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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 166

A Terrible Fatality. Two Children Burnt to Death

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A shocking teaming accident occurred at a house situated in Frances-street, Collingwood, on Saturday-night, when two children named William and Bertie…

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Collision in Crown-street. Action Against the Commissioners

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

An action against the Commissioners for Railways was brought before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury to-day. The plaintiff was Joseph Onus, who claimed £1000 for…

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Colliery Disaster. Three Miners Drowned. London, March 13

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

The Muldhouseburn Colliery at Muirkkirk, in Ayrshire, Scotland, has been flooded. Sixteen miners were rescued after having been entombed in the…

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Jump From a Steamer. a Passenger Injured

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 6

An engineer named George Guin, residing at Auburn, was injured at the Circular Quay last night. Guin was a passenger by the Brighton from Manly. As the vessel drew alongside he,…

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Our Special Cables. a Mine Flooded. Three Miners Drowned. Splendid Heroism Displayed. LONDON, March 13

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

The Muldhouseburn colliery, at Muirklrk, in Scotland, has been flooded and many miners were entombed. Sixteen miners were rescued, after being imprisoned in the…

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The Bombay Plague Riots. Fierce Encounters with the Authorities. Nine Rioters Killed. Many Persons Injured. Over 100 Arrests Effected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Further particulars which have come to hand with reference to the plague riots in Bombay show that the outbreak was of a most serious character…

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Bicycle Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon all accident, which might have terminated fatally, happened to a cyclist named Wallace, residing at Redfern. Wallace was riding along Sans Souel-road, and in…

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Accident at the Quay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 6

At about 9.20 last night, when the Manly steamer Brighton was going alongside tho wharf at Circular Quay, a man named George Guin, an engineer, residing in Susan-street, Auburn, was…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Supposed Suicide in the Domain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 6

Yesterday morning a man named Charles Webb discovered the dead body of a man in a sitting posture near Lady Macquarie's Chair. A five-chambered rovolver was clutched in the right…

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Second Edition. Terrible Colliery Accident. a Mine Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The Muldhouseburn colliery, at Muirkirk, has been flooded, and many of the miners entombed. Sixteen of the men were rescued after being…

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Accidentally Drowned. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 6

A sad case of drowning occurred here yesterday afternoon. Several young men went for a swim in a bathing-hole in the creek, a part of which was very deep Edgar Abraham Menser, of Leinster-street,…

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A Biking Fatality

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 4

Mr. Anthony Morton, the son of a well-known farmer in the Albury district, died on Thursday. A fortnight ago, whilst riding a bicycle, he…

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Marine Board. Ardezeraig-Macleay Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 2

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the steamer Macleay and the ship Ardencraig was furthered the continued yesterday afternoon. Mr. Thompson…

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Marine Board. the Ardencraig-macleay Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 3

The Marine Board yesterday heard further evidence in regard to the collision between the ship Ardencraig and the steamer Macleay, off Miller's Point, on the evening of February 21. Mr…

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Collision in Crown-st Claim for Compensation

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 7

An action was brought before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury yesterday, in which Joseph Onus sued the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £1000 compensation for injuries received…

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Marine Board Inquiries. the Macleay-ardencraig Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 6

The Marine Board yesterday continued its inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision in Darling Harbor between the steamer Macleay and the ship Ardencraig. Mr. J. C…

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Nearly Drowned. Harrow Escape of Two Boys

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 5

Two little boys had a very narrow escape from drowning this morning. About 8 o'clock the two boys, one aged about 8 years and the other slightly older,were playing about on the…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. a Paddington Resident

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 6

BOWRAL, Tuesday.—A fatal bathing accident occurred here on Sunday afternoon. A youth named Edgar Abraham Menser of Paddington, aged 18 years, a plumber, who had been in town…

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Second Edition. Two Men Drowned. Murray Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 5

Three man named George Brady, George Rafferty, and George Hill were upset from a sailing boat yesterday afternoon four miles above Murray Bridge. Rafferty and Hill were…

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Colliery Disaster. Three Miners Drowned. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 5

The Muldhouseburn Colliery at Muirkirk, in Ayrshire, Scotland, has been flooded. Sixteen miners were rescued after having been entombed in the…

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