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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Railway Collision. Result of the Inquest

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 11.-The inquest on the fatal railway collision at Chelford, on the London and North-Western Railway, between an express…

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Capsizes in the Harbor Drowned off Miller's Point. Dragging for the Body

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 3

Still another fatal capsize has to be recorded in Sydney harbor, Yesterday afternoon the squally weather was responsible for several capsizes, one of which was that…

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A Boy Drowned a Sobraon Lad's Death. A Fall from the Gangway

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 6

A boy named Thomas Brown, belonging to the training ship Sobraon, was drowned this morning by falling from the ship's gangway into the water. The body was…

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The Harbor. a Boy Drowned. Several Minor Mishaps. Searching for the Body To-day

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 4

Several capsizes occurred in the harbor yesterday, one unfortunately resulting fatally. Early in the afternoon three youths named Arthur Robert Roper,…

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Our Special Cables the Chelford Railway Collision. Result Ok the Inquest. No One Criminally Liable

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Friday Night.--The Inquest, on the fatal railway collision at Caelford, on the London and North-Western Railway, between an express…

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2.30 Edition. Northern Items. Accident to a Miner

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, January 14.-A wheeler named G. Harris, working at the West Wallsend Colliery, met with an accident on Saturday, whereby one of his hands…

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Terrible Accident on the Steamer Bulimba. a Passenger Crushed to Death. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer Bulimba from Melbourne an appalling accident happened, resulting in the death of a young woman named Evans, wife of a miner residing in Sydney…

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South Australia. Two Fatal Machinery Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Edward Fitzgerald, a carpenter, employed at Way's yards, Glanville. was killed on Friday. He was caught in some machinery and whirled…

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The Harbor Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

The inquiry into the Princess-Awhina collision was to have been opened before the Marine Board this afternoon, but the parties interested were not ready to proceed and…

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Extraordinary Suicide. Hanged and Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 15.-A girl named Maggie Mason, whose parents reside at Kaiawaiwai, was reported to be missing from Martinborough, where she had been…

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Marine Board. the Barrabool-vailele Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 3

A meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday afternoon, when there was present--Captain Hixson, R.N. (president), Captains Broomfield, Moody,…

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A Captain Censured. Collision Between the Barrabool and Vailele

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

The decision of the Marine Board re the Vailele-Barrabool collision, which occurred off Miller's Point on Christmas Day, was delivered this afternoon. The board found…

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Wreck of a Ketch. The Crew Drowned. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 5

The ketch Coomlea has evidently been wrecked, and the captain and crew have perished. The vessel's name board and cabin fittings have been discovered at…

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New Zealand News. Wairapapa Relief Fund. Shocking Case of Suicide--Disappearance of a Man--Supposed to Have Drowned Himself--A Mining Revival--"Stone-brokers" at Wellington

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

Auckland files to hand to-day bring the following items of New Zealand news:-- A meeting of the sub-committee of the Wairarapa relief fund was held at Auckland…

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Harbor Accident. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

At the A.S.N. Hotel, George-street north, an inquest was held yesterday afternoon on the death of the lad, Robert Arthur Roper, the victim of the…

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News by Cable. Weather in England, Skating Accidents. Several Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 18.-The cold weather still continues in England. The Serpentine River in Hyde Park and tie ornamental waters and lakes…

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The Intense Cold in Europe. Skating Accidents in London. Several Fatalities. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 5

As the result of the intensoly cold weather which hos prevailed lately, the Serpentine and the ornamental waters in the other parks of London have been…

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Fatal Accident. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred to day under very peculiar circumstances. A man named John Martin was riding along the Casino-road and met a waggon drawn by bullocks crossing the bridge…

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Fatalities and Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

A lad named Thomas Alexander Brown, 13 years of age, who was an inmate of the trainingship Sobraon, was yesterday morning morning to his falling over the…

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