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The Wagga Bathing Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 5

WAGGA, Tuesday.—A magisterial inquiry was held to-day by Mr. W. Rand into the death of Walter M'Dermott, 9 years of age, son of Thomas M'Dermott, a laborer. The evidence showed that…

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