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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Dobroyde Fatality

Evening News · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 7

The coroner held an inquiry at the Lloyd Hotel yesterday afternoon regarding the death of a boy named William Henry Nanghton, drowned through the capsizing of a boat off Dobroyde on Tuesday…

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The Harbor Boating Fatality. Recovery of the Body

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 5

Yesterday morning a fisherman named John Sly recovered the body of William Henry Norton, the boy who was drowned off Dobroyd through the capsizing of a boat on Tuesday evening. Sly…

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Fall Over the Cliffs. a Shocking Accident at Waverley. a Woman Killed

Evening News · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 4

A woman, whose name is at present unknown, shortly before noon to-day was killed by falling over the cliffs between the Waverley Cemetery and Coogee Aquarium. The woman was observed from…

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Painful Bicycle Accident. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 5

Miss Clarice Haughton, while riding a bicycle along the, main street yesterday, got jam[?] between two passing vehicles, and fell under the feet of the horses attached to…

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The Coogee Fatality. Deceased Identified

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 7

The young woman who was seen to fall over the cliffs not far from Coogee yesterday has been identified as a domestic servant named Nellie Dunn. Deceased was about 21 years of age…

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Terrible Fall. a Window Cleaner Injured

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 5

A man, whose name is unknown, met with a serious accident in Pitt-street yesterday. He is one of a number of men who go round "cleaning windows. These men have regular "beats,"…

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Another Bronte Fatality Young Woman Falls. Fifty Feet on to the Rocks

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 6

Some time before noon today a message was sent from the Victoria Barracks to the Water Police Station that a young woman had been seen to fall from the cliffs between…

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A Jockey's Terrible Condition a Series of Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 7

It may be taken for granted that nothing is further from the mind of the jockey, when riding a close-contested race, than, the chances of an accident occurring. The frequency with which…

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Fatal Burning Accident. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 10

Early this morning a man named Wynn was burnt to death through his bedclothes catching fire Deceased was very feeble and had the blight very had. It is supposed that he got up through the night and…

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Serious Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

About 3 o'clock yesterday a young man who cleans the windows of Messrs. Cunningham and Co.'s printing establishment was working at the windows on the second floor,…

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Racing Accident. Rosebery Park

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

An accident occurred here in the Fourteen Hands Handicap through Bonzie falling and bringing down Kezia and The Rat. M'lvor, Bonzie's rider, was somewhat…

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Fatal Accident Near Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 11

WELLINGTON, Friday.--A man named William Rushly met with a fatal accident yesterday morning. The deceased was engaged grubbing at Mr. G. P. walls' farm, near Bodangora, early…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fall Over a Cliff

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 11

Nellie Dunn, a domestic servant, aged 21 years, was killed yesterday morning through falling over the cliffs on the coast between Waverley Cemetery and Coogee Bay. The young woman had…

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Serious Accident' to a Jockey

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 11

At Rosebery Park yesterday, while the Fourteen Hands Handicap was being run, three of the horses fell. The rider of Bonzie, M'Ivor, received serious injuries to the head, and had several ribs…

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Manly Drowning Case

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

The coroner held an inquiry at the Lloyd Ho­tel, George-street North, to-day, touching the death of a man named F. J. Hamblen, whose body was washed ashore near the Manly Lagoon…

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Drowned at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon the body of a tobacconist named Francis John Hamblin was found on the ocean beach at Manly near the lagoon. The body was discovered by Mr. J. Salmon, who…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Railway Fatality Near Erskineville

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

Benjamin Travers, aged six years, was knocked down and killed by a train on Saturday evening, between Erskineville and St. Peters Railway Stations. The lad, with his brother and another…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 4

A little girl named Elizabeth Jane Muir Parkes, daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth Jane Parkes, of Wallace-street, West Kogarah, was drowned in a waterhole near her parents…

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Drown in Fatality at Carlton

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon a little girl named Elizabeth Jane Muir Parkes, daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth Jane Parkes, of Wallace-street, West Kogarah, was drowned in a…

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Accident to a 'Bus. the Axle Breaks. a Passenger Injured

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

An accident which might have been attended with more serious consequences occurred in Ox­ford-street shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. A Paddington bus, No. 25, belonging to…

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