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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 166

A Boy Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

LITHGOW, Thursday.-A fatel accident occurred yesterday afternoon. A boy named Garnet Everitt, aged 10 years, son of a local hairdresser, went, in company with two or three school mates, to a dam…

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Shocking Lift Accident. a Fall of 30 Feet. A Solicitor Badly Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

A shocking lift accident occurred this afternoon at the Norwich Union Chambers, corner of Hunter, Castlereagh, and Bligh streets, as a result of which terrible injuries were…

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Accidents at Murrurundi

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 4

MURRURUNDI, Thursday.-Two serious accidents occurred here this, week. On Monday Claud Easterbrook, 10 years of age, a son of Constable Easterbrook, fell from a swing in the public…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Ganger Killed. Overtaken on His Tricycle

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 4

PICION, Thursday.-A checking accident occurred on the railway line between Picton and Douglas Park last night. Jobs Brennan, the ganger in charge of that length, was returning from…

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Moama Sensations. Serious Accident to a Bank Manager. Constable Morrison's Suicide an Extraordinary Case

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

DENILIQUIN, Thursday Afternoon.-A serious accident happened yesterday morning to Mr. Peter Milder, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Moama. About half-past 8 he rode a spirited…

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Colliery Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

A minor named James Walls, residing at Glebe, and employed at the Dudley Colliery, was admitted into the Newcastle Hospital this afternoon suffering from severe burns about the chest and both arms,…

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Fatal Fall at Pyrmont. Magisterial Inquiry. Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

At the South Sydney Morgue this morning the City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., conducted a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the young man…

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A Fatal Fall. Accident at Pyrmont. Drop of 30 Feet

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

At about twenty minutes to 1 this afternoon an accident, which had a fatal termination, occurred at Pyrmont at the steps leading from Miller-street to Mount-street. These…

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Accident at a Foundry

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

While working at Hoskins Bros'. foundry in Wattle-street, Ultimo, to-day, Archibald B. Eldershaw, aged 27, an engineer, had his right arm badly gashed in a cutting machine…

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Accident to a Bank Manager. Moama

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

Mr. Peter Miller, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was seriously injured yesterday by being thrown from his horse…

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Accident to a Solicitor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

Mr. Tedbar Bradshaw Johnson, a solicitor, fractured two of his ribs and sustained other injuries, yesterday through falling down a lift well at Norwich Union chambers, Hunter-street. Mr. Johnson, who is a son of…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Coal Lumper Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest with reference to the death of a coal-lumper named Adrian Lesur, or Peter Lewis, who died at the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday. The medical evidence showed that death…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Two Lives Lost. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 5

A sad drowning accident occurred yesterday, by which two ladies lost their lives Miss Eliza Devine, daughter of a farmer at Cooper's Creek, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Au[?]e London, a visitor to the…

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Railway Accidents. the Picton Fatality

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 6

PICTON, Friday.-An inquest on the body of John Brennan, the ganger who was killed by the down express train to Melbourne, was held at the Club Hotel before the Coroner, Mr. W. Randell…

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Petersham Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry. Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 5

A magisterial inquiry was conducted this morning, at the Prince Alfred Hospital, into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Gadd, 70 years of ago, who, as reported…

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Two Ladies Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 6

LISMORE, Thursday.--A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday at what is known as M'Pherson's Crossing, Cooper's Creek, by which Miss Devine and Mrs. London, a visitor from Sydney,…

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Two Ladies Drowned. Lismore

The Australian Star · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 5

Two ladies, Miss Eliza Devine, daughter of a farmer at Cooper's Greek, and her aunt, Mrs. Annie Loudon, were drowned yesterday. They were riding into Bexhill, and in fording…

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Two Ladies Drowned. While Fording a Stream

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 6

LISMORE, Friday.-An accident of a very sad character occurred on Wednesday evening at a place known on the creek an M'Pheraon's Crossing. It appears that two ladies, Miss Eliza Devme, daughter…

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Fall From a Roof. a Man Terribly Injured

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 5

A man named Carl Hadguist, a Swede, aged 20, met with a serious accident art a building in Dixon-street, city, this morning. Hadguist was employed by Mr. J. H. Beale, a builder, and was engaged in…

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Accident to a Solicitor

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 2

Mr. James M. Johnson, of Messrs. Johnson, Minter, Simpson, and Company, solicitors, of Norwich Union Chambers, Hunter-street, whose son, Mr. [?]edbar Bradshaw Johnson, fractured two of his ribs…

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