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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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New Zealand. Fatal Accidents with Firearms

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A fatal occurrence happened at Westport on New Year's Eve. Mr. Cosgrave, captain of the Westport Naval Brigade, loaded an old cannon,…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fall Down a Hatchway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

A man named Muller, about 32 years or age, a first-class passenger on board the R.M.S. Ormuz, fell down the hold on board of the steamer at Circular…

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A Cart Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

A bricklayer named James Clarke, 24 years of age, a single man, who resided at Broadford-street. Bexley, was, at 11 o'clock last night, admitted to Prince Alfred…

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Another Collision Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

Another collision case has been reported to the Marine Board, and an Inquiry will probably be held on Monday next. The vessels concerned are the steamer…

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Drowned While Bathing

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, January 4.- A little girl named Begalia Leer, 11 years of age, a daughter of A. G. Leer, senior warder of the Wollongong Gaol, was accidently…

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Another Racing Fatality. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

A man named Thomas Martell was riding his own horse at the Oakey Creek races yesterday, when the animal bolted, and ran him against a tree, killing him…

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A Girl Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

WOLLONGONG .Thursday.--Begalia Leer, aged 11 years, a daughter of A. G. Leer, senior warder of the Wollongong Gaol, was accidentally drowned in Tom Thumb…

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The Fatal Harbour Collision. Continuation of the Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 6

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, continued yesterday at his court, Chancery-square, the inquest on the bodies of Elizabeth Egan and Mildred L[?]a Freer Ward, two of the victims of the collision…

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The Princess-awhina Collision. Continuation of the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 3

Mr. Woore. the City Coroner, continued the inquest yesterday on the bodies of Elizabeth Egan and Leila Ward, who were drowned on the occasion of the collision…

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The Harbor Collision. Continuation of the Inquest. Evidence of a Submarine Miner. What Should Have Been Done to Avoid the Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

The City Coroner yesterday afternoon continued his inquiry into the collision which occurred off Chowder Bay on December 18 between the steamers Princess and Awbina,…

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Buried Alive. Fatality at Locksley. Collapse of a Tunnel. BATHURST

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

Word has just been received of a [?] accident which occurred at Lock [?] Wednesday. A miner named John [?] had been digging for some months [?] had…

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The Ormuz Accident. Death of the Sufferer

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 6

Max Muller, the passenger by the R.M.S. Ormuz, who sustained a fracture of the skull, by falling down the companion way leading to the passenger's quarters on…

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Special Edition Star's Special Cables Accident to Gladstone. Temporary Blindness. Result of a Fall. Injury to His Forehead-- He Fell Over a Piece of Furniture. London, January 3

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 6

Mr. Gladstone has met with an accident of a rather serious nature at his residence at Hawarden. It seems that the right hon…

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Accidents. Fatal Result of an Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 6

Max Muller, the man who sustained a fracture of the skull on Wednesday night through falling down the companion-way of the steamer Ormuz, died in the Sydney…

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Drowning Fatality at Orange. Orange, Dec. 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 45

A labouring man named Seth William Cauld-well left home at an early hour this morning to bathe in a waterhole near town, as he had often done before. Not reluming by 8, his wife sent a…

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A Mysterious Drowning Case. the Inquest. an Asylum Inmate Found Drowned. Was It an Accident?

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

On Wednesday morning Mr. J. E. Bowden conducted on inquest on the death of an inmate of the Rookwood Asylum named Francis Moore, who was found drowned in a waterhole on the…

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The Country. a Strange Drowning Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

SINGLETON, Friday.--An inquest was held at Belford to-day on the body of John Gane, which had been found in Jump-up Creek the previous day. It transpired that…

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Fatal Harbor Collision

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

ADELAIDE, January 5.-The inquest on the body of the Sydney resident, Victor Prest, who was drowned in the Port River last week through the collision between…

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Late Gales in England. 200 Fishermen Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 4.-During the late heavy gales on the British coast two hundred fishermen belonging to Hull and Grimsby were drowned…

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The Collision in the Port River. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

At an inquest held to-day on the body of Victor Prest, who was drowned in the Port River through the collision between the steamer Warooka and the yacht Rover, on 28th December, the jury…

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