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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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The Country. Singular Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

MUDGEE, Tuesday.--On Sunday afternoon a lad named Alfred Rope escaped death from drowning under remarkable circumstances. He and other lads went to…

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The Adamstown Fatality. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

Mrs. Ann Gray, who was committed for trial by Coroner Martin on the charge of manslaughter of Eleanor Turner some weeks since at Adamstown, will be tried on…

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she Drowned Boy. the Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

An inquest into the death of Henry Byrnes, whose body was found in the water at Miller's Point, was held by the City Coroner yesterday afternoon…

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The Double Drowning. No Trace of the Bodies

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 6

The water police continued their search to-day for the bodies of the young men, Lawson and Morrison, who were drowned at George's River on Sunday, but failed to…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. [By the Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

At Lawson's Creek yesterday three lads were fishing, when another boy came along and said, "It is just here I saw a man fall in the other day." He then slipped into the water and…

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The Tattoo Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, February 13.-Gunner Richardson, who was injured at Hie military tattoo on Saturday night, was removed from the hospital to-day to give…

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A Mine Accident. Reducing Damages

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 6

The matter of Thompson against the Southern Coal Company of New South Wales was before the Pull Court, to-day, on a motion on behalf of the defendants…

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George's River Accident. One Body Found

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 6

The body of one of the youths drowned in George's River on Sunday through the upsetting of a boat was. discovered this morning floating in the water about 100…

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Murder or Accident ? a Railway Mystery. Supposed Sydney Man's Death

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 11.-An inquest was held to-day "before the coroner for the South-eastern district upon the body of Edward John Ellis, a…

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Runaway Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 3

John M'Leod, a brick-carter, residing at Danby-street, Marrickville, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. While driving his horse attached to a cartload…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Fatal Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

An inquest was held yesterday at the South Sydney Morgue, by the City Coroner, on the body of the railway porter, John Allen, who was killed at Strathfield on…

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Accident to the Steamer G Laughs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

The Glaucus, one of the Victorian steam colliers engaged in the Newcastle to Melbouvne trude. was towed into Eden at S a.m. yesterday in a disabled…

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Suicide by Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.--At an inquest yesterday, a dead body found in the George's River was identified as Benjamin Barnes, recently an inmate of the asylum…

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The Double Drowning. Lawson's Body Recovered

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 6

The City Coroner will hold a magisterial inquiry to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, at the South Sydney Morgue, on the body of John Lawson, one of the two youths…

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The Double Drowning. Coroner's Inquest. On the Body of Lawson. Morrison's Body Found--Particulars of the Drowning

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., City Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue this morning on the body of John Lawson, one of the youths who were…

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River Accident. Inquest on Lawson." Morrison's Body Found

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 6

An inquiry was held by the city coroner at the Sooth Sydney Morgue to-day on the death of John Lawson, one of the victims of the George's River boating…

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Fatal Accident. Run Over by a Van

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

A child, aged 7. named James Lewis Walsh, was ran over and killed by a delivery van in Abercrombie-street last evening. Deceased, who resided with his…

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A Ship Accident. Death From Injuries

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

A. stevedore named William Newton, 54, residing at 68 Pyrmont Bridge-road, died in Sydney Hospital this morning from the effects of injuries sustained on…

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Accidents and Fatalities. a Painful Record

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 8

A little boy named James Louis Walsh was run over and killed in Abercrombie-street, Redfern, yesterday afternoon, a wheel of a van driven by a man named James…

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Killed by a Falling Tree. Shocking Accident Near Dubbo Narrow Escape of a Boy. DUBBO

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 6

An accident by which a man named John Baker lost his life and a boy named Hillyar was seriously injured occurred at a farm about seven miles from Dubbo late on…

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