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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Accidents at Nymagee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 6

NYMAGEE, Thursday.--A laborer named Daniels was excavating in the Nymaigee copper mine dam yesterday when a back of earth fell on him. He was speedily dug out and is progressing…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Child Killed at Arncliffe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, at 12.30, a child named Grace Thackeray, aged six years, and residing with her parents at Roach-street, Arncliffe, was killed by being struck by the engine of the 12.5…

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Fatality at Manly

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 14

Egbert Millett, 22, a member of the Salvation Army, was drowned on Monday morning at Manly while indulging in a swim off the ocean beach. Deceased, who was camped at Fairy Bower,…

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The Derwent-mahinaoua Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

The recent collision between the steamships Derwent and Mahinapua, in the river Yarra, came again before the Marine Board to-day. Messrs. C. Taylor and H. Belfrage submitted…

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Inquests. Fatality at a Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 10

At the Coast Hospital, Little Day, yesterday, the City Coroner held an inquiry with regard to the death of William John Cross, lately a patient at the institution, who received fatal injuries under singular circumstances…

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The Harbour Fatality. The Deceased Identified

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

The body of the woman, who last night fell into the harbour from the Manly steamer, and which, as reported in our first edition, was recovered by the water police early this…

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The Injured Jockeys. Deaths Expected

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — The two jockeys, Tuite and Durston, who -were so seriously injured at the races on Thursday, are still lying in a precarious condition in Newcastle Hospital. Tuite is…

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The Drowning Case at Murray's Mills. Bertie Ah Poo's Pluck

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 12

An inquest was held at Woods' hotel, Parramatta North, on Wednesday afternoon, on the body of the child Maurice Jas. Bates, drowned on tho previous afternoon…

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Blayney Bicycle Accident

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 7

BLAYNEY, Friday.—The brothers Smith, who were injured yesterday, are progressing favorably, but Debenham is still in a very bad condition. It appears that they were descending Mount…

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Cab Accident

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 6

A sensational cab accident happened in, Parramatta on Thursday night. As a cabman named Murray Kilt was driving down Church-street the reins broke and the horse bolted. When opposite…

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Accident to an Australian Bound Vessel. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

The barquentine Spinaway, 346 tons, bound from Moodyville to Fremautlo, and which put into Esquimault, has resumed her voyage. She had to jottison…

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Fatal Accident at the Coast Hospital

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 8

A finding of death from injuries accidentally received was recorded by the Coroner at the inquiry held this morning at the Coast Hospital, Little Bay touching the death of a…

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Accident to Rev. C. Barker

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 4

The Rey. Chas. Barker, Wesleyan Minister at West Wyalong, and son of Mrs. J. C. Barker, of George-street, Parramatta, had the bad fortune to meet with a…

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OVERBOARD. The Drowning of Ada Barcham

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1899 · page 4

AN eyewitness of the accident by which the unfortunate young woman, Ada Barcham, lost her life on Thursday night informs TRUTH that the poor creature was singing…

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Yesterday's Accidents. Cabman Killed—girl Burnt to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1899 · page 7

Partick Coomber, cabman, No. 853, of Newtown, who on December 29 was thrown out of his cab through colliding with the ke[?]bing round one of the electric light…

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Kicked to Death. the Cow Lane Push. Robert Crook's Killing. Done to Death in Quay-street. The Corpse at the Morgue. A Horrible Spectacle. Why Was Crooks Allowed to Leave the Hospital?—Gross Carelessness Apparent—Smashed and Mutilated Beyond Recognition—Crooks was Permitted to go Home—Didn't Enow he was Seriously Injured—No Depositions Taken

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1899 · page 2

THE most hideous satire possible upon oat advanced civilization sad Christian religion has been the frightful number of murders, manslaughters and violent [?]ults…

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Fireman Injured

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 6

A fireman named Edward Roberts, 36, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this morning, suffering from injuries to the chest and shoulder, and a fractured rib. Roberts was working at the fire…

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A Fatality at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 5

The captain of the barque Shakespeare, which arrived to-day from Rio de Jauoiro, reports that the second officer of the vessel, Alexander George Carnon, was lost overboard on November 24 last…

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Drowned in a Mine

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 3

PARKES, Monday.—An inquiry was held touching the death of George Kinnear Pringle, who was killed at the Kohinoor Mine. William Payne deposed that he was working with deceased, who…

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Drowned in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 7

At Lloyd's Hotel, George and Argyle streets, on Saturday, the coroner held an inquiry with regard to the death of Ada Dever, a single woman aged 34 years, who was drowned on Thursday night in…

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