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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 177

Victoria. Serious Railway Accident. Damage to Rolling Stock

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Railway Commissioners have received a telegram from Bunyip announcing a serious railway accident at the Jefferson Siding, two…

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Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The passenger train from Palmerston to Wellington today ran into a ballast train standing at the siding. Tawa Flat, on the Manawatu…

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A Colliery Accident. Five Hundred Miners Imprisoned. Anxiety for Their Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--A collision occurred yesterday between two cages in a colliery at Normanton, in Yorkshire, causing damage to the shaft, and…

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Fatality and Accident. Death From a Shark Bite

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, a lad named James Clifton Donald, 14 years of age, who lived with his parents in Renwick-street, Leichhardt, was playing…

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Milk Carter Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 6

David Morley, 21, a milkcart-driver, residing at No, 60 Ivy-street, Redfern, was admitted to Sydney Hospital this morning suffering from injuries to the hands and…

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Accident at Broken Hill. a Man Killed

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, February 28.—An accident, which resulted fatally, occurred at the open cat, near the Workings of the Proprietary Mine, shortly before noon on…

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Accident at Braidwood. Young Woman Shot Dead

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, February 27,—A shocking accident happened on Wednesday, when a young woman named Esther Bell, daughter of John Bell, a farmer at Ballalaba, was…

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Serious Buggy Accident. an Armidale Mishap

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 6

ARMIDALE, February 28.—A buggy accident of a serious nature happened in Dangar-street on Wednesday afternoon. A pair of horses bolted from the…

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A 'Bus Accident

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 7

'Bus No. 336, plying between Bondi and Macquarie Place, met with a mishap in Oxford-street this morning. The driver was pulling sharply across the tram line…

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The Colliery Accident. All the Miners Rescued. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

All the miners, numbering 500, who were imprisoned in the workings of the Whitwood Colliery, Normanton, in Yorkshire, through the shaft becoming blocked…

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Fatal Accident at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at the open out on the Proprietary mine shortly before noon (local time) to-day. At that hour several men were working in the open out at the foot of the inclined line of…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day by Mr. J. W. Bunn, coroner, on the body of a young woman named Esther Bell, daughter of John Bell, farmer, at Ballalaba. When tidying the house she had…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Railway Accident in Gippsland. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

A departmental inquiry into the railway accident yesterday on the Gippsland line was held at Bunyip to-day. The evidence of several witnesses was taken, and the inquiry closed. The…

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Omnibus Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

This morning while a three-horse 'bus, driven by a man named James Kelly, was coming down Oxford-street, near the Paddington Brewery, the near…

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Breach of the Stock Act. Accident at the Proprietary Mine. Ear-marking Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

MOREE, Wednesday.--An important case was heard before the police magistrate and bench of Justices to-day. when a charge was brought by Robert Kirkpatrick. BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--A fatal accident occurred at the open cut on the Proprietary mine to-day. Several men were working at the foot of the tramway, which…

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Buggy Accident at Armidale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Wednesday. -- A serious buggy accident occurred in Dangar-street this afternoon. A pair of horses bolted from the police magistrate's residence at…

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Boating Fatality at the New Hebrides. a French Settler Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 2

The Emu brings news of a boating fatality in the New Hebrides. On January 31 a boat, in charge of a young French settler named Secard, was proceeding from…

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Railway Collision. At Glasgow Station. Eight Passengers Injured. London, February 28

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

A collision between two trains occurred at Glasgow Railway Station to-day, by which a number of passengers were more or less injured,…

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A Youth Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

James M'Queen, 16, a laborer, residing at Harris-street, Pyrmont, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this afternoon suffering from injuries. to the leg and foot caused…

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A Strange Fatality. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

A boy, 15 months old, son of Edward Hamilton, of Bowraville fell down and bit his tongue through. He bled for two days and died…

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