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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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