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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 177

Drowned in the Lachlan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

COWRA. Tuesday.--A young man named George Tindall aged 22, who was out shooting and fishing with a party yesterday, is missing. Late this afternoon a…

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A Workman Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

An employee at the Eveleigh railway workshops named Alexander M'Beth was rather severely injured internally this morning through being crushed by one of the…

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A Sad Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 7

A fatal accident occurred at the works at the new Indooroopilly bridge this afternoon, by which a man named John Toby lost his life. Toby was a riveter working with a man named Muirs on a…

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A Child Killed. Shocking Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

A distressing street fatality occurred to-day at Balmain. A two-year-old child named Maud Read, the daughter of a young woman living at 9…

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Two Clergymen Injured. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, daring a terrific dost storm, two barriers protecting the broken portion of the parapet of Queen's Bridge wore blown from their places, and…

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The North Sea Collision. Mail Bags and Bodies Recovered

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, February 5,-A number of the mail bags which were on board the North German Lloyd's steamer Elbe at the time of the collision with…

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The Colliery Explosion. Fifty Billed. Many Horribly Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 4.-Later details of the terrible explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Monceau-les-Mines, France, state that fifty of the miners…

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Nearly Foundered. Narrow Escape of the Rotokino. the Entire Crew Injured. the Carpenters Leg Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

The steamer Rotokino unexpectedly put into Port Jackson early this morning. She left Newcastle for Auckland on Tuesday, the 29th ult., cost laden and encountered…

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Railway Workshop Accident. a Laborer Crushed

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

A laborer named Alexander Macbeth, 45, residing at 49 Wilson-street, Eveleigh, met with a painful accident at the Eveleigh railway workshops this morning…

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Northern Items. Newcastle News. Wallsend Miners. a Serious Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, February 6.-The Wallsend miners, at a meeting on Tuesday, decided to send a notice of motion to the district to declare all strikes " off." If this is…

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A Ship Accident. a Sailor in Hospital

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 4

A carpenter named John Linburn, belonging to the steamer Rotokino, was brought to the Sydney Hospital to-day by the second officer of that vessel. On the…

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A Buggy Accident. Me. James Tillock Hurt

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

An accident, fortunately unattended with serious consequences, happened to Mr. James Tillock, of the firm of Tillock and Company, wholesale grocers,…

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Accident at Rose Bay

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

A rather serious accident happened at Rose Bay this afternoon to a man named James Bryant, driver of one of the Evening News carts. The horse attached to the…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--An accident occurred at the British Queen mine, Ballarat., last, night. Two miners named Frederick Stevens and Janus Ramsay, were…

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Drowning at Cowra. Cowra

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

The body of Mr. Tindall was recovered last night in 4ft. of water six miles from town. He with another man named Henderson were duck shooting and fishing, and…

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A Workman Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

An employee at the Eveleigh railway workshops named Alexander M' Beth was rather severely injured internally this morning through being crushed by one of the…

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A Child Killed. Shocking Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

A distressing street fatality occurred to-day at Balmain. A two-year-old child named Maud Read, the daughter of a young woman living at 9…

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Eleven Injured. Shocking Accident at Gunnedah. Bursting of a Boiling Vat. Dreadful Injuries-- List of the Injured-- A Terrible Scene. GUNNEDAH

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 5

One of the vats used at the boiling-down works burst at a late hour yesterday afternoon. The proprietors, Goodall Bros., of Sydney, and nine of their employees were…

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News by Gable. The North Sea Collision. Mail Bags and Bodies

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 5.-A number of the mail bags which were on board the North German Lloyd's steamer Elbe at the time of the collision with…

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Northern Items. Explosion at Gunnedah. a Boiler Bursts. Seven Persons Injured. Building Completely Wrecked

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, February 7.-A terrible accident happened At the boiling down works near Gunnedah, just prior to closing time on Wednesday afternoon. The boiler…

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