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Accidents, 1899

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Coastal Railway Disaster. Seas Swamp a Train. The Driver and Stoker Drowned. LONDON, January 13, 4.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 7

A railway disaster, attributable to the heavy weather raging in the Irish Sea, is reported from Carnarvon, Wales. The Manchester goods train was travelling…

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The Gale in England. a Train Struck by Seas. the Driver and the Stoker Drowned. a Lighthouse Destroyed. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

During the gale an extraordinary railway accident occured in Llanfairfechan, Carnarvonshire, North Wales. At a point where the line runs close to…

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The Great Gales. a Train and the Sea. Driver and Stoker Drowned. Sea-wall Carried Away. an Express Train Jeopardised. Great Destruction of Property. Fifteen Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--As a goods train of the London and North Western Railway Company, bound for Manchester, was passing Lianfairfechan, a small seaport in…

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Accidents

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 3

An engineer, employed on the Watson's Bay. steamer Lily, named Louis Grephinet, fell on deck yesterday morning, and fractured his right kneecap. He was taken to the Sydney Hospital by The…

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Shocking Tram Accident. a Young Man Killed

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 4

A tram accident occurred on Saturday night at the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets, by which a young man named William Savage Deongley, a fish hawker, received injuries which…

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A Singular Accident. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 3

A few days ago, during a whirlwind a thistle thorn became embedded in the eye of a young lad named Kiernan at Cumnock, causing the blood to flow freely down his face. The sufferer was…

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Accident to a Cyclist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 6

A cyclist named Walter M'Pherson, a miner, 28 years of ago, residing at Minmi, was seriously injured last evening by a collision with a horse aud sulky in Hunter-street city. The unfortunate man, who…

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Victorian Cycling Carnival. Numerous Accidents. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

The animal race meeting of the League of Victorian Wheelmen opened on Saturday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground with perfect weather, in the presence of about 7000 spectators. Nine heats and…

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Riding Accident Near Parramatta

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

Roland Weston, son of the late Mr. Fred Weston, of Harris Park, met with a serious accident yesterday, at Westmead. He was taking a pony belonging to Mr. T. Fraser over…

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Accident to an Exgineer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 7

Louis Grephinet, employed as an engineer on the steamer Lily, of the Watson's Bay line of steamers, and residing, in Union-street, Paddington, was taken to the Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance Brigade…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Serious Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 7

A man named William Savage Deongley (23) a fish hawker, who had resided with his parents in Botany-street, Waterloo, died at the Sydney Hospital at 5.30 yesterday afternoon, consequent upon injuries received…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day on the body, of a married woman, Annie Vinall, who was found in the Yarra on Friday. Evidence was given that deceased suffered from sleeplessness, and that her…

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A Boy Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

"WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—An inquest was held to-day on the body of the boy Joseph Harlowe 16, who was drowned in the Hunter River, M'Crae's Hollow, near Largs, on Saturday. He…

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A Jockey Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 4

The jockey B. Turner, whilst riding Merry Lass to the post, received a very nasty kick on the knee from Valorous, Who was going to accompany Merry Lass a six-furlong gallop this morning at…

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A Riding Fatality Near Forbes

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

FORBES, Monday—A fatal accident occurred at Carrawobity near Forbes, on Friday night. Mr. Dan Myieeharane, a well-known resident of Forbes, was out riding, when he collided with a…

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The Country. Sad Riding Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 6

FORBES, Monday,--Mr. Mylecbarane left hero at 7 o'clock on Friday night to deliver some machinery that he had been repairing at the race-course. He got off, and the mare he was riding…

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The Recent Tram Fatality Danger of Riding on Footboards. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances attendant on the death of the young man William Savage Ongley, 23, a fish-hawker, who expired at the Sydney Hospital on…

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The Tram Fatality. Danger of Riding on Footboards. The Inquest Adjourned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 6

Further evidence was taken this afternoon at the inquest touching the death of the young man, William Savaga Ongley, who expired at the Sydney Hospital from the effects…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

The city coronet initiated an inquest yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the fatal tram accident which occurred in Elizibeth-street on Saturday night, by which a young man named…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Biding on the Footboards. a Dangerous Practice

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 6

The inquest relating to the death of William Savage Ongley, who received fatal injuries by being run over by a tram in Elizabeth-street on Saturday night, was continued to-day before…

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