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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

3,319 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 166

Fatal Boating Accident. Three Persons Drowned. a Plucky Young Man Loses His Life. A Sailing Boat Capsizes at invercar[?]gill-- The Halyards Fouled. AUCKLAND

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 5

A shocking boating fatality occurred near Invercargill on Monday, owing to the half-decked sailing boat Irene, in which were six young persons, capsizing. The accident…

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A Fearful Fall. the Coffee Palace Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 5

At the City Coroner's Court this morning Mr. J. C. Woore, J. P., City Coroner, held an inquest on the body of Walter John Parkhurst, who died in the Sydney Hospital…

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The Coffee Palace Fatality. Inquest on the Body. Eccentric Conduct of the Victim. an Open Verdict

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 4

The death of the man Walter John Pankhurst, which took place in the Sydney Hospital on [?] afternoon, where he had been [?] after falling from a window…

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Shocking Boat Accident. Three Lives Lost

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—A sad boating accident occurred yesterday at Invercargill, when Miss Bessie Bain, aged 27, daughter of Mr. J. W. Bain, M.H.R.; Miss Mabel Stowe,…

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New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Shocking Boat Accident. Three Lives Lost. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 5

By the capsizing of a boat at Inverearrgill Miss Bessie Rain aged 27, daughter of Mr. J. W. Bain, M.H.R., Miss Mabel Stowe, aged 19, only daughter of Mr Stone, of the Bank of…

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The Shipping Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 4

The ketch Tuggerah, which was reported to be in danger at Byron Bay on Monday, parted her cables yesterday morning and drove ashore. The crew left the vessel on…

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Injured Seamen

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1894 · page 6

The Swedish sailor, Siefred Nordblom, who was found lying in an unconscious condition at Dawes Point at 1 o'clock this morning, is still in a critical condition, his…

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A Mother's Deed. Attack with an Axe. Death of the Injured Child. A Mother's Madness--Removed to the Reception House

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1894 · page 6

A horrible tragedy was effected at No. 60 Rowntree-street, Balmain, this morning, when Sarah Bailey, a widow of 50 years, struck her five-year-old daughter, Emily,…

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The Shipping Accidents. Electra Floated

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1894 · page 5

The North Coast S.N. Co.'s steamer. Electra, which grounded on the Manning on Saturday last, was safely floated off this morning…

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The Arcade Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1894 · page 8

Mrs. Wilson, widow of one of the victims of the Royal-arcade fatality, has received from Messrs. Bishop and Lovelock the sum of £33 19s 6d, being the proceeds of a benefit…

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The Shipping Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1894 · page 4

A telegram from Byron Bay yesterday stated that the ketch Tuggerah, which went ashore on Tuesday, was expected to become a total wreck. With reference to the…

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Lismore Partly Inundated. a Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 5

LISMORE, Thursday, 10 a.m. -- A hurricane wind, accompanied by blinding rain, continued all night. This morning rain was still falling, and the wind was squally. The river…

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Shocking Accident. Collapse of a Platform. with Five Hundred Pupils. Thirty Persons Injured. London, March 15

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 5

A shocking accident is reported from the town of Godalming in Survey. Five hundred pupils of the Charter House School were being…

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The Irene Fatality. Three Beating Disasters in Three Years

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 2

The name of Irene, as applied to pleasure or racing sailing boats, as far as Australasia is concerned, appears to be of the most ill[?]omened character. On Wednesday the STAR…

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Fall of a Wall. Five Persons Killed. Thirty-six Injured. Terrible Accident at a Funeral. London, March 15

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 4

At a funeral ceremony in Rome a wall of the cemetery overlooking the scene of burial fell on the mourners, and crushed them beneath the ruins…

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The Weather. Heavy Gale on the Coast. the Lismore Floods. a Man Drowned. Gales in Queensland. Shipping Weatherbound

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 4

The southerly wind yesterday in Sydney had almost the force of a gale at tunes. Between 2 and 2.30 p.m. its volocity was from 20 to 30 miles an hour, and clouds of dust were raised. Last…

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News by Cable. Anarchists in Paris. Attempted Outrage A.T the Madeleine. the Perpetrator Blown to Pieces. Several Persons Injured. No Damage to the Church

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March 16.—A daring attempt was made to-day to injure the magnificent ecclesiastical building of La Madeleine with dynamite…

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Accidents

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 6

The following casualty cases have been treated, I but not admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown: John Keogh, 16, 174 Abercrombie-sfcreet,…

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Narrow Escape. Of a Cabinet Minister. Fall of Freestone. At Westminster Hall. Earl Kimberley Escapes Being Killed --A Strange Accident. London, March 15

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 4

A narrow escape from death or serious injury was experienced by the Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,…

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A Miner Killed. Terrible Accident at Lucknow. ORANGE

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 4

Denis Callanan, a minor at Lucknow, was killed last night in the skip at Phoenix underlay shaft. The block was at the 300 feet landing, when he put his head out of the…

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