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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Serious Riding Accident. a Lady Badly Injured. GUNNEDAH

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

Mrs. William Wilson, it widow, was thrown from the race mare Tress yesterday evening and received injuries which are likely to prove fatal. It appears the horse…

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Fatal Boat Accident a Nyngan Storekeeper Drowned. A Capsize off Coogee. A Swim for Assistance. Recovery of the Body

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 4

A storekeeper named Arthur Bleakley, a resident of Nyngan, was drowned at Coogee yesterday, owing to the swamping of a sailing boat in which he, with several others, were cruising…

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Capsize of a Boat. Man Drowned in Trial Bay

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Monday.—A fatal boating accident happened on Friday afternoon at Trial Bay. Captain Grant, of the dredge Fitzroy, and two of the crew, Brown and Gunner, together with Adam…

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Boating Fatality. a Pleasure Boat Swamped Off Coogee. Hasty Attempt to Swim Ashore. a Fatal Result

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

A boating excursion undertaken yesterday afternoon had a sad ending at Coogee. At the invitation of Mr.Arthurt T.Bleakley, a storekeeper, who recently came to Sydney from Nyngan,…

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The Bond Accident Death of Flannigan

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 4

John Flannigan, the other victim of the accident at the Australian Bond, in Young-street, on Friday, died in Sydney Hospital on Saturday night…

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Accident at Gunnedah

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Monday.—A young woman named Louisa Wilson, 20, met with a shocking accident last evening. She went for a ride on the racehorse Tress, when the animal bolted…

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Special Edition the Bond Accident. Inquest on Byrne. (Continued from page 4.)

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

The cross-examination of the witness Earl was continued by Mr. Crick. It was the duty of the man in charge of the rope to clear the sling free of the flap. Dwyer cleared the two previous…

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Fatal Boating Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

A sad catastrophe happened at Trial Bay yesterday afternoon. Captain Giant, of the dredga Fitzroy, with two members of the crew (Brown and G[?]er), Adam Grant, his son, and young…

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Another Life Lost. The Bond Accident. Resumption of the Inquest. The Cause of Death--Fracture of the Spine--The Jury Visit the Scene

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

John Flannagan, who was injured in the accident at the Australian Bond on Friday through the slipping of a sling, and on which occasion a man named Byrne…

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A Sling Slips. Killed at a Bond. A Man's Spine Fractured. The Coroner's Inquest--The Nature of the Accident--The Inquiry Postponed

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

Mr. T. R. Icely, J.P., commenced an inquest at the City. Coroner's Court this afternoon on the body of a man named Joseph' Byrne, who died in Sydney…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

The Mines Department, has received a telegram from Clermont stating that a man named Moxham fell 180ft, down a shaft at Blackridge, resulting in his death…

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Fatal Accident to a Carter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

An inquest was held yesterday with reference to the death of tho man Joseph Byrne, who was reported in our issue of Saturday to have died in the Sydney…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 5

A Maryborough telegram states that two boys named Smelt and Roseman were drowned at Granville yesterday morning. One of the boys fell in the river, and the other jumped in to save his…

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A Sad Bathing Fatality. Two Brothers Drowned. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 5

On Sunday afternoon a sad drowning fatality occurred on the Murrumbidgee River. Two brothers named George Bignell (17 years of age) and Arthur Bignell (19 years of age) went to…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 6

HAY, Monday.--A shocking drowning accident occurred yesterday, when two youths named George and Arthur Bignell, were drowned in the river while bathing…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 2

HAY, Tuesday.—Two brothers named George and Arthur Bignell, 17 and 19 years of age, were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River on Sunday. They went to the river to bathe, and got out of…

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Marine Board. Leveret-Gamecock Collision

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 5

The Marine Board to-day resumed its inquiry into the collision between the tags Leveret and Gamecock, off the Heads, on December 28. The board, before taking evidence,…

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The Fatality at the Australian Bond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 6

The inquest upon the body of Joseph Byrne, one of the two men who died in Sydney Hospital from the effects of injuries received by an accident at the Australian Bond on Friday, was continued yesterday…

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Boating Fatality at Coogee. the Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 3

An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgus yesterday by the City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) upon the body of Arthur T. Bleakley, who was drowned near Coogee Bay on Sunday…

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The Coogee Boating Fatality. the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 6

The death of the storekeeper Arthur T. Bleakley, who was drowned on Sunday through the upsetting of the boat Maori near the Coogee Reef, formed the subject…

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