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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Collision in the Humber a Steamer Sunk

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 12.-A. collision occurred yesterday on the River Humber between H.M.S.. Galatea, the guardship, and the steamer Marbella, belonging to Messrs…

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Collision in the Humber. the Steamer Marbella Sunk

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--A collision occurred yesterday on the River Humber between H.M.S. Galatea and the steamer Marbella, belonging to Messrs. Bailey and Leetham, of…

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Little Coogee Fatality. Fall Over the Cliff. An Open Finding

The Australian Star · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 7

Mr. Woore, City Coroner, this morning conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nellie Dunn, which as reported in our late editions of yesterday,…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Sad Death of a Little Girl

The Australian Star · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

Another fatality at a waterhole has been reported, this time from Carlton. It appears that oil Saturday afternoon a little girl named Elizabeth Jane Muir Parkes, with her…

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Collision on the Humber. the Galatea and the Marbella. Sinking of the Marbella. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

The steamer Marbella and the coastguardship Galatea came into collision on the Humber yesterday. The Marbella sank, and 40 horses…

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Accident on the Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

A man named George Paddock, an employee of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company, met with a serious accident on the railway line near Toronto yesterday. It appears that the unfortunate man,…

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Northern Notes. Serious Accident. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 3

A man named Geo. Paddocks had a narrow escape from death this morning. He was on Sydney Soap and Candle Co.'s excursion train to Toronto, and fell off the platform of the…

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Fatal Train Accident. a Boy Killed at St. Peters

The Australian Star · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

A little boy named Benjamin Travers, aged 6 years, was knocked down instantly by a train on Saturday evening, between the Erskinevllie and St. Peters stations. The little…

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Accident at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

A very painful accident happened at Kogarah Park on Saturday afternoon to a lad named William Henry Scott, son of Constable Scott. The lad was playing cricket, and attempted to stop a…

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St. Peters Railway Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

At the Union Inn, St. Peters, yesterday, an inquest was held touching the death of the boy Benjamin Travers. who was knocked down and killed by a train on Saturday…

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The Pitt-street Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

At the Coroner's Court yesterday afternoon a magisterial inquiry was held by the City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) touching the death of the man John Williams, who fell…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 7

The City Coroner conducted a magisterial inquiry yesterday relative to the death of the little girl, Elizabeth Jane Muir Parks, who was drowned in a waterhole at West…

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A Collision Case. Against the Railway Commissioners

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

In the District Court to-day, before his Honor Judge Docker, Arthur Hitchcock, van proprietor, of Camperdown, sued the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of…

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Wreck of the Brig Amy. Captain and Crew Drowned. the Vessel Completely Broken Up. Sudden Death of a Spectator

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The brig Amy, a well-known trader between Wollongong and Sydney, became a total wreck on Thirroul Beach, a little to the north of Bulli, on Sunday afternoon, and Captain M'Kee and…

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N.z.accident Insurance Company

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

The eighteenth annual report of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company discloses a flourishing state of affairs. After making full provision for all ascertained losses and liabilities, and transferring…

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Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 7

Charles Clatt, 56. who resides at 481 Elizabethstreet. Strawberry Hills, and is employed in the Railway Department at Red fern, was at noon yesterday orushed between the buffers of two tracks. He was…

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Accident to a Launch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

A launch owned by Messrs. For[?]ter and Minty went down during Sunday night, but was raised again on Monday morning…

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A Hawker Drowned. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 8

A Syrian hawker was drowned yesterday while attempting to cross the Tumut River at Blowering, the river being swollen by the late heavy rains. The vehicle and the horse the hawker was driving were…

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Floods at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned. Railway Washaways

Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 4

BUNGENDORE, Wednesday.-The most disas­trous flood ever known here occurred last night, It bad been raining from Saturday until Mon­day at 9 a.m., when it cleared up. Over 3½in…

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Collision in the Channel. The Bravo Waterlogged. LONDON, February 15

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5

The barque Bravo, hound to Sydney, collided with another vessel in the English Channel, and had a narrow escape from destruction. She was towed into Southampton…

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