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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Accident at Eveleigh. a Boilermaker Injured

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 5

A boilermaker named Joshua Hill met with a serious accident at the Eveleigh workshops to-day. He was working with a fellow-workman named Meicie, when the hammer which the latter was using flew…

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A Man Seriously Injured

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 303

For some considerable time nothing has happened of so serious a nature as a case which was reported to the Darlinghurst police on Sunday morning. About 12.30 a.m. Constable Sweeney…

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A Painful Accident

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 5

WINDSOR, Saturday.—While loading heavy limber at the Windsor Railway Station yesterday (for the Windsor bridge) a man named Edward Mills had his foot smashed by a log falling on it…

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Accident

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 4

During the practice for the forthcoming tournament at Bathurst, a couple of the local Lancers bad the misfortune to knock their horses about somewhat. Sergeant Harrison (of…

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Accident to the Mountain Express

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 308

An accident of a serious nature happened on Monday morning to the first division of the mountain express, which is due at Sydney at 9 o'clock. It left Lawson at 6.45. After passing Woodford, about…

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Buggy Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 5

David Morley, 34 years of age, a groom by occupation, while driving a buggy round the corner of Elizaboth-street and Cleveland-street was thrown out and received a…

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Sad Drowning Case at Leichhardt. Two Little Brothers the Victims

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1896 · page 5

A VERY sad case of drowning occurred at Leichbardt, two little brothers being the victims. Chas. Francis Ridge, aged 9 years and 11 months, and his brother, Charles William, aged…

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Accident to a Groom

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1896 · page 5

A MAN, named Dennis Morley, aged 34 years, a groom, residing at the Royal Arms Hotel, Riley and Devonshire streets, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night, suffering from serious…

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Double Drowning Accident

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 7

Two brothers named Francis Ridge. 11, and Charles Ridge, 9, residing with their parents at 11 Fester-street, Leichhardt, were drowned in a waterhole off Tebbutt-street, Leichnardt, on…

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Drowned at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 6

Mr. James Jones, second officer of the barque Coromandel, which has arrived at Wellington, was washed overboard and drowned about tin hour after the tug cast…

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Two Children Drowned at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 5

While playing near a waterhole off Tabbett-street, Leichhardt, on Saturday afternoon, Francis Ridge and Charles William Ridge, aged 11 and eight years…

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Tram Accident

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 4

A schoolboy named Gordon Inglis, 11, residing at Drummoyne, fell from a tram while in motion, receiving a scalp wound and abrasions about the face. He was treated at Sydney Hospital by…

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Accidents

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 8

A lad named John Freeston, while attempting to alight from, a Waterloo tram on Saturday evening, slipped and fell, sustaining injuries to the face. Freeston, who resides at Pitt-street,…

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Accident in a Mine. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 5

Last night a miner named William Johnson, employed in the Wentworth goldmine, Lucknow, was being lowered with his mates in a bucket down the main shaft, which is now 700ft. deep and when…

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Tramway Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 5

John Freestone, a youth residing at Pitt-street, Waterloo, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from injuries sustained through…

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Tasmania. Accident to a Jockey

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--A serious accident occurred to George Luck, the rider of Dolly Varden in the Elphin Handicap on Saturday afternoon. In a field of 13 Dolly…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 5

PERTH, Saturday.--A fatal accident occurred yesterday at Spencer's Brook, on the eastern railway line. An engine attached to trucks and carriages was…

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A Leichhardt Fatality. Two Children Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 7

Thomas Francis Ridge and Charles William Ridge, brothers, aged 10 and 8 years, were found drowned in a waterhole at Leichhardt on Saturday evening. The…

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The Waverley Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 6

The City Coroner will held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning on the body of the stable boy Brady, who was killed in the…

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Found Drowned in the Nepean

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 6

PENRITH, Monday.--A man named Robt. Tennant was found drowned in the Nepean this afternoon, about a quarter of a mile from the bridge. The body was fully…

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