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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 166

A Botany Bay Mystery. Supposed Drowning. An Oysterman Missing

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

Intelligence has been received by the Kogarah police of the disappearance of an oysterman named Charles Selman, a resident of Sandringham; under circumstances which…

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Another Cycling Fatality. Mysterious Affair. a Young Greek Killed

Evening News · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 4

Another fatal cycling accident occurred at Centernial Park yesterday afternoon, by which a young Greek named T. Panaretos received injuries which had a fatal termination within a few…

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Regent-st. Fatality. a Youthful Cyclist's Death. Magisterial Inquiry

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held a magisterial inquiry at the Coroner's Court this morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of the lad Cecil Edwin…

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New Zealand. Collision at Dunedin. the Barque Laira Sunk

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

DUNEDIN, Sunday.--The Union Company's steamer Wakatipu, while being berthed at the Dunedin Wharf, refused to. answer her helm, and struck the barque Laira, which was lying at…

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Country News. Fatality at Girilambone. Two Men Killed. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

A lamentable accident occurred last evening at the Girilambone Copper Mines by which two men lost their lives. One of the men, named Trestail, was killed instantaneously; the other, George Kelley,…

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New Zealand. Collision at Dunedin. a Barque Sunk. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 7

The Union steamer Wakatlpu collided with the barque Laira at the Victoria Wharf, Dunedin, yesterday. The barque had some plates stove in, and sank at her moorings in 6 minutes. She had…

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Another Cycling Fatality a Youthful Greek the Victim. A Centennial Park Occurrence

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

An accident which resulted fatally occurred yesterday afternoon to a young Greek said to have resided in Oxford-street. It appears that the young man was riding his…

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Shocking Cycling Accident. Death of Young Hudson

Evening News · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 6

As reported in our later editions of Saturday, a boy named Cecil Hudson, aged 11, son of Mr. George Hudson, timber merchant, of Redfern, was injured in a shocking manner iu Regent-street, on Saturday…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Evening News · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A magisterial inquiry was held this morning by Mr. Martin, coroner, concerning the death of Robert Carpenter, night officer at the Hexham Railway Station. From the…

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A Fatal Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

A young man named Robert Alexander Carpenter, 28 years of age, met with a fatal accident at Hexham yesterday by a fall from his horse. Dr. Meredith, of Raymond Terrace, was summoned, and found the…

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Shocking Accident. To a Youthful Cyclist

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 6

A shocking accident took place this afternoon in Regent-street, near the corner of Bank-street. George and Cecil Hudson, sons of Mr. Hudson,…

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Painful Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 6

While at work this morning in a boot factory at Alexandria a lad named Frederick Shaw, 15, living at Campbell-street, St. Peters, by some means managed to get his…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Fatal Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday with reference to the death of a boy named Alexander Peter Abbott, aged five years. Mrs. Abbott, the child's mother, stated the child lived with her and her husband…

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Accident on a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 6

Upon the arrival of the steamer Nairushire from Melbourne yesterday, a message was sent to the Civil Ambalance and Transport Brigade, stating that a fireman [?] John Ward had been injured during the passage…

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Fatal Accident at Hexham

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

A fatal accident of a somewhat peculiar character happened on Saturday morning at Hexham to Mr. Robert A. Carpenter, the night officer at the local railway station. The…

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Cycling Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 7

An inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court, Queen's Square, yesterday, by the city coroner, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Cecil Hudson, who died from the effects of…

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Fatality at Hexham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

The City Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.). conducted a magisterial inquiry at Hexham this morning respecting the death of a young man named Robert Alexander Carpenter, 28 years of age, who…

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The Wakatipu—laira Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

DUNEDIN, Monday.--The hull of the barque Laira was insured for £2000 in the Alliance. National, Victoria, and Tokio offices. The Wakation took the ground when entering the basin…

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Cycling Fatality. The Centennial Park Occurrence. Magisterial Inquiry

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

The circumstances under which the young Greek, Poiecrones Panaretos, met his death on Sunday last formed the subject of a magisterial inquiry, opened this morning at the…

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Ohio Bursts Its Bank. Shawnee Town Nearly Destroyed. 200 Persons Drowned. ~

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 6

The River Ohio has burst its bank at Shawnee Town, in the State of Illinois. The rushing waters destroyed the greater !…

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