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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Terrible Railway Collision. Twenty-one Killed. One Hundred Injured

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 6

LONDON, February 19, 3.30 p.m.—An express train from Mons to Brussels yesterday during a fog ran into and telescoped a train at the Forest Station, near the Belgian…

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Drowned in Throsby's Creel. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 7

At about 7 o'clock this morning Mr. Peter Bennett, of Wiekham, found the dead body of a man floating in Throsby's Creek. Smedmere, near Wickham. He recovered the…

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Newcastle. Found Drowned in Throsby's Cheek

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 7

On Saturday morning the dead body of a man was seen by a boy floating face downwards in Throsby's Creek, Smedmore. It was removed to the morgue by Senier-constable Gee and Mr. Peter Bennett, and there…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. a Collision in Brussels. Twenty-one-Killed and 100 Injured. LONDON, February 19, 3.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 5

A shocking railway accident is reported from Belgium. The express from Mons to Brussels dashed into a train at Forest Station, Brussels…

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Pyrmont Wharf Fatality. Crushed Between Trucks. The Inquest

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 7

The Deputy-Coroner, Dr. Todd, this morning opened an inquest touching the death of James Joseph Lowney, who, as reported in yesterday's "Star," died in the Sydney…

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A Boy Drowned at Marrickville. on His Way to Sunday-school

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 7

At about 2.15 p.m. yesterday a boy named Edward William Emanuel Williamson, nine years of age, who had resided with his parents at No. 4 Fitzroy-street, Marrickville, accidentally fell into…

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Country News. a Boy Injured Through a Chimney Falling. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 6

A boy named Hoskins was, in company with other children, playing near an old brick chimney when the structure collapsed. A number af bricks fell on the little fellow, who was not extracated from…

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Shipping Accident

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 5

Pilot Baird, stationed at Port Macquarie, reported to the Marine Board this morning: "The steamer Euroka, while, crossing the bar outwards yesterday, carried away her feathering gear on…

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The Harbor Accident. Death of Davidson

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 5

The young man who, as reported in our first edition on page 4, was seriously injured yesterday through a collision which occurred between two sailing boats in Farm Cove, died in Sydney…

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Yesterday's Southerly. Accidents on the Harbor

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 4

One effect of the strong southerly gale which blew across the harbor yesterday afternoon was that many sailing boats were capsized. The most serious accident reported occurred to a couple…

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Painful Accident

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 8

Ex-Quartermaster-Sergeant M'Millan, an old member of the New South Wales Artillery Regiment, 1st Garrison Division (permanent), is at present an inmate of the Ophthalmic Hospital,…

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The Southerly. Accident at Farm Cove

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 7

Yesterday the "southerly" caused some trouble to boating parties. The most serious casualty reported was a collision in Farm Cove between two sailing boats, the Zenthrie and the Craiglee…

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Fatal Accident at Pyrmont. the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 6

Dr. R. H. Todd, Deputy City Coroner, conducted on inquest on Saturday concerning the death of a wharf laborer named James Lowney. who met with a fatal accident whilst…

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Fatal Harbour Collision. a Young Man Killed. Two Others Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 7

At about a quarter-past 12 today the young man Richard Devinson, who was injured yesterday in a collision between two calling boats in Farm Cove, succumbed at the…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 6

Last Friday afternoon a number of school-boys were bathing in a waterhole at Flemington, when one of them number, William Dick, [?]ank, and was not missed by h[?] mates for some little time, when they at once raised an…

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A Boy Accidentally Drowned. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 8

A boy nine years old, son of Mr. Bernard Eglinton, was accidentally drowned on Saturday evening a few miles up the South Arm. When he was missed his parents searched the river, and recovered…

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The Collision at [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 8

The Naval Court of Inquiry which heard evidence in regard to the collision between the P. and O. liner [?] and the Japanese steamer Yayeyama-muru, whereby the former was much damaged, and the latter sunk at Moji…

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Queensland. Shooting Fatality. Rockhampton, Monaay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 7

News has been received of a shooting fatality at the residence of Mrs. H. W. Hoyle, near Cawarral, last night. Mrs. Hoyle had been troubled lately by kangaroo rats, and her sons…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Twenty-one Killed. One Hundred Injured. a Guard's, Presence of Mind

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A terrible railway accident is reported from Brussels. The express train from Mons to Brussels ran into a standing train at Forest station…

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Injured by a Fall of Coal

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—Through a fall of coal at Hetton Colliery yesterday John Hicks, the lodge delegate to the Colliery Employees Federation, received severe injuries to his leg, and is now…

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