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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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The Manly Drowning Case. the Inquest

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

The city coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquest at the Lloyd Hotel, George-street North, this morning, touching the death of a man named Joseph Frederick Lander, who was drowned at…

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Queensland. the Lake's Creek Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

ROCKHAMPTON, Saturday.-- Further particulars to hand regarding the drowning case at Lake's Creek, on Thursday, state that the steamer Beeswing was lying at…

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Scaffold Fatality. Accident at the Gasworks. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 2

Mr. T. R. Ieely, J.P., held an inquest at the Coroner's Court on Friday on the body of a man named George Gray, who died in Sydney Hospital on Thursday from the effects…

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Two Boys Drowned. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 2

Alfred Henry M'Millan, aged 9, and Thomas James Sargeant, 8, went bathing in Duck River, after 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and were both drowned. The…

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Drowning of a Boy. Gallant Attempt at Rescue

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 7

Mr. T. R. Icely, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at St. Peters Hotel, Cook's River- road, this afternoon, on the body of a lad named John M'Mah, who was drowned in a…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Railway Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred in the railway station yard at Lancefield yesterday morning. A young man named John Norman while shunting a train stopped, out from between two trucks which he…

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Latest Cables. an Express Derailed. Railway Accident in England. Two Passengers Killed. Others Seriously Injured-- The Leeds Express off the Rails. London, March 8

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

A serious accident occurred to the Leeds express yesterday by which several of the carriages were derailed. The mishap occurred at Peterborough,…

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North Shore Assault Case. Two Arrests. Condition of the Injured Man

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

In connection with the brutal assault at North Sydney on Saturday night, when a waterman named Edward Geezer had his arm broken and his skull fractured by blows from stones, Sergeant…

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Railway Accident. an Express Train Derailed

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, March 8.—A portion of an express train running between London and Leeds became derailed near Peterborough yesterday. Two passengers were killed…

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Shipping Casualties. Accidents to the Amur and the Sonoma

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The barque Sonoma, bound for Honolulu, was being towed to sea this morning by the tugs Irresistible and Port Jackson, and the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Fatal Fall From a Scaffold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court on Saturday regarding the death of Henry Gray, the carpenter, which took place on the previous day from the…

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Accidents at Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

Thomas Carter, of Pennant-street, Parramatta, was chopping wood on Saturday, when the axe slipped and came across his big toe, which was almost severed from the…

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Serious Accident to a Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

Mr. L. A. Middows, the well-known cyclist, met with a serious accident while training at the Agricultural Ground on Friday afternoon. He was riding round with…

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Accident with Dynamite Caps

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Some sensation was caused on Friday in the Montague District by two serious accidents to boys by the explosion of dynamite caps. in the…

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The Double Drowning Fatality at Granville

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 5

The Parramatta Coroner. Mr. J. E. Bowden, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel. Granville, yesterday afternoon, on the bodies of Thomas James Sargent and Archibald Henry…

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Granville Drowning Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 5

GRANVILLE, Monday.—An inquest was held at the Granville Hotel to-day by Mr. G. E. Bowden, the Parramatta district coroner, on the circumstances of the death of Archibald Henry M'Millan…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 6

Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., City Coroner, held an inquest at Lloyd's Hotel to-day on the body of a man named Joseph Frederick Lander, aged 45, who was drowned at…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Manly Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 5

An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner in connection with the death of the man Joseph Frederick Lander, who was drowned at Manly on Saturday evening. It…

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Granville Drowning Case. Granville

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 7

The evidence adduced at the inquest on the bodies of the children Thomas James Sargeant, aged 7, and Archibald Henry M'Millan, aged 8, who were drowned in…

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An Old Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 6

CROKI, Monday.--An old man named Henry Spooner, who served with the British Army in the New Zealand war, and a resident of Mitchell's Island, visited Croki…

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