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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 166

An Injured Leg

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

While working at Messrs. A. Cormack and Co.'s, Darling Harbour, to-day, a man named Henry Shipman was badly injured by one of the knife blades of the machine at which he…

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Collision with a Tram. Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 2

Evidence was concluded in the action brought in No. 2 Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of twelve by Jabez Henry Binns, to recover £2000 damages from the Railway Commissioners as compensation for injury…

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No. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen.) Collision with a Tram. Binns v. the Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 3

Dr. Sly and Mr. Windeyer (instructed by Messrs. Sly and Russell) appeared for the plaintiff, Jabez Henry Binns; and Mr. Hoydon, Q.C., and Mr. Scholes (instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom) for the…

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A Singular Accident. Bursting of a Water Tank

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—A large iron tank recently erected at the water reserve in connection with the Stephens Creek Water Supply Company's scheme of filtration burnt with a loud report. At…

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Accident to the Steamer Express

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

The pilot at Cape Hawke yesterday wired to the [?] Board:— The steamer Express, when off the bar, blew the top off her cylinder. She was towed into port by the [?] boat Marion Mayfiedl at 10.30 a.m…

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Serious Lift Accident. In York-street

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

A young man named Henry Stroud was this afternoon admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from serious injuries to the abdomen. The unfortunate young fellow,…

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Another Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

A clerk named Henry Stroud, 22 years of age, residing at Paddington, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday for treatment for injuries received whilst ascending a goods lift at the establishment of Messrs…

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Mulgoa News. (From Our Correspondent.) Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

On Saturday last Mr and Mrs C A. Smith, of Wallace, met with a rather nasty and serious accident. They had been out driving, and were returning home, when, on nearing the…

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Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 11

Patrick Cunningham, a wharflaborer, 50 years of age, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night by Dr. Read, for treatment for a couple of broken ribs, the result of being knocked down…

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Bathing Fatality, Sad Case of Drowning. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 7

AT Middle Brighton Baths this afternoon Mrs. Strange, a local resident, was drowned. Her husband was fishing near by, and was waiting patiently for his…

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Accidentally Shot on His Mothers Grave

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 8

THE eldest son of D. A. Wright, station master at Helensville, near Auckland (N.Z.), accidently shot himself while out shooting. He was found in the cemetery lying over his…

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Drowning Fatality. an Extraordinary Case

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A sad drowning case happened in the Brighton Baths on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Strange, a resident of Brighton, left her husband fishing on the pier, and went…

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Newcastle. Drowning Fatality. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

The City Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) conducted a magisterial inquiry yesterday afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of a seaman named F. Brugerman, belonging to the American…

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Sad Drowning Case. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

A resident of Brighton named Mrs. Strange was drowned while bathing in the local baths on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Strange had left her husband fishing on the pier and went…

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Drowning Case in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

The body of the man Brugerman, carpenter on the barque Palmyra, who was missed on Wednesday last after he had been set to work on a staging painting the vessel's side, was recovered by…

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The Great Gales. Forty-five Fishermen Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.--Terrific weather has prevailed in the English Channel and the North Sea, and great damage has resulted…

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Gales in the North Sea 45 Fishermen Drowned

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

LONDON, March 27.—Terrific weather has prevailed in the English Channel and the North Sea. Forty-five fishermen have been drowned off…

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Terrific Storm. Forty-five Fishermen Drowned. Much Damage to Shipping. LONDON, March 27

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

Terrific weather has been experienced in the English Channel and the North Sea, much damage being done to shipping. The North Sea fishing fleets suffered very…

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Terrific Weather in the North Sea. Twenty-five Fishermen Drowned. London, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

Terrific weather is prevailing in the English Channel and also in the North Sea. Forty-five fishermen have been drowned…

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Accident to a Newsboy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

John Owen, a newsboy, met with a serious accident at Parramatta railway station on Saturday morning. After serving a passenger will, a paper as the train was in motion, be attempted to get on board, and was…

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