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Accidents, 1894

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Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 6

The following casualties have been attended to by the house Burgeon at Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, since Wednesday: Herbert Newland, 4, Annandale-street,…

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The Mining Accident at Broken Hilo

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 16

BROKEN Hill, Wednesday.— The body of Alfred Jones, one of the two victims of the accident at the Proprietary mine yesterday, was discovered by the rescue party about 11 this morning, but it…

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The Mining Accident at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 9

The party engaged in searching for the body of Robert Richardson at the Proprietary Mine resumed work this morning, having been knocked off the previous evening in consequeuce of the indications of a…

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A Cart Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 6

Frederick Konnacke, a master butcher, carrying on business at 93 Queen-street, Woollahra, was driving his cart across Pyrmont Bridge this morning, when the horse…

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Accident at the Kohinoor Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Friday. -- During a violent wind-storm to-day, an iron cage was blown from the top of the poppet heads down the main shaft at the Kohinoor mine. In its…

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Rookwood. Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon an accident occurred at the Rookwood railway station, which resulted in a lad named Pile—a resident of Rookwood—…

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Accident at the Proprietary Mine. Two Men Entombed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 13

BROKEN HILL, January10— Yesterday a very sad accident happened in the Proprietary Mine, which, it is feared, will terminate in the death of two of the men. For some considerable time…

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What Is an Accident ?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 3

To the non-legal mind the term 'accident' would appear to be easily defined, but the late Lord Chief Justice Cockburn thought not, and on several occasions insurance To the non-legal mind the term 'accident' would appear to be easily defined, but the [?] Lord Chief Justice Cockburn thought not, and on several occasions insurance…

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[?]Drowning

The Australian Star · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 6

[?]Holmes, of the water [?]Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., [?]roner, this afternoon that [?]the body of George Baxter…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 4

Senior-constable Manion, of the Water Police, on Saturday morning discovered the body of a man named George Baxter, a gardener, floating in Neutral Bay. He removed…

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Escapes from Drowning

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Two narrow escapes from drowning were reported yesterday. Mr. W. Schultz, a school teacher, of Sydney, was carried out to sea by the backwater, near the hospital…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Mr. William Schultz, aged 37, teacher at the public school, Parramatta, had a narrow escape from drowning while bathing on the beach…

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Accidents

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 6

The following accidents were attended to at Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday : James Walker, living in Church-street, Croydon, was walking across a paddock when he…

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Remarkable Racing Accident. a Man Killed

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 3

AUCKLAND. Monday.— At a race meeting at Horarata, near Christchurch, on Saturday, the horse My Jack ran into the end of the rails and impaled itself. It extricated itself, and then fell…

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Shocking Accident at a Race Meeting. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 5

At a country race meeting at Canterbury a horse impaled itself on the end of a rail. It afterwards extricated itself, and fell on its jockey and a spectator named Kelly. The latter was…

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New Zealand. Fatal Accident at a Race Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Saturday.--At the Horarata races hold near Christchurch to-day, the horse My Jack ran into the end of the rails and impaled himself. He then fell on his…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 6

The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. J. E. Bowden, held an inquest at Prospect yesterday morning on the body of a boy named Samuel M'Lennan Campbell, 6½ years of age,…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 6

At the Croydon Hotel this morning Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., conducted an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of a man named George Baxter, whose body…

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Another Street Collision

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 5

At about noon to-day a post office waggon was driven, at a very rapid rate into Bathurst-street from Castlereagh-street. There were a number of vehicles in the street at the time, and a…

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Collision in Oxford-street

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 3

A collision this morning between a Waverley cram and a timber cart created considerable stir and no little resentment among the business people of Oxford-street, in the neighborhood…

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