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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

HOBART (TAS.), Saturday.-A telegram from Zeehan states that the Sylvester Mine was the scene of a fatal accident yesterday. It appears that five men were caught by a run of slurry in…

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Mining Accidents at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

Yesterday's accidents on the mines resulted in two deaths, while a third man lies in the hospital in a somewhat precarious condition James Sinclair, who was engaged on the Juuction North mine in…

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Fatal Accident at Corowa. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

A fatal accident happened at 11 o'clock last night. A young former named Neil Brown, while going homo, fell from his dray, Ono of the wheels passed over his head, killing him instantly. The two horses…

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American Railways. The Annual Earnings. And the Frequent Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 2

The gross earnings of the railways of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1896 (says an exchange) were 1,150,169,376dol, (two hundred and thirty millions pounds)…

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Accident to the Steamer Buteshire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 4

Private advices received in Sydney yesterday state that the steamer Buteshire, which was loading frozen meat at Townsville for London, has been delayed at that port, owing to an…

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Victoria. the Accident to the Innamincka

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Innamincka was taken into Duke's Dock yesterday for the purpose of seeing what damage bad been done by her striking a rock at Rotten Point on Friday…

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A Shooting Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

A fatal shooting accident occurred near Colao this ofternoon A ohild named Albert Reville, aged 3 years, was playing with a loaded gun, whon tho ohnrgo exploded, and tho little fellow…

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The Circular Quay Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

In the inquiry into the Princess-Cammeray collision the Murine Board yesterday afternoon delivered its reserved decision. The board found that the collision was caused by the…

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The Princess-cammeray Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 4

The Marine Board delivered its reserved decision yesterday afternoon, touching upon the collision which took place at Circular Quay on December 27, between the Cammeray and the…

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Drowned in Hunter River

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.-A youth named Walter Dalz, son of a farmer at Bolwarra, was last night drowned, in the Hunter River. He was bathing with others and slipped off the…

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An Unknown Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

An elderly man, whose name is at present unknown, was injured in Bathurst-street last night. The man came out of a hotel in Bathurst-street, walked a few yards, and then fell on the back of his head on the…

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Injured by a Tram

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

A man named Charles Hallett, living at Lower Randwick, w[?]k[?]ocked down by a tram last evening at the corner of Market and Elizabeth streets. He was cut about the head and face, but not seriously…

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The Harbor Collision. Princess and Cammeray. Marine Board Decision

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

The Marine Board sat yesterday, and alter some preliminary. business delivered their decision in the Princess-Cammeray collision, which occurred in Sydney Cove on December 27. The…

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The Princess-oammeray Collision. Finding of the Mablwe Board. Both Masters Reprimanded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

The Marine Board yesterday debvered its finding in the case of tho collision between the steamer Princess and the ferry boat Cammeray on the morning of December 27. The reault was as follows:—…

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A Buggy Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

NUNDLE, Monday.-John Moor, of Golden Gate Mine, Hanging Rock, broke his thigh to-day owing to his buggy capsizing, through the horse shying at an opossum…

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Fatal Accident. Child Run Over

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

A lad named Harold Hellyer, son of Mr. Ernest Hellyer, painter, residing in Flood-street, Leichhardt, was run over yesterday afternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock, by a horse and cart driven by a man named…

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Another Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 4

A resident of Ranwick, named Charles Hallett, was crossing Elizabeth-street, late Market-street, late last night, with the object of jumping on an eastern suburbs tram, when he…

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Fatal Accident to a Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. John J. Cook, who was badly injured by being thrown from his bicycle, which bolted down the Balwyn-hill on Saturday, died this evening in the hospital…

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Yarra Tunnel Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-The inquest on the bodies of the five men, Gibson, Porter, Stevens, Mossop, and Gibbs, who lost their lives in the sewerage tunnel, South Yarra, was resumed to…

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A Governess Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

WAGGA, Wednesday.-A sad drowning accident occurred at Gumly last evening. Rebecca Irving, a governess, aged about 20 years, came to Wagga yesterday and drove out to Gumly, about…

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