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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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The Sunbeam Ashore. Aid From H.M.S. Karrakatta. Accident to Lord Brassey's Yacht. HOBART

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

While Lord Gormanston was at the Tasmania Turf Club races this afternoon he received a message to the effect that the Sunbeam had gone ashore near Government…

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Riding Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Casey, of the White Horse Hotel, St. Peters, was thrown from his horse in turning a corner yesterday, and received a fracture of the upper part of the…

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Killed by the Tram The Oxford-street Accident. The Coroner's Inquest. Frightful Mutilation-- Verdict of Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 5

The shocking death of a labourer named Alfred Willis, who was knocked down and killed by a tram motor in Oxford-street, Paddington, on Saturday night, formed the…

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Buggy Accident at Rylstone. Caused by the Heat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

RYLSTONE, Saturday.--A buggy accident occurred here tills evening. A daughter of Mr. Tonkin, accompanied by a little girl, drove into town and pulled up at…

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Accident to an Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

An engineer named Frank Blackburn, employed at the office of the "Australian Star" Newspaper Company. in Castloreaghstreet, was seriously injured oil Saturday…

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Peculiar Accident at a Studio

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

A peculiar accident, which narromly missed being tho cause of the death of a young lady named Violet M'Dowall, occurred on Saturday afternoon at tho Half-Crown…

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Fatal Accident with a Reaping Machine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

INVERELL, Saturday.--A man named Albert Davis, a resident ol Glen Inuos, was killed whilst working a reaping machine at Elsmore, 10 miles from Inverell…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fatal Tram Accident--a Man Terribly Mutilated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

A ratal accident occurred shortly before 9 O' Clock on Saturday evening, near the intersection of Oxford and Regent street, Paddington, oposite the E.S. and A. Bank…

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Accident to the Sunbeam. Lord Brassey's Yacht Ashore at Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--Lord Brassey's yacht, the Sunbeam, was blown ashore off Rosifey Point, about two miles from Hobart, yesterday. The warship Karrakatta made…

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Fatality and Accident. the Paddington Tram Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 6

The death of the man Alfred Willis, who was killed by a tram motor at Oxford- street, Paddiagton, on Saturday night, formed the subject of an inquest yesterday…

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The Leveret-gamecock Collision. Certificates Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 3

The Marino Board met yesterday afternoon, Captain Hixson presiding. James Henry Mackle, late of the Leveret, was called on to show why his certificate…

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The Leveret- Gamecock Collision. Decision of the Marine Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 3

Captain Hixson, R.N., presided at a meeting of the Marine Board, held yesterday, at which James Henry Mackie, of the Leveret, and Charles Larson captain of the Gamecock, were called upon to show cause…

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Sinking of the Leveret Collision with the Gamecock. Two Certificates Suspended

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 2

Charles Larsen, master of the steam-tug Gamecock, and James Henry Mackie, who was in charge of the Leveret when the collision between those two…

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Accident oh the Western Line. Passenger Train Derailed

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 5

LAWSON, Tuesday.—News reached here at 115 to-day that the passenger train due here at 1 o'clock had been derailed at Linden…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 3

Alexander Wilson, a resident of George- street North, fell down the hold of the steamship Oldenburg yesterday, and sustained fractures of some ribs and his arms…

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Accident to an Ocean Liner. the Steamer Strathnevis Disabled. 59 . Days Helplessly Adrift. Thrilling Experiences

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 6

The R.M.S. Miowera, of the Canadian-Australian line, came Into, port yesterday from Vancouver, with a 'remarkable story of the sea, showing what may happen to a disabled…

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Fatality at Tamworth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 6

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—A man named Charles Nicholls, aged 51, died suddenly from heat apoplexy. An inquest was dispensed with. The weather to-day was again hot,…

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Drowned at Newington

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 5

A boy named Frederick Davis, aged 12 years, was drowned in a waterhole near Newington. Asylum yesterday afternoon. An inquest will be held to-day…

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Accident at Hillgrove. a Miner Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 6

HILLGROVE, Wednesday.—William Taylor, a miner, working at the Sunlight Mine, whilst at work in the main shaft yesterday afternoon, had some picks lowered down to him, when one of the picks…

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Accident at the Markets. a Laborer Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 5

'A laborer named Fred. Munro, residing in Eveleigh-street, Waverley, while at work at the George-street Markets to-day, fell from the scaffold a distance of 25ft. He sustained a scalp…

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