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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Drowned in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 6

The body of a man, whose identity has not yet been established, was found flouting in the harbor off Circular Quay yesterday morning under circumstances which would indicate that he had committed suicide. The water…

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Strange Shooting Fatality. The Victim Identified

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 6

The victim of this morning's shooting case at Darlinghurst, whose body lies at the South Sydney Morgue, has now been identified. It appears that his name was Charles…

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Tee Tram Fatality. Jumping On for a Ride

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 6

An inquest was held at the British Lion Hotel, Forest Lodge, today by the City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) upon the body of John Francis M'Gloin, a boy of 10 years and…

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The Darlinghurst Shooting Fatality. a Mysterious Case. a Woman Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

In our second edition of yesterday the circumstances surrounding the death of a young man who was shot in a house in Victoria-street. Darlinghurst, were briefly reported. The name…

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The Darlinghurst Fatality. a Story of the Affair. Told at the Inquest

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 5

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) and a jury of 12, at the South Sydney Morgue this morning, opened an inquest touching the death of the young man,Charles…

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Accident to an Old Man. a Fall in George-street

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

An accident occurred yesterday to an old man named Wm. Wilson, in George-street, near the entrance to Union-lane. While proceeding along George-street Wilson, who is 74…

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Accident in George-street

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 6

William Wilson, a man 74 years of age, slipped and fell yesterday morning in George-street, while crossing Union-lane. The man was picked up in an unconscious condition, and taken to the Central Police Station close…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Killed by a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 6

An inquest was held yesterday in connection with the death of John Francis M'Glold, who was killed by a tram in Hoss-streot, Glebe. It was shown that M'Glold, who was 12 years old, caught hold of a passing tram with one…

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Fatality and Accident. Supposed Suicide by Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 7

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquiry in connection with the death of a man whose body was found floating in the water at Circular Quay on Monday. It will be remembered that when the body was discovered…

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Drowning Fatalities. Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 7

A drowning fatality is reported from Yancannia station. Hector M'Donald, a young man employed on the station, rode into a tank of water for the purpose of giving his horse a drink. He got out of his depth,…

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The Collingwood Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The adjourned inquest on John Smith, who was found dead at Collingwood on the 14th inst., with his skull fractured, was resumed to-day. The six men…

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Peculiar Drowning Case. Tenterfield

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

Early on Monday evening Thomas Mills, a farmer at Tarban Creek, about 10 miles from here, went to the creek, a distance of a couple of hundred yards from his house,…

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Collision with a Wharf

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

The North Shore ferry steamer Kangaroo when completing a trip from Lavender Bay last evening ran into one of the wharf piles, and carried away a portion of the office buildings attached to…

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Found Drowned. a Harbour Mystery

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) conducted a magisterial inquiry yesterday afternoon at the Lloyd Hotel touching the death of the unidentified man whose body was…

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A Boy Drowned. Marrickville Mystery

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

At about 3.30 yesterday afternoon the body of a boy named Michael James M'Auliss was found floating in a waterhole off Gardiner's Arenas, Marrick-ville, by a girl named Gertrude Duggame. The boy…

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Injured by a Tram

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 2

A vanman named John Holder, residing in Rose-street, Darlington, was injured by a tram last evening, at the intersection of Waverley-road end Nelson-street. Holder, it appears, was about…

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The Darlinghurst Shooting Fatality. the Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 10

The circumstances surrounding the death of the young man Charles Michael Guest, who was shot at No. 312 Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, in the small hours of Monday morning last, were…

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A Harbor Accident. Capsize of a Boat

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 5

At the regatta this afternoon the 8ft dingy race was being won by the Cyclone, which had a good lead, when she was run into by the steam launch Ente. The three occupants of the dingy were…

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The Accident to the Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 8

The following telegram was received yesterday by the secretary of the Marine Board from the pilot at Twofold Hay, dated January 23:—"The steamer Victoria put in here on Sunday short of coal with a heavy list to port…

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A Quarry Accident. a Flying Wedge

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 3

'A man named Edward Reid, 40, a resident of Francis-street, Glebe, was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received to his knee-cap. It seems that…

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