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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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The Country. Fatal Accident at Broken-hill. a Verdict of Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The inquest on the body of Richard Dias, the young man who was killed on Wednesday in the open cut of the Proprietary mine, was…

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The Accident to the Pukaki

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 7

In connection with the recent mishap to the Union liner Pukaki, in the River Mersey, the Mersey Marine Board have given the following finding:--"After hearing the reports read of…

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The Fatal Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

An inquest on the body of the boy Ernest James Stevenson Forsythe, who was killed on Friday by falling down the lift shaft at the General Post-office, was held on…

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Singular Fatality. At the Victoria Cafe

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

Margaret Hogan, a barmaid, employed at the Victoria Cafe, George-street, mes with a fatal accident at half-past 11 last night, through falling from a door in the second…

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Capsize of a Boat. Three Persons Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

AUCKLAND, March 5.—A sailing boat containing a party of four capsized in the vicinity of Steward's Island on Monday afternoon. An artist named Allen and his…

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COURT-MARTIAL. Trial of Captain Close. Adjournment to Wollongong. An Eventful Trip. A Series of Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, March 5.—Court-martials are cumbersome things, and notoriously slow. In their constitution, too, they are considerably behind the…

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Chased by a Constable. a Simple Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

ALBURY, March 4.—On Saturday night a mounted constable went to a Chinese camp to arrest a man named Richard Smith. Smith ran away, pursued by the…

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The Wagga Accident. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

WAGGA, March 5.—A magisterial inquiry was held on Monday by the coroner, Mr. W. Rand, relative to the death of the carpenter, Robert Wach, who was killed a…

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A Cart Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

A man named Edward Gleeson, 47, was taken to Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday evening suffering from injuries to the spine. Gleeson was in a cart attached to…

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A Ship Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

A seaman named Peter Gondenson, 22, residing at 9 Oatley-lane, off Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo, was engaged loading coal at Neutral Bay yesterday afternoon when a…

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Fatal 'Bus Accident. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday afternoon relative to the death of an artificer belonging to H.M.S. Dart named Edward John Chadwick, who…

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Perth Yachting Accident. Searching for the Bodies

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

PERTH, March 5.—The police have been searching for the bodies of Messrs. Driffield and Darlot, two of the victims of Saturday's yachting accident, but without…

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Fatal Accident. a Barmaid Killed

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a young woman named Margaret Hogan, a barmaid at the Victoria Cafe, George-street, was fatally injured by falling from…

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A Gun Accident. a Boy's Leg Shattered

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

ALBURY, March 5.—A resident of Walwa, on the Upper Murray, named Jones, 13 years of age, was admitted to the Albury Hospital on Tuesday suffering from a…

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New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Sad Boating Accident. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

By the capsizing of a boat at Stewart Island an artist named Allen, his wife, and son were drowned…

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Accident to a Girl. (From Our Correspondent.) Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

A girl, aged 13 years, daughter of Mr. William Chalker, hotelkeeper, of Bowral, yesterday morning found a d[?]tonator in an outhouse. Seemingly not knowing what it was, she examined it by…

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Safety of the Gabo—delayed Through an Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

Considerable anxiety has been removed by the announcement that the Gabo, overdue from Western Australia, is safe. It appears from a telegram published elsewhere that the vessel broke her crank, but required no assistance. It…

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Fatal Capsize. The Lose of the Candidate. Marine Board Inquiry. How the Accident Happened

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

An inquiry was held by the Marine Board of New South Wales this afternoon concerning the loss of the ketch Candidate near the Port Macquarie bar on February 16. The…

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A Street Accident. Charge of Reckless Driving

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

William Baldry was arraigned at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on an indictment charging that by his misconduct whilst driving a cab he did do bodily…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Barrister's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday by the City Coroner at the South Sydney Morgue, touching the death of Francis George Carey, who shet himself on Saturday morning…

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