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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 177

Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

As accident of rather a serious nature bap[?] in Gladesville, in which a woman and a child were lather seventy hurt. It appears the women was driving in a cart with the wild,…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 12

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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Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1895 · page 5

The following were admitted to Sydney Hospital last evening:- AlFred George, a schoolboy, suffering from a serious injured to the abdomen, said to have been caused by…

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Strange Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 6

The body of a man named Patrick Morrisey w as found yesterday morning in a waterhole oi f Mitchell-road, Alexandria by two boys named Waiter Barter and William…

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Mysterious Drowning

The Australian Star · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 3

A man named Patrick Morrissey was drowned in a waterhole off Mitchell-road, Alexandria, on Saturday night or Sunday morning under circumstances which are at…

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 2

Two boys playing at a waterhole near Mitchell-road, Alexandria, yesterday morning discovered the dead body of a man floating in the water. The Redfern…

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Jumped From a Train. a Young Man Badly Injured. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 6

A young man named Clarke, residing about two miles from Pharalgon, met with a serious mishap yesterday evening. When the train was going up a steep incline…

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Shipping Disaster. Ketch Candidate Capsized. Loss, of All Hands. The Inquest. Funeral of the Drowned

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 6

PORT Macquarie, February 18.-An accident unprecedented in sadness in the history of our port happened on Saturday afternoon, when the ketch Candidate from…

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Capsize of the Candidate. On Port Macquarie Bap. Five Persons Drowned. Recovery of Two Bodies--Efforts to Save Life--Further Particulars. Port Macquarie

The Australian Star · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 5

Every member of the crew of the ketch Candidate, which (as reported in Saturday's STAR) capsized on the bar while attempting to cross in on Saturday, was drowned…

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Accident to the Pukaki

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 3

Hobart, February 18. The steamer Pukaiki, which was damaged by running on a rock at Davenport, has been berthed at the wharf. The hole that the rock tore…

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Northern Items. Newcastle News. the Miners' Association. Accident to a Settler

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 5

Newcastle, February 18.- The ballot of Wallsend miners is to be taken this afternoon to decide whether or not the lodge shall secede from the association…

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The Hilda Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 5

Word received by Mr. Danvers, manager of the North Queensland Insurance Company, states that Captain Grainger, who went down to Ulladulla to get the scow Hilda [?] fully expected to…

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The Accident to a Gunner

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The board to Inquire into the accident to Gunner Richardson at the recent military tattoo report that the accident, was largely the…

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The Alexandria Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 6

An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner at the South Sydney Morgue with respect to the death of the man Patrick Morrisey, who was found drowned in a…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 6

The City Coroner (Air. J. C. Woore) hold a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue this afternoon on the body of an old man named Patrick Morrissey, who was…

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Railway Accident. a Kansas Disaster. Fifty Persons Injured. London, February 18

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 5

A shocking railway accident has taken place at Topeka, the capital o£ the State of Kansas. A train, running at full speed near the city, ran off…

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The Pukaki Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 6

HOBART, February 19.-It is expected that the Pukski will be-ready to start for Sydney on Wednesday, a plate having been placed over the hole in her…

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George's River Accident. Funeral of Morrison

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 6

The funeral of Frank Morrison, one of the unfortunate young men who lost their lives in the recent boating accident on George's River. took place on Friday…

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Accident at Wollongong. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 8

Mr. James O' Donnell, or the Five Islands estate, met with a rather nasty accident on Saturday night. Whilst attempting to mount his horse it commenced to move off…

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Tasmania. the Accident to the Pukaki

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 5

HOBART. Monday.--A plate will he put over the rent in the Pukaki's side, and it is expected that she will be ready to start for Sydney on Wednesday. The damaged…

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