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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

3,466 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 174

Fatal Driving Accident. a Woman Killed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

An elderly woman named Mary Ann Am[?]r died in the Prince Alfred Hospital to-day from the effects of an injury received on February 3 by being thrown from…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

Mand Margaret Berry, two years of age, daughter of James Berry, of Sherwood, died on Saturday evening from the effects of injuries received in a scalding accident. The mother had strained some potatoes, and the-child,…

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Accident on a British Cruiser. Explosion of Torpedoes. Four Seamen Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.—An accident occurred yesterday on the first-class cruiser Gibraltar, attached to the Particular Service Squadron, while the primers of some…

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A Sydney Chemist Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 6

HOBART (Tas.), Wednesday.—The body of Francis Henry Newth, chemist from Burwood, Sydney, was discovered floating in the water at Bellerine yesterday morning. The evidence elicited at the…

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Strange Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 7

NEVERTIRE, Tuesday.--James Curzen, aged 15, and another lad, both from Sydney, while travelling by night on the railway line between here and Trangie, became tired, and sat down…

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Fatalities and Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 6

Early yesterday morning a woman named Mary Ann Amner died at Prince Alfred Hospital. Some time ago deceased was thrown from a vehicle la Dowling-street. Moore Park, and received injuries…

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A Carrier Killed. Accident Near Temora

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 5

TEMORA, Thursday.—An accident, which resulted totally, occurred on Monday to a wellknown. carrier named Geo. Hillier, near Morangarell, about thirtytwo miles from here. Hillier's horses must have…

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A Serious Accident. Millthorpe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 5

A painful and serious accident occuried here to-day to a man named Ernest Jacobs, managing the butchering business of Mrs. Patrick, of this town. Jacobs was yarding a bullock on horseback, and in…

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A Serious Accident. a Man Loses His Arm. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. James Hewlett, night officer at Cootamundra station, and whose marriage at Parramatta, to Miss Hillis, of Parramatta, was reported in a recent…

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Accident at the Dyke. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 5

A man named Clarence Morley, a horse driver, employed at the Dyke, met with a painful accident whilst at his work yesterday afternoon. He was…

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Fatality at Cootamundra. Death of Night Officer Howlett. COOTAMUNDRA

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. James Howlett, night officer at Cootamundra, died yesterday afternoon as the result of injuries received through jumping from the up express…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 4

COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.—A fatal railway accident occurred here early yesterday morning. It appears James Howlett, the night porter, as the morning express, which arrives here at 4…

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Fatal Accident at Cootamundra. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 5

Thus morning an accident occurred here on the railway station, proving fatal. James Howlett, night officer, met the morning express at 4 o'clock, and jumped on to the stepboard talking to the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 5

A man named George Carpenter was killed by the mail train yesterday morning. The body was found on the line near the town. At an inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Accident to the Cranes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 5

Owing to one of the pressure pipes in connection with the hydraulic craues at the Dyke bursting last night work was supended for some time. The accident occurred at 10 p.m., and repairs were not…

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Fatal Accident to a Carrier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 6

TEMORA, Thursday.--An accident occurred on Monday, near Morangorell, about 33 miles from here, to Mr. George Hillier, a well-known carrier. Hillier's horses became frightened, and…

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Shocking Fatality

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 12

A very distressing accident occurred at Smithfield on the 11th inst., whereby a little girl named Maud Margaret Isabel Berry, aged two years and one month, the daughter of Mr…

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A Dingy Ie Collision

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 5

An occupant of a sailing dingy had a Crisp adventure last evening off Fort Macquarie. A strong tide carried his boat into collision with the Milson's…

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The Railway Fatality at Cootamundra

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 11

COOTAMUNDRA, Friday. -- The inquest on the body of James Howlett, night officer at the railway station, who was killed on Thursday morning by the express train, was held to-day, when…

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Terrible Railway Fatality At Cootamundra. Death of Mr. Jas. Howlett

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 7

Mr. James Howlett, who was employed as night-officer at the Cootamundra railway station, met with a shocking death on Thursday, February 18th. He met the morning…

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