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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Fatal Riding Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, February 26.-A man named Riley was killed at Stockinbingal on Sunday evening. He was exercising a horse on the racecourse, when the animal…

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Shocking Gun Accident. a Man's Skull Blown Off

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

BRISBANE, February 25.-About 1 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Carl Krause, livery stable keeper, of Roma-street, Brisbane, was in a room above the stables, cleaning…

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Tram Accident. a Lad Run. Over. Serious Injuries

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 3

A serious tram accident happened on the Leichhardt line last evening. A youth named Walter Casey, 16, residing at 175 Nelson-street, Annandale, alighted…

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Adelaide Railway Accident Two Deaths. a Strange Circumstance

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 4

ADELAIDE, February 26.-Mr. George Warren, 72 years of age, who was injured in the Roseworthy railway accident, died at his residence, Churchill, Gawler, on…

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2.30 Edition. Northern Items. Newcastle News. the Hewison Testimonial. Tramway Accident. Fire at Stockton. the Paraguay Settlers. Queensland Government Action

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE February 26.-The fund raised here for the benefit of young Horace if on, who had his right arm bitten off shark while bathing near the beach,…

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Tasmania. the Accident to the Pukaki

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

HOBART, Monday. -- The Board of Inquiry on the accident to the Pukaki has returned a verdict that the casualty happened through the vessel taking the ground…

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The Roseworthy Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- George Warren, aged 72, who was injured in the Roseworthy railway accident, died at his residence, Churchill, Gawler, to-day. Mr…

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A Newcastle Tramway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- An accident occurred last evening on the private tramway from Toronto and Lake Macquarie to Fassifern. About 5.30 p.m. the engine, with…

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Painful Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

SUNNY CORNER, Monday. -- A painful accident occurred here on Saturday. Mrs. Morpeth, in stepping from a chair to the ground, in her shop, fell and broke her…

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Fatal Accident at Stockinbingal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA, Monday. -- A fatal accident occurred at Stockinbingal yesterday evening. A man named Riley was exercising a horse on the racecourse, when the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Serious Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 6

About 7 o'clock last evening a lad (16 years of age) named Walter Casey was run over by a tram in Parramatta-road Annandale, opposite Johnstone-street. There…

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Railway Accident. Several Persons Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, February 26.-This afternoon the engine and three carriages of a passenger train from Melbourne to Sale left the rails at the points near Bunyip…

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Fall from a Cart. a Woman Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

Mrs. L. Proudlock, of Auburn, met with a serious accident yesterday. She was getting out of a cart in Church-street, Parramatta, when her dress caught, and…

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Railway Smash. In Victoria. A Train Derailed. Passengers Injured--The Line Torn Up--Carriages Smashed, MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 6

The engine and three carriages of the 7.50 a.m. train from Melbourne to Sale and Bairnsdale left the rails at the points at Jefferson Siding, near Bunyip. The fireman…

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A Cart Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 7

A youth named Sydney Egerton, residing at Bondi, was thrown out of a vehicle in Centennial Park yesterday afternoon. On admission to St. Vincent's Hospital, it…

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Colliery Accident. Five Hundred Imprisoned

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 26.-A collision occurred yesterday between two cages in the Whitwood Colliery, Normanton, Yorkshire, causing damage to the…

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A Colliery Accident. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

Through the cages having become jambed in the shaft of the Whitwood Colliery, Normanton, in Yorkshire, 500 miners are imprisoned in the workings of…

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Railway Accident in Gippsland. Narrow Escape From a Serious Disaster. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

An alarming railway accident occurred on the main Gippsland line this morning, and perilously approached a serious disaster. The train to which the mishap happened was the passenger one…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Fatal Accident Near Young. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred this morninir to a young man named Valentine Rhall on the Morangarel road near Tubbul. While in charge of a bullock team loaded with five tons of bricks, he…

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Accident to Mr. John Woods

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 3

The many friends of this gentleman will regret to learn that while at the Camperdown horse sales yesterday he was struck by a young unbroken colt so severely that…

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