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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Fatal Result of an Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

James Coady, a carter employed by Mr. M'Carthy, of Darlington, who was crushed between his cart and a truck at Darling Harbour on Saturday, died in Sydney…

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Fatal Accident to a Butcher

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

BATHURST, Wednesday.--James Lan-franche, a butcher of 30 years' residence In Bathurst, was accidentally killed to-day whilst slaughtering a bullock at the…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) a Teculiar Accident. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

A painful accident yesterday befell a miner named Riobard Hawkins, who, while cantering a horse, came in contact with a wire clothes-line, which inflicted a severe cut in his throat, beside…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Kogarah Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. woore) yesterday held an inquiry into the cause of death of Henry Charles Taylor, who had been drowned the previous evening. From the…

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The Kogarah Drowning

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

A verdict of accidental drowning was returned at the inquest held yesterday afternoon on the body of Henry Charles Taylor, who was drowned at Kogarah on…

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Fatality at Bathurst Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry respecting the death of James Lanfranche was held this morning before the Coroner, Mr. J. B. Grahnm. Dr. Bassett deposed…

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In the Country. Fatality at Albury

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday.--The death is re ported from sunstroke of James Thomas Hatch, well known on the border. Deceased was one of the earliest settlers in…

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Collisions In" the Channel. Eighteen Persons Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON. Wednesday Night.--Two collisions are reported to have occurred between vessels in the English Channel. Eighteen persons were drowned…

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Collisions in the Channel. Eighteen Persons Drowned. London, January 15

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

Two collisions between vessels occurred in the British Channel to-day, with the result that 18 lives were lost by drowning…

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A Mother's Mad Act. Two Children Shockingly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A terrible occurrence is reported from Oakleigh this evening. Late this afternoon Drs. Simpson and Grant were called to attend two…

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Accident at a Foundry

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 7

An employer of Messrs. Hoskins' Ultimo foundry, named George Poster, 32, was seriously injured while at work this morning. Foster was assisting to remove a…

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A Carter's Death Darling Harbor Accident. the Inquest

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 4

The circumstances attending the death of a cartel named James Coady, who was fatally injured at Darling Harbor on Saturday last, were investigated by the city coroner…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3

John E. Parnell, 32, a paperhanger residing in the Domain, and said to have had a row with an aboriginal, who threw him on the ground rind broke his right leg on…

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A Gun Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

A boy named George Stubbs, aged 16 years, in the employ of Mr. A. Scliwebel, orchardist, of Prospect, was shot through the arm yesterday afternoon. A gun was kept in the packing…

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Accident to the Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

The pilot at Forster yesterday wired: " When the Gosford was about to leave she got a chain around her prepeller, which will detain her until to-morrow's tide."…

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Collision in Newcastle Harbour. NEWCASTLE, Jan. 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 150

A collision occurred in the harbour to-day between the ship Glenfinlas and the barque Montrosa as the vessels were being shifted in the channel. The Montrosa's main rigging was…

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Local and General. Soudan Warrior Injured

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 4

Mr. George Boulton successfully but a few fairs ago, dodged all the Soudan Bullets only to come to grief in a sham fight in his native town of Parramatta. Last Saturday whilst…

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St. Marys News. ACCIDENT

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 6

Early this week a boy named Andrews, son of a Mr. W. Andrews, from McCarron's farm, about eight years old, was riding along the tanbark road, carrying a large…

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Tram Accident. Smash in Oxford Street. A Through Tram Danger

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 4

Passengers by the incoming Waverley tram at 8.30 o'clock this morning were treated to a sensation da Oxford-street The tram, which was a through one, was…

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A Cart Accident

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 4

One of Mr. J. Grants carts came to grief in Church-street South on Wednesday evening. The cause of the mishap was the snapping of axle-tree, which caused the carl to tilt and…

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