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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 166

Serious Accident. Thrown From a Sulky

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 4

PENRITH, Thursday.-A serious accident happened to Mrs. Voyce last night. While driving home in a sulky with a friend from Luddenham Show the horse shied at some object, and…

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Accident in the Hunting Field. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 5

When hunting at Heythrop, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, the country residence of the Hon. Mrs. Albert Brassey, the horse ridden by Lady Violet Mary Brassey,…

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Accident to Lady Violet Brassey

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--A serious accident occurred yesterday to Lady. Violet Mary. Brassey, wife of Mr. Henry Leonard C. Brassey, and daughter of the Earl of March…

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The Macleay-akdencraig Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 5

The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Macleay, which was in collision with the ship Ardencraig, off Miller's Point, on her outward trip to the Richmond River on the night of the 21st…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-Whilst a party of four anglers, were returning to Wallsend last evening from an excursion to Lake Macquarie a fatal accident occurred. It seems that the horse became…

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Shipping Accidents and Overdues

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 6

By the mail yesterday were received the following:- The Commonwealth was picked up and towed into Port Townsend with the loss of her propeller. The steamer Newlyn was towed into Valencia, and has since gone on to…

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Collision in George-street. a Boy Injured

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

A boy named Harold Sareon, confectioner, residing in Newtown-road, was driving a cart along George-street to-day, when a collision, occurred with another vehicle near the corner of Engine-street…

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Fatality at Wallsend

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 10

Mr. James Leonard, a resident of Wallsend, was the victim of a driving fatality which occurred on the road from Wallsend to Lake Macquarie on Thursday afternoon. He was one of a…

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A Tramway Fatality

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 480

A few minutes before 12 o'clock on Tuesday night a fatality occurred on the tramline in Elizabeth-street, at the intersection of Park-street. Two young men—one named Alfred Smith and another whose name…

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Victoria. the Casino-flinders Collision. Marine Board Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Marino Board at its meeting to-day dealt with the collision between the steamers Casino and Flinders on the 1st last., between Apollo Bay and Cape Otway…

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Country News. Fatal Burning Accident. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 10

Ada Pearl Hunt, aged 6 years, met with a fatal accident last night at Rocky Point, Moonbi, through her little sister throwing down a lighted match, which unfortunately fell on the child's clothes. She…

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A Street Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 5

Early this morning, while driving a cart in George street, a young man named Arnold Sarson, who lives at No. 15 Newtown road, Darlington, met with a serious…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 18

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—The most serious mining accident since the South disaster occurred at the British Mine about 1 o'clock this morning, when three miners, named J. Reid, J…

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A Bathing Fatality. Two Boys Drowned. Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred this afternoon two miles from Wilcannia in a billabong on the river Darling. Two sons of Mr. Walter Doll, a resident butcher here, aged about 10 and 8, went in for a…

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A Street Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 6

On Saturday a boy, aged 16 years, named Harold Sarson, was injured through being thrown out of a cart. Sarson was driving along George-street, city, when his curt came into collision with another vehicle, and he…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Wilcannia

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

Two sons Of Mr. Walter Dell, aged about 10 and 8 respectively, were drowned on Saturday afternoon while bathing in a billabong on the River Darling, about two miles from town…

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Storm in This Baltic. Ten Fishermen Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.--A great storm has prevailed on the Baltic coast of Germany, several fishing vessels being driven ashore near Memel…

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Fearful Storm. Ten Fishermen Drowned. LONDON March 6

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

A terrible storm has been raging on the Baltic coast of Prussia. A number of fishing boats were driven ashore and fishermen are reported to…

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A Gun Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

A telegram from Southern Cross states that the warden, Dr. Black, while driving in Golden Valley, met with a serious accident. A gun which he was carrying was loaded, but not…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Man Found Dead at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 6

Constable Mitchell, of the Newtown police, has reported that about 7 o'clock on Saturday the dead body of William Samuels was found on a vacant piece of land in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, by a man named George…

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