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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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A Collision Guard. a Russian Admiral's Device

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 7

An Ingenious device for minimising the effects of collisions at sea has been invented by Admiral Makaroff, of the Russian warship Nicolai I. The Admiral had been a witness of the…

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Drowned in the Nepean. Body of an Old Man Found

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 5

PENRITH, Tuesday—Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Norman Hunter, of Emu Plains, was proceeding up the Nepean River fishing, when about a quarter mile from the bridge he saw the…

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Accidents at Gundagai

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 6

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.—Several accident cases were admitted to the hospital yesterday. A stranger named Thomas Williams, while crossing the Prince Alfred Bridge, going to South…

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Accidents at Mudgee. a Timber Getter Killed

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 5

MUDGEE, Tuesday.—A young man named Thomas Carr, aged 19, met with a fatal accident at Wollar on Friday. Carr and a younger brother, whilst timber-getting, came across an old tree,…

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Accident to a Railway Guard

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 5
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PENRITH, Tuesday.—Mr. Louis Burling, railway guard, who was thrown from a goods train yesterday is progressing favorably; the only danger being that plearisy may set in…

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A Mining Accident. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 6

While John Crowley was tunneling in a goldmine at Spring Flat a heavy fall of earth struck him on the back He was removed to the Gundagai Hospitsl…

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A Series of Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--A number of accident cases were admitted to the Gundagai Hospital to-day. Thomas Williams, a stranger, whilst crossing the Prince Alfred…

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Accident to the Tomki. Grounded on the Richmond River Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 5

BALLINA, Monday.--At 6.30 p.m. yesterday the Tomki, crossing in grounded on the bar at the south side of the channel, and remained fast for about half an…

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Fatal Accident to a Timber-getter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 6

MUDGEE, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred to a young man named Thomas Carr, aged 19, at Wollar, on Friday. It apears that Carr and a younger brother,…

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Bathing Fatality.--three Girls Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A triple bathing fatality is reported from Casterton. Two daughters of Mr. Henry Humphries, aged 16 and 14 years respectively, and a…

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A Workman Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 5

William Cosgrore, 34, residing at Metropolitan-road, Enmore, was admitted to the North Sydney Hospital last night by Dr. Rooke with a crashed foot. The injury was occasioned by a ladder…

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Collision Claim.—verdict Appealed Against

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 4

The Full Court at Brisbane yesterday commenced the [?] of the appeal case Burna, Philp, and Company [?] Howard Smith and Sons, in connection with the [?] in. Townsville harbor between the steamer Leura…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Three Girls Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 7

A shocking drowning fatality took place this afternoon at Casterton A young girl, aged 11, the daughter of Alfred Gilpia, a labourer, went to bathe in the Glenelg River, and got out of her…

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An Aerolite in Madrid. Buildings Destroyed. a Panic.--many People Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--An enormous aerolite fell in Madrid yesterday, shaking the whole of the city and doing great damage to property…

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Explosion of an Aerolite. Panic in Madrid. Collapse of Several Buildings. Many Persons Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February 11.—A remarkable phenomenon is reported from Madrid. An aerolite passed over the city last night with a vivid glare, followed after the lapse…

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Fatal Accidents to Jockeys

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 6

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest on the body of Charles Henry Brady, the lad who was killed by being thrown from the racehorse The Roe in the Centennial Park on…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Death in Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 6

An inquiry was held by the City Coroner yesterday, at Darlinghurst Gaol, touching the death of a prisoner named Elizabeth Wollard, who was undergoing a sentence of nine…

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The Late Drowning Fatality at Leichhardt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 6

A public meeting of the residents of Leichhaidt was held in the local Town Hall last night to devise means for the relief of the family of Mr. J. Ridge, whose two boys were drowned in a waterhole in…

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The Late Drowning Case

Evening News · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 6

In the Leichhardt Town Hall last evening a public meeting of the residents was held to devise means for the relief of the family of Mr. J. Ridge, whose two boys were drowned in a…

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