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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Military Officers in Collision. Commandant and Colonel

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.— The dispute between the Commandant, Major-General Owen, and Lieutenant-Colonel Thynne, commanding the Infantry Volunteer Corps, southern…

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Jump From a Train. a Boy Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

As the 5 p. m. through train from Parramatta to Sydney dashed through Rookwood station on Saturday afternoon a boy was seen to fall…

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The Kiama Boating Fatality. the Late Captain Honey. Military Memorial Service

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 5

KIAMA, Monday.— The military memorial service in connection with Captain Thos. Honey, who was recently drowned in the Minnamurra River, took place at the Oddfellows' Hall on…

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Distressing Fatal Accident. a Child Killed by Its Father

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 6

An extraordinary accident, which resulted in the death of a little girl, named Margaret Walz, aged 4 years, happened on Saturday afternoon near the residence of her father, Anthony Walz,…

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The Fatal Buggy Accident

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 5

In the City Coroner's Court, Chancery Square, this morning, the City Coroner, Mr. Woore, held an inquest regarding the death of a boy named Charles Dyer, who died in the Sydney Hospital…

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Accident to a Schoolmaster

The Australian Star · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 3

Whilst playing cricket in Wentworth Park on Saturday afternoon Mr. George Lees, of the Blackfriars School, received a blow from a ball which fractured his left…

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Terrible Accident. Killed by an Axe

The Australian Star · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 3

A sad accident happened at Rockdale on Saturday whereby Margaret Waley, a little girl 4 years of age, was killed by being struck on the side of the head by an axe,…

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Fatalities. a Girl Accidentally Killed by Her Father

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 6

About noon on Saturday, a girl named Margaret Walz, four years of age, was killed at her home, Frederick-street, Rockdale, through being struck with an axe by her…

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Fatal Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 6

Charles Dyer, a boy who resided with his parents at Canterbury-road, Marrickville, died in the Sydney Hospital on Saturday morning from the effects of injuries which he…

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Drowning Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.— Thomas Brierly, an old resident of this district, was accidentally drowned on Saturday night in the Bell River, after falling over a bank 15 feet high. Brierly's…

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The Collision Between British and French

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

The news of the conflict between British and French troops in or upon the borderland of the British colony of Sierra Leone is startling, even though it may…

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Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 5

The following accident cases have been treated, but not admitted, to the Prince Alfred Hospital since Monday: Harrietta Wilson, 37, Ultimo-street, Glebe,…

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Serious Accident at Broken Hill. Two Miners Buried by a Fall of Earth. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 7

A serious accident occurred in Block [?], at the Proprietary mine, this morning. The ground in the neighbourhood of Binney's open cut, which is sunk in ironstone to a depth of about 70ft., was notice to be…

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Two Miners Entombed. Serious Accident at Broken Bill. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 3

An accident occurred yesterday at the Proprietary Mine by which two men, named Alfred Jones and John Richardson, are believed to have lost their lives. The men,…

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The Strathdon—a Fatal Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

The Strathdon, formerly the Queen a Island, one of the Aberdeen White Star line, and one of the largest barquerigged sailers afloat, yesterday anchored from London. Captain A. T. Wills reports having left the…

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The Mining Accident at Broken Hill. Recovery of the Body of One of the Victims. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

The body of Alfred Jones, one of the two victims of the accident at the Proprietary mine yesterday, was discovered by the result party about 11 this monring, but it could not he entirely freed from rocks…

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Another Dynamite Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

CARCOAR, Thursday.--A dynamite fatality is reported from Flyer's Creek, a place about 10 miles from Carcoar. A young man named Paton, a visitor from Bathurst, where his…

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Railway Fatality. on a Queensland Line. Collision With a Trolly. [?]A Lengthsman Killed Instantly-Narrow Escape of His Wife and Family. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 6

The Commissioner of Police received a telegram this morning from Sub-inspector Carr at Longreach to the effect that last night a goods train on the Central Railway,…

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Fatality at Sea. Captain Laycock of the Barrabool. Reported Missing

The Australian Star · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 6

The Howard-Smith steamship Barrabool loft Sydney about noon yesterday for Melbourne and South Australian ports, and only the ordinary interest was displayed in…

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Death from Accident

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.— Mr. Robert Vickery, farmer, Bolwarra, who sustained severe injuries a few days since through a quantity of earth falling upon him and breaking his leg, which…

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