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Accidents, 1894

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A Series of Accidents. Louth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 5

On Monday afternoon Mrs. Robert Morrison, of Mount Pleasant, met with a terrible accident whilst driving to town from that place. When about two miles from town her horse took fright and holted,…

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Star's Special Cables Bourdin's Funeral. Demonstration Arranged. Another Explosion in Paris. Speeches to be Delivered. A Lodger's Parcel--Exploded While Under Investigation--Three Persons Injured--A Letter to the Police-Attempt to Dynamite the Foreign Office. London, February 20

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 6

The funeral of the anarchist Bourdin, who was killed in Greenwich Park on Thursday evening last by the accidental explosion of a bottle of…

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Injured by an Explosion

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

William Watson, aged 50, with eight children dependent on him, was near Parramatta on Wednesday morning, wedging oat a rock loosened by an explosion which had just occurred, and while…

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Accident at a Race Meeting. Four Jockeys Injured. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

By an extraordinary accident which happened on Wednesday last at a race meeting at Boileu, four miles from Echuca, four jockeys Had a very narrow escape from being…

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Extra Ordinary Accident on a Racecourse. Four Jockeys Injured. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 6

An extraordinary accident happened at a race meeting held at Boilou, about 4 miles from Echuca, yesterday. The Boileu Handicap was being run, for which 10 horses started. On…

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A Students' Joke. Fatality in New York. a Tragic Ending. One Student Killed. Several Seriously. III--A Supper-Room Joke and its Result. London, February 22

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

The students at the Cornell University, New York, have perpetrated a practical joke which has proved fatal. While assembled in the supper-room…

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Accident to Alderman Keys

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 2

While attending to his duties at Randwick this morning Mr. E. Keys, the well-known trainer, met with a serious accident. It appears that Royal Stuart got rid of his…

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Collision With Icebergs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 41

Particulars are to hand of a terrible collision with icebergs by the Shaw-Saville liner Welling ton, while on her voyage from Now Zealand to London. Just after the ship had rounded Cape…

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Three Men Injured. Accident on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

Whilst at work this morning on board the steamer Port Chalmers a laborer named George M'Master, of 4 Arthur-street, Surry Hills, was rather severely injured. He was…

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Serious Buggy Accident. AN M.L.A. INJURED

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

TEMORA, Saturday.—A serious accident occurred last evening on the road from the race-course. It appears that Messrs. P. Heffernan, J. Mackinnon, M.L.A., and P. Meagher were…

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Buggy Accident at Temora. Mr. Mackinnon, M.p., Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

TEMORA, Friday.--A serious accident happened last night to Messrs. James A. Mackinnon, M.P., Heffernan, and Meagher. Whilst driving home from the races the…

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Supposed Loss of a Fishing Boat. Two Men Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday.--Two men named Charles Flowerday and Joseph Cope left Russell in a fishing boat on the 16th inst., and have not since been heard of. It is…

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Fatal Accident at Springwood

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 7

A sad event occurred on Saturday night last at Springwood Station which cast a gloom ever everybody in the locality. A fine young woman named Sarah Harris, 18 years of age, a much esteemed…

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Accident to a Homeward-bound Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 8

The Carradale (s.), 2270 tons, of Sunderland, which left Wellington for London on 7th November, has put into Rio de Janeiro with loss of propeller…

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Accident at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 8

On the Wairarapa's last run across from the Bluff to Hobart, when in 45.80 S., 102.82 E., Thomas Wellstead, ago 26, a native of England, married in Auckland last Christmas Day, while employed cleaning the ship shipped…

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The Accident to the Mararoa.—marine Engineering Work at Mort's Dock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 8

A little while ago the s.s. Mararoa came into port after having a serious mishap on the voyage. The Mararoa is one of the best [?]atronised and one of the finest ships of the U. S. Company's fleet trading between Sydney and New…

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Accident to the Fiado. "Collisions" and "Sinking Vessels."

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

It was stated yesterday that an accident had been caused to the French steamer Fiado, owing to the anchor of the steamship Adelaide having touched her…

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Accident to the Steamer Fiado

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

The steamer Fiado, running under the French flag, met with a somewhat serious accident at Lime-street Wharf yesterday. The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer…

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Seven Hills. Accidental Poisoning

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

Our respected storekeeper, Mr. Hartley, has met with a peculiar loss. In attempting to poison the green jumpers (a species of grasshopper, which works considerable damage to…

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Deaths by Drowning. Moama

The Australian Star · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 5

A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday in the Murray River at Boilean to a man named Anderson whilst bathing. The police are still searching for the body…

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