Fatal Result of a Collision
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
A middle-aged man named John Beech died at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning, from injuries received through the collision of a van which deceased and another man were driving, and a tram. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Man Drowned While Bathing
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
PAMBULA, Thursday.--A magisterial inquiry was hold at the Courthouse this evening on the body of a man supposed to be Sydney Coulson Parsons, of London, whose body was found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Collision. the Inquest Adjourned
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 3
The inquest initiated at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday by the coroner respecting the death of a middle-aged man named John Beech, fatally injured on March 5 owing to a collision between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall Downstairs. a Packer Injured
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
A foreman packer named Sydney Wright, 23, employed at Messrs. Enoch Taylor and Company's warehouse, York-street, met with a serious accident this morning. Wright was coming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss of a French Steamer. Eighty Drowned. London, March 18
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
The French liner La Ville de la Nazaire has foundered off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Eighty persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault. Struck with a Hammer. a Woman Injured
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 3
A married woman named Martha Bottomley, residing at Best-street, Woolloomooloo, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night in a sem-conscious condition. Inquiries instituted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Shipping Disasters. the Dutch Liner Utrecht Wrecked. One Hundred Persons Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--The Dutch liner Utrecht, bound from Rotterdam to Java, has been wrecked off Ushant, an Island near the ceast of France…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. Shipping Disasters. A Dutch Liner Wrecked. One Hundred Persons Drowned
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
LONDON, March l8—The Dutch liner Utrecht, bound from Rotterdam to Java, has been wrecked off the island of Ushant, near the coast of France…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Marrickville. Explosion in a Sewer. a Workman Killed
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
A shocking accident resulting in the death of a man named Patrick Peefy, 35, occurred yesterday afternoon at Marrickville. Deceased, who resides in Silver-street, was working on the sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Carter
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
A carter named Frederick Martin, 35, in the employ of the Colonial Sugar Company was admitted to Sydney Hospital to-day by Dr. Terrey suffering from an injury to the left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident on a Cruiser. Twenty-one Deaths
Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
LONDON, March 17, 7.40 p.m.—The defective closing of the breech caused the recent explosion of the gun on board the Russian cruiser Siesoi Veliky at Canea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident in a Warehouse. An Employee's Fall
The Australian Star · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
A young man named Sydney Wright, residing at Willoughby, and employed by Enoch Taylor and Co., met with a serious accident at the firm's city warehouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. Explosion in a Sewer
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
Patrick Petey, a laborer, was killed yesterday afternoon through the prermu'ure explosion of a blasting charge in the sewerage works at Marrlckville-road and Robert-street, Murrickville. The man was working in a drive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Easter Monday Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 3
In No. 2 Jury Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four, an action, Turner the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited was begun. Mr. Gannon and Mr. Pickburn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision With an Iceberg
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 12
The ship Lika, bound from Santos to Newcastle, put into Sydney on March 12 in a damaged condition. Captain Muller states it was caused by the vessel, running foul of an iceberg in the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Inquests. the Marrickville Blasting Fatality
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 7
The City Coroner yesterday conducted an inquest in connection with the death of the man Patrick Teefy, who was killed by the explosion of a blasting charge at the sewerage works at the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Driving Accidents. a Man Killed at Camperdown. Another Injured at Redfern
The Australian Star · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 5
A fuel merchant named Charles Hyman Russell, aged 37, was killed in George - street, Camperdown, this morning, by being run over. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cyclist Killed. Collision with a Dog
Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 5
MELBOURNE. Friday.—A young man named William M'Farlane. a railway clerk, 28 years of age, met his death in a very simple manner this morning while on his way to his work. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Runaway at Redfern. a Man Injured
Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 6
A greengrocer named Thomas Buckworth, 23, [?] at Botany-road, Alexandria, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital to-day by [?] suffering from a fracture of the left leg…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burnt to Death. a Woman's Shocking End. Dangers of Reading in Bed. A Sad Fatality-- The Light was Left Burning-- A Painful Death
The Australian Star · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 5
The risk attached to reading in bed with a candle as a lighting agency was exemplified last night by a woman named Rose White, aged 45, who resided at…
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