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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

3,319 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 166

The Kiama Boating Fatality. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 5

"The remains of the late Mrs. Thomas Honey were interred in the North Kiama cemetery this afternoon in the presence of a very large concourse of sympathising friends and…

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Drowning Cases. in the Harbor and Brewery Tank

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon the bodies of two men, names unknown, were found under circumstances that point to death by drowning, and that will necessitate coroner's inquests probably…

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The Double Drowning. Inquest on Satchell's Body. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 6

The inquest on the body of William Satchell was held before the coroner, Dr. Youl, to-day, and a verdict of accidental drowning while trying to save Annie…

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Melbourne Double Fatality. Recovery of the Bodies

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The bodies of Annie M'Clellan, and William Satchell, who lost his life in attempting to save her, were both found near the South Melbourne Pier this…

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The Kiama Boating Fatality. Funeral of Mrs. Honey

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

KIAMA, Thursday.— The funeral of the late Mrs. Thomas Honey took place yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a very large assemblage of sympathising friends and relatives. The…

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Fatalities and Casualties. a Body in Sydney Cov[?]. Drowned in a Tank. Stabbed In the Dark-- An Enmore Foundling-- Opium Poisoning -- Balmain Accidents

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 3

The flood tide of yesterday washed up on the rocks under the wharf of the Nordeutscher Lloyd Steamship Co. the body of a man which had been apparently in the…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 6

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

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Drowned in a Tank

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

The body of the man found drowned in a tank at Bourke-street, Waterloo, on Wednesday has been identified as that of William Taylor, 40 years of age, a native of…

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The Double Drowning. Inquest on Satcheli's Eody. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 3

The inquest on the body of William Satchell was held before the coroner, Dr. Youl, to-day, and a verdict of accidental drowning while trying to save Annie…

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Found Drowned. a Wharf Laborer's Sad End

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

The deputy city coroner (Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P.), held a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, touching the death of a man—a description of whom appears on page…

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The French Mail Steamer in Collision. a Pier Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The French mail steamer Ville de La Ciotat, which arrived from Marseilles to-day, collided with the railway pier at Port Melbourne while…

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A Mail Steamer In Collision. Damage to a Pier

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.— While berthing at Port Melbourne yesterday the French mail steamer Ville de La Ciotat, from Marseilles, collided with the railway pier, doing considerable damage…

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The Double Fatality at St. Hilda. Inquest on Satchell's Body

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An inquest was held to-day into the death of William Robert Satchell, who lost his life in Albert Park on Tuesday evening while attempting…

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The Double Drowning. South Melbourne Tragedy. Statement In a Letter. Why, Annie M'Lennan Committed Suicide-- A Heartbroken History Her Early Marriage-- Deceived and Deserted-- Birtles Interviewed-- The Post-mortem Examination

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

Dis[?]eo rosmades[?] since the South Melbourne tragedy, which resulted in the death by drowning of Annie M'Lellan aud William Satchell, who attempted to rescue…

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An Actor Stabbed. Accident at the Theatre Royal

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 4

For a good many years the Sydney theatres have enjoyed a remarkable immunity from stage accidents, a fact that amply testifies to the care exercised by the various managers. There are…

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Accident to an Actor

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 3

During the performance of the pantomime at the Theatre Royal lust night Mr. Robert Baxter sustained an injury of a very painful nature. Ha was on the stage during the…

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Extraordinary Double Drowning Fatality

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 10

FROM Melbourne we learn that an extraordinary double drowning fatality occurred on Tuesday night about half-past 10 o'clock at Albert Park. A band had been playing on the Esplanade, and…

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Extraordinary Double Drowning Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 18

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

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Peculiar Drowning Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 41

The body of a man was found floating in a water tank at Cornwell's Brewery, Bourke-street, Waterloo, on Wednesday last. The police, who were informed, removed the body to the South…

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