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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

3,466 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 174

The Courts. An Injured Ankle. SILK v. REID

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 4

Argument in the case of Silk v. Reid was continued before the Full Court this morning. It was an application on behalf of the plaintiff to make absolute a rule nisi for an order setting aside a…

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Found Drowned. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.)

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

An inquest was held by the city coroner yesterday into the circumstances connected with the death, of a woman named Mary Murphy, whose body was found floating in the Harbor at the…

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Serious Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1897 · page 4

The second mate of the vessel Lady Cairns, 28 years of age, fell down the hold this evening and fractured the base of his skull. The injured man was conveyed to the Newcastle Hospital, where he…

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Newcastle News. Accident to an Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1897 · page 5

Frank Phillips, the second mate of the ship. Lady Cairns, fell down the hold of that vessel yesterday afternoon, and sustained a fracture of the skull and other severe injuries. He was admitted…

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The Recent Redfern Railway Accident. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1897 · page 6

an engineer, I venture to offer a suggestion that will obviate a recurrence of the accidents of October, 1894, aud a short time ago…

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Tram Collision. Two Men Injured

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 4

Two men named James Charlton and James Beech were injured by a tram collision last evening. The men were driving along the Parramatta-road is a van loaded with furniture. Opposite the…

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Drowned Fishes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 19

Fishes are often drowned, and from a variety of causes. If a fish is caught on a hook through one of its jaws, and the mouth is held open, respiration is interfered with, and the fish will finally drown…

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Patal Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 10

An inquest was held by the city Coroner this afternoon on the body of F. G. Phillips, second officer of The vessel Lady Ca[?], who fell down the hold of his ship last evening. The evidence showed that…

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Burnt to Death, Through a Cigarette. Fatal Accident to a Married Woman at Parramatta. a Bedroom Occupied by Three Intoxicated Women, of Whom One Burnt While the Other Two Slept

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 5

On Thursday last, Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., Coroner for the District, held an inquest on the dead body of Eliza Edwards, who had died in the Parramatta Hospital the day…

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Guildford. Accident to a Child

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 3

On Friday afternoon last a son of Mrs. Castle of Guildford was severely torn by a god, the property of Mr. Jas. Hardy, Briefly the facts of the affair are these. The dog in…

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Accident

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 5

On Sunday last, as Mrs. Dick (a well-known and much respected Parramatta lady), with three other ladies and a child, were driving in a buggy down Milson's bill, the breeching…

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[?]Rd. [?] Accident

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 6

[?] was driving a [?] Parramatta, one of the [?] broke on his [?]ptly [?] near the Ladies College,…

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Fatal Accident at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon Frank Phillips, second officer of the barque Lady Cairns lying at Stockton wharf, received severe injuries by falling down the hold of the…

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Some Parramatta Ladies in Peril. Serious Accident at Pennant Hills

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 8

ON Monday afternoon Mrs. Dick, of Gulloway-street, Parramatta, was, in company with three other ladies, out driving "around the hills " in a buggy. While proceeding down…

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Accidents Last Night. Fedestrians Knocked [?]own and [?]jured

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 March 1897 · page 5

A LODGING HOUSE keeper, named Adam Roxburgh, aged 59, residing in King-street, was knocked down by a man running along that therenghfare to catch a late boat after 11…

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Drowning Fatality. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 5

Yesterday a Cingalese hawker was drowned in the Barwon River, near Dangar Bridge. A white man named Be[?]le nearly lost his life in an attempt to save the deceased, but was saved by another while. After…

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Extraordinary Drowning Case

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 3

WALGETT, Monday.—An extraordinary case of drowning occurred on Saturday morning, when a Cingalese hawker was driven into the Barwon River by some aboriginals camped near the Dangar…

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Bicycle and Omnibus Collision

The Australian Star · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 5

A youth named Owen Holland was cycling along King-street, Newtown, on Saturday night, when his machine collided with an omnibus. A wheel of the…

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Drowned in the Harbor

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 5

Two boys named Chas. Igoe and Leo Srvenson to-day found the body of a man floating in Darling Harbor, on the Pyrmont side and close to the bridge. They informed Constable Smith, of the Permont…

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Collision in the Channel. London, March 7

The Australian Star · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 3

A collision has occurred off Start Point, Devonshire, between the ship Derwent, of Devitt and Moore'e line, and the steamier Milo, 1743 tons. The…

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