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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Painful Accident

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

A laborer named George Lucre, 22, residing at 314 Newtown road, was treated at Sydney Hospital to-day by Dr. Harris for a painful abdominal injury. Lucre, who is employed at Wearne's…

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Accident to the Ruapehu. Official Inquiry. WELLINGTON

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

An inquiry was commenced yesterday before the stipendiary magistrate and Captains Allman and Marcial (assessors) into the circumstances…

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The Accident to Mr. Justice Hodges

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 4

The general secretary of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen (Mr. Percy Hunter) yesterday received the following letter from Mr. Justice Hodges, of Victoria, who recently…

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Fatalities and Accidents. an Unregistered Death

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquiry into the circumstances attendant upon the death of a prematurely born infant named Stanlos Augustus Birch, which occurred at Miller-street, North Sydney, on December 3…

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A Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 10

The man from Echo Farm who mysteriously disappeared on the 5th inat., a few hours after admission, turns out to have been, as surmised, Edward F. Goldrick, late of Victoria-street,…

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Rescued From Drowning

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 12

At the Benevolent Asylum on Tuesday evening last, one of the patients, George Hopkins, tripped and fell into the river which adjoins the institution. Hopkins is 75 yours of age,…

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Middle Harbour Drowning

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 11

The City Coroner to-day made inquiry into the drowning at Middle Harbour of Edward Francis Goldrich, whose body was yesterday evening…

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Steamers in Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A serious collision took place in the harbor about 9 o'clock this morning betweon the steamers Dovedale, inward bound, and the Indianapolis, which was lying at the Duke…

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Collision in the Yarra. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 64

As the steamer Easby was turning round in the lower swinging basin of the Yarra this afternoon prior to setting out on a trip to Newcastle for coal, she ran stem-on to the ship Lake Superior, which…

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An Exciting Experience A Boat Capsizes, An Auburn crew narrowly escapes Drowning. A Heroic Act

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 2

A large party of Auburn young men left on Christmas morning to enjoy their holiday at Tuggeral lakes and on New Year's Day had an extremely narrow escape from drowning. The…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. a Waratah Resident Killed

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—An inquest was held at Love's Hotel, Adamstown, to-day, concerning the death of Simon Bland, an old resident of Waratah, who was accidentally killed last night…

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Accident in A. Mine. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 9

A miner named Thomas Finn, working at the Myalls United Company's mine, met with an accident this morning through a piece of ore falling from the hanging-wall. It j[?]mbed him against the…

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Accident

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 5

Mr. Alfred Longford, of Good street, is at present confined to his house suffering from a severe injury received by him while at work at Messrs. Ritchie Bros mill (of which he is…

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The Orotava Accident. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 5

The coroner's inquest concerning the deaths of the five men who were drowned on the R.M.S. Orotava when she sank at Tilbury Docks was resumed…

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Accident to a Steamer. Disabled and On Fire. LONDON, January 8

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 5

The steamer Langton Grange has been towed into Buenos Ayres in a totally disabled condition. The vessel, which belongs to the Grange line, left…

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Hunting Accident. To Mr. Henry Chaplin. LONDON, January 6

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. Henry Chaplin, M.P., President of the Local Government Board, who was seriously injured by a fall from his horse while taking part in a hunt…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Supposed Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 10

An inquest took place yesterday on the body of Philip John Weekes, a well-known signwriter, who resided in Cascade-street, Paddington. He was found the previous evening in a dying…

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Accident to Henry Irving

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 13

LONDON, January 4.—Sir Henry Irving, the famous actor-manager, has severely injured his knee by an accident, and is unable to appear on the stage. It is expected that it…

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A Collision in Hobson's Bat. a Ketch Sunk. MELBOURNE, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1897 · page 5

THIS morning the steamship Excelsior, from Geelong to Melbourne, collided with and sank the Lulu, a ketch 43 tons register. The accident took place in the Hopetoun…

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Collision in Hobson's Bay

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1897 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Early yesterday morning a collision occurred between the steamer Melbourne and the four-masted barque Moel Tryvan, when the latter was lying at anchor. The…

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