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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 177

A Fearful Accident

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 5

BUNGENDORE, February 7.-A serious accident happened to a young man named Jeff Samson at Bungendore on Wednesday. While on a load of manure he threw…

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Railway Accident. a Startling Experience

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

An accident of an unusual nature happened to the last suburban train from the city on Tuesday night. A goods train was passed near Newtown Station and some…

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New Zealand. Fatal Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A fatal accident occurred at New Plymouth to-day, when Thomas Good, a bootmaker, was knocked down on a level crossing, and the…

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Fatal Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 5

A little child named Maud Read, whose mother resides at No. 9 Belmore-street, Balmain, met with a fatal accident in Darling-street yesterday afternoon. The child, who…

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A Singular Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 4

An accident of a kind which is fortunately rare happened to the midnight suburban train from Redfern on Tuesday evening. When approaching Newtown, a luggage…

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Collision at Sea. a Vessel Cut in Two. Six Persons Drowned

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 2

Shortly after the arrival of the Ocean Co.'s steamer Agamemnon, Captain Steves, at Hongkong on January 4, it leaked out that she had been in collision near…

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Northern Items. The Gunnedah Explosion. Condition Op the Injured

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, February 8.-Mr. Thomas Goodall, one of the victims of the boiler explosion on Wednesday, is in a very critical state, and besides being badly…

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The Cart Accident. Inquest on the Child

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 6

The city coroner held an inquest at the Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday afternoon on the death of Honors Maud Read aged 20 months, who on the previous day…

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Accidents

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 6

A dealer named Daniel Grief, 21, residing at 29 Athlone-street, was treated at Prince Alfred Hospital to-day for a fracture of the right, ankle. This morning…

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Bail Way Accidents. To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 7

Sir,-Some while since a terrible accident occurred in Redfern Station, which caused several of our well-known citizens to lose their lives. At the inquest the…

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Railway Accident at Newtown

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 6

The reported accident to the Newtown train on Tuesday night proves to be exaggerated. It appears that some chaff in an incoming goods train got out of place and…

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Bursting of a Boiler. The Gunnedah Accident Scone of the Explosion. Two of the Victims in a Precarious Condition-Others Convalescent. GUNNEDAH

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

Your correspondent yesterday visited the scene of the late explosion at the Boiling down Works. It appears the top of the smallest digester, having a carrying capacity…

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Accident at Boiling Down Works. Seven Men Inured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 4

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--A serious accident occurred at the Gunnedah Boiling Down Works yesterday evening. The digester, filled with boiling liquid and meat,…

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West Australia. Fatal Explosion at Fremantle. One Man Killed and Another Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 5

PERTH, Friday.--A fatal explosion occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Rocky Bay quarries, Fremantle. The manager, Mr. John Irvine, with several men, was…

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Powder Explosion. Result of an Experiment. Three Men Blown Up. Death of One of the Injured

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 6

PERTH (W.A.), February 8.-A shocking accident, resulting from an experiment happened at Fremantle on Thursday. A new explosive substance named " Tipo,"…

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Western Australia. a Dreadful Explosion. Two Men Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 9

A shocking accident occured yesterday afternoon while a new explosive substance, called "Tipo," the invention of a man named M'Ardill, was being tried at the harbour works, Fremantle…

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Shocking Accident on the Western Line. BATHURST, Feb. 4

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 306

An accident happened on Wednesday to J. Mulheron, relieving stationmaster at Bell. He was in the act of uncoupling a truck, when his foot slipped on a stone. He fell, and the wheel…

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Fatalities and Accidents Two Young Men Drowned at Botany

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

A fatal boating accident, resulting in the death of two young men named John Lawson, of Berry-street, Balmain, and Frank Morrison, residing at…

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Double Mining Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

At an inquest held at Ballarat yesterday on the bodies of James Ramsay and Frederick Stephens, two miners who were killed in the British Queen goldmine on the 4th instant, the jury returned a…

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Two Young Men Drowned. A Postal Department Picnic

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 6

A fatal boating accident happened on George's River yesterday afternoon, when two youths named John Lawson and Frank Morrison lost their lives. A party…

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