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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 177

Careless Driving. a Lady Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

Richard Martin, a cabman, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having carelessly driven along Pitt-street, to the danger of one Selina Harphen. The…

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Bitten by a Shark. The Leichhardt Fatality. The Coroner's Inquest

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 2

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J. P., held a magisterial inquiry at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday on the body of the lad James Clifton Donald, who died in…

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Accident in Regent Street

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

A man named John Davis, 34 years of ago, residing at Botany, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital this morning suffering from a fracture of the thigh. He was driving a…

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A Broken Axle. Fatal Railway Accident, Two Officials Killed. London, February 28

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

A railway accident of an unusual character occurred at Woodgreen, a suburb of London, to-day. While the train was pulling up at the station the…

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Accident to an Omnibus

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

At about half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning a three-horse omnibus from Bondi came to grief in Oxford-street, opposite Marshall's Brewery, through the breaking…

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Accident Near Wagga. a Fettler Killed

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 5

WAGGA, March 1.—A fettler named Geo. Ferrario has died from injuries received while engaged at work near Bowen, about seven miles from Wagga. Prom what can…

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A Tram Accident. a Boy Knocked Down. Serious Injuries

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

A boy named John Dunn, residing at 533 Kent-street, was knocked down by a cable tram at the intersection of George and King streets about 11 o'clock…

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The Lift Accident. the Inquest

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 5

The deputy city coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, held an inquest this morning at Chancery Square on the death of the boy Ernest James Stevenson Forsyth, who fell…

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The Nannine Tragedy. Not an Accident

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 3

PERTH (W.A.), March 2.—The police have reported to the Inspector-General that the death of John Sutherland, at Nannine, was not the result of a mischance…

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Fatal Accident Near Wagga. a Ganger Killed. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 9

Joseph Ferario, a ganger on the Southern Railway for the past 26 years, was killed on the line this morning between Wagga and Bomen. He was riding on a trolly with three others, when…

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Street Accident. An Old Man's Narrow Escape

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 5

In attempting to cross King-street, near the corner of Georgo-street, this morning an elderly man named John Dunn foil in front of one of the cable trams…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

WAGGA, Friday.--Joseph Ferrar[?]e, a stager of fe[?]tlers, living at Boman, was with three fettlers, working in a large cutting on the railway line about a mile…

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Accidents at Cricket

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

During the Ryde and Hitter’s Hill match on Saturday, an accident that might have ended more seriously happened to the captain of the latter team, Mr. H. Dettman. It…

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Cart Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

On Friday last, as a horse attached to a butcher’s cart, belonging to Mr. W. Back, of the Ryde-road, was standing outside Mr. J. T. Maher’s store, in Mark-street, the youth in…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

Michael Leabey was admitted to the Parramatta Hospital on Thursday morning, and was found to be suffering from concussion of the brain. It was stated that he was thrown from…

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Fatal Accident the G.p.o

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1895 · page 4

An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Ernest James Stephenson Forsyth, a boy of 10 years, who was killed the previous day by falling out of the lift at the General Post Office…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Capsize of a West Australian Yacht. Four Persons Drowned. Narrow Escape of an Irish M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday Night.--A terrible drowning fatality occurred here to-day in Perth Water. A few residents of the city, who had formed, with some visitors from…

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Rescue From Drowning. Accident at Clontari

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

A plucky rescue from drowning occurred yesterday afternoon at Clontari, when Mr. Charles Miller, well-known in the fish market, saved the life of a little boy who…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

A boating accident occurred outside the Heads on Saturday morning. It appears that one of the butcher boats had gone off to the Danish barque Embla, and was…

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Sad Boating Accident. Four Persons Drowned

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

PERTH (W.A.), March 4.—A distressing boating accident happened about 1 o'clock on Sunday, at Melville Water, near Perth, when four well-known business gentlemen…

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