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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Life and Accident Assurance

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1899 · page 9

The problem which confronts persons who intend insuring their lives is usually the class of policy they shall take out. So many modes of assurance are, however,…

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Fatality at Manly. a Salvationist Drowned

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 4

A member of the Salvation Army named Robert Millett, 22, was drowned at Manly this morning. Deceased was one of the Army contingent that has been camped at Fairy Bower since Saturday. Early…

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Death From Drowning

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 7

At the North Sydney Morgue to-day the City Coroner held an inquiry touching the death of the young man Robert MiIett, who was drowned this morning at the ocean…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 8

SINGLETON, Sunday.--News has been received of a sad shooting fatality at Trinkey Station. The particulars show that a man named Henry Bradford, for years an employee at Trinkey, was in…

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Magisterial Inquiries. the Redfern Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 7

In the case of the 4-years-old child, Catherine Gertrude Harkin, who died from the effects of injuries received through being accidentally run over on Saturday last by a…

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A Fatal Dive. Drowned at Manly

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 5

A young man named Robert Millett was drowned at the ocean beach. Manly, this morning, Millett was bathing on the beach, and taking a dive from some rocks was…

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Child Killed at Redfern. a Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 5

Among the matters to be inquired into today by the Coroner is the death of a child, 3 years and 10 months old, named Catherine Gertrude Harkin. The child resided with…

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The Woolloomooloo Case. Death of the Injured Man

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 7

Robert Agnew, the man said to have been so seriously injured during a street brawl at Woolloomooloo yesterday week, died at the Sydney Hospital at an early hour this…

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Accident to a Clergy-man

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 2

WYALONG, Monday.—Whilst riding a spirited horse the other, day in Rankin's paddock, the Rev. C. Barker was thrown, with his foot remaining ia the stirrup. Before he got free he received a kick…

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Tasmania. Serious Mining Accident. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 5

A serious accident occurred to-day at Mount Lyell Proprietary mine. Two miners named Wm. Blaney and Teny Molloy were working on a stage 75ft. up the shaft when the staging gave…

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A Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 9

A magisterial inquiry, held on Saturday last at Ashfield, into the cause of death of Winifred Alathea Hourn, eight years and a half of age, who on Wednesday evening last, as she was…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fatal Accident to a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 9

Gertrude Harkin (4), who has resided with nor parents at 32 Caroline-street, Redfern, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday night, suffering from severe abdominal injuries,…

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Schocking Accident at Balmoral Baths. a Disastrous Dive

The Mosman Mail · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 2

The baths at Balmoral were the scene of a serious mishap this (Monday) afternoon. A man named Funckh attempted to dive in two feet of water, and striking…

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Salvationists Under Canvas. Encampment at Manly. Sad Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 4

The Salvation Army's encampment at Fairy Bower, Manly, attracted large crowds of the curious yesterday, and, indeed, the place proved to be well worth a visit. The situation possesses…

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Death From Drowning

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

At the North Sydney Morgue today the City Coroner held an inquiry touching the death of the young man Robert Millet, who was drowned this morning at the ocean…

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Magisterial Inquiries. the Redfern Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

In the case of the 4-year-old child, Catherine Gertrude Harkin, who died from the effects of injuries received through being accidentally run over on Saturday last by a…

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A Ship and a Barque in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 4

By the Singapore mail yesterday the Sydney underwriters received particulars of a serious collision in Anjer Straits. At 5.30 p.m. on November 3 (says the account) the British ship City…

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A Street Disturbance. a Constable Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

In Castlereagh-street last night, Constable Marden proceeded to arrest one of a number of roughs who were creating a disturbance. The young fellow, Thomas Donnelly by name, resisted…

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An Injured Constable. a Castlereagh-street Disturbance

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 5

A young fellow named Thomas Donnelly was arrested by Constable Marden in Castlereagh-street last evening for creating a disturbance, which imputation he at the time…

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The Woolloomooloo Case. Death of the Injured Man

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

Robert Agnew, the man said to have been so seriously injured during a street brawl at Woolloomooloo yesterday week, died at the Sydney Hospital at an early hour this…

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