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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Victoria. Railway Fatality at Jolimont Gangers Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A shocking railway accident happened at Jollmoat near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, this morning. A large number of fritters were…

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Shocking Accident Two Flatelayers Killed

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 6

MELBOURNE, January 11.-A distressing accident happened on the Richmond railway line, near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont, on Thursday morning…

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Wentworth Falls Accident a Youth Killed

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 4

KATOOMBA, January 11.-A youth named M'Donald, 16 years of age, who had been missing for some time, was found dead on Thursday at the bottom of Wentworth…

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Shocking Accident on the Railway. Two Men Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 5

A shocking railway accident occurred this morning at Jolimont, between the footbridge and the Melbourne Cricket Ground. James O'Halloran and John P. Smith, two old…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Suicide by Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 6

An inquest was held yesterday at Prince Alfred Hospital by the City Coroner relative to the death of Edith North, the young woman who died in that institution on…

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Accident to Mr. Justice Bundey

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mr. Justice Bundey met with an cabinet to-day. He was driving home in a cab when the horse bolted down a hill. Fearing a collision with…

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Fatal Accident at Wentworth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Thursday.--A visitor named M'Donald, aged 16, who had been missing for some time, was found dead to-day at the bottom of Wentworth Falls. It has not…

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Railway Accident Near Korong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Several trucks attached to a mixed train, from Bendigo to Korong Vale, were derailed last night near the latter place. There were no passengers…

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Scalding Accident at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 6

An infant named Harold Lloyd, a year old, was bust night taken to the Balmain Cottage Hospital, suffering from severe scalds about the body. The child's parents live at 80…

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The Supposed Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 5

The three young men who were supposed to have been drowned when bringing a boat from Cowan Creek to Middle Harbor were found camped at Barranjoey. They started…

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A Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 5

Two young ladies named Portus went on a visit to Drummoyne yesterday, and when returning one of them fell off the Drummoyne wharf. Her sister in endeavoring to pull her…

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The Awhina-princess Collision

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 9

The Marine Board intend holding an inquiry the Awhina-Pfincess collision on Monday next. At the inquest on the four victims, which, closed this week, a verdict of manslaughter against the captain…

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The Harbor Collision. the Verdict

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 13

The inquest upon the bodies of Elizabeth Egan and Mildred Leila Freer Ward, two of the girls drowned through the collision between the steamers Awhina…

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Escapes From Drowning. Young Ladies Pluckily Rescued

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 5

A young lady was very nearly drowned in the Manly Corporation Baths yesterday through getting out of her depth. She was rescued by Mrs. Robey, who took her to…

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Killed by a Train. The Richmond Fatality. Two Fettlers Cut to Pieces. The Inquest-Verdict of Accidental Death. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 6

The inquest on the bodies of James O'Halloran and John Smith, the two men killed on the railway line near Richmond, was held in the morgue to-day. Evidence…

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Cable Messages. Collision in the Channel. a Steamer Sunk

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 12

LONDON, January 7.—The barque Primera, which left London on the 5th instant for Hobart and Launceston, came into collision in the…

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A Tan-pit Accident

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 6

A little girl named Maggie Farrell, whose parents reside at Rocky Point-road, Rockdale, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night in a critical condition…

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The Lift Accident. Death of the Sufferer

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 6

The lad Richard Johnstone, 14 years of age, who fell down the shaft of a lift yesterday afternoon at the warehouse of Messrs. Lark, Sons, and Company,…

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The Lift Accident Inquest on the Boy

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, the deputy city coroner, held an inquest this, morning touching the death of the youth Edwin Richard Erle Johnstone, who fell down…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 5

The steamer Swansea, which left Sydney yesterday for Shealhaven, sprang a leak when a few miles outside the Heads. She returned to port, and as the leak could not…

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