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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Awhina-princess Collision. Marine Board Inquiry. Efforts to Save Life. Evidence of a Humane Society Medallist--Threatening the Skipper

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 5

The inquiry by the Marine Board into the cause of the collision between the guard steamer Princess and the tug Awhina off Chowder at 5.30 p.m. on December 18 in…

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A Yachting Accident. One of the Crew Hurt

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 4

A painful accident happened to one of the crew of the Zrez; which secured second place in the intercolonial sailing race on Saturday. While handling the…

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Fatal Accident. the Burst Emery Wheel. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 5

An inquest, was held to-day at the South Sydney Morgue by the city coroner on the body of Carl Theodore Carlaen who was killed yesterday afternoon in an accident…

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Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Accident to the R.m.s. Himalaya. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 5

The R. M.S. Himalaya had a narrow escape from sinking at Albany. The salt-water pipe in connection with the condensing plant burst, and caused a terrible rush of water into the steamer…

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Fatal Tram Accident. The Inquest. How the Boy was Hurt

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) held an inquest yesterday at St. Vincent's' Hospital on the body of a boy named Thomas Smith, who died in that…

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Caught in Machinery. Shocking Accident to a Man at Waverley

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 6

A man named John Dooley was the victim of a very serious accident this afternoon at the tramway sheds at Waverley. He was oiling some…

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Fatalities and Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 5

An engineer named Carlson, a marrrie[?] man, employed at G. and C. Hoskins's Foundry, Ultimo, met his death in an extraordinary manner yesterday. He was…

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Accidentally Shot Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 5

MERRIWA, Monday.--A lad aged 14, the son of Mr. A. Brindle, a hotelkeeper, at Gungal, 16 miles from here, was accidentally shot dead yesterday by Robert…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three violent deaths are reported by the Port Melbourne police. A man named John Muller, boot-maker, diving in the local baths in 4ft. of…

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Marine Board. the Awhina-princess Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 4

The Marine Board met yesterday to resume the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Awhina and the Princess, which took place near Chowder Bay on the 18th December…

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The Foundry Fatality. Breaking of a Wheel. An Engineer Killed. Evidences at the Inquest--A Peculiar Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) held an inquest this afternoon at the South Sydney Morgue on the body of Carl Theodore Carlson, who was killed yesterday…

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The Awhina-princess Collision. the Marine Board Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 3

The Marine Board continued their inquiry yesterday into the circumstances connected with the collision between the tug Awtina and the harbor steamer Princess on the…

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Marine Board. Princess-A whina Collision To-day's Proceedings

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

The Marine Board inquiry into the circumstances connected with the collision between the steamer Princess and steaming A whina off Chowder Bay on…

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Awhina-princess Collision. Marine Board Inquiry. Tie Evidence Closed. The Legal Addresses--The Coroner's Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 5

The inquiry by the Marina Board into the collision between the steamers Awhina and Princess off Chowder at 5.30 p.m. on December 18 was resumed at 10 a.m. to-day…

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Awhiha-princess Collision. Marine Board Inquiry. The Princess Cass Closed. Evidence This Afternoon--A Grave Allocation--Lives That Could Have Been Saved

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

This afternoon the Marine Board continued their inquiry into the cause of the collision between the Awhina and Princess off Chowder at 5.30. p.m. on December 18…

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Ocean-street Cable Tram. Preventing Accidents. Affixing Safety Guaed-irons

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

Since the two children were killed by the Ocean-street cable tram, the tramway authorities have been devising Borne means whereby likelihood of serious…

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A Fall of Earth. Accident to a Miner

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

ADELONG, January 23.-A. miner named William Saddler, residing at Upper Adelong, whilst working alone in a claim, was injured by a fall of earth on Monday. He…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fall From a Balcony

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 6

An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner touching the death of Ann Grocock. a widow aged 80, who died at the Sydney Hospital on the 21st. inst, from injuries…

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Drowned at Leichhardt

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 January 1895 · page 8

A quarry laborer named Thomas Kirby, who resided at Davis-street, Leichhardt, was found drowned is a waterhole near the quarry where he worked, at the corner of…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Drowned in a Water-hole

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1895 · page 6

About 6 o'clock last evening a man named William Haddon, of Leichhardt, discovered the body of a laborer named Thomas Kirby in a water-hole in a quarry at the junction…

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