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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 161

Collision at Sea

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4

LONDON. February 5.—The Heathfield has reached San Francisco, after a collision with the chip Ancyra. The Heathfield had two of her bow plates stove in…

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Harris-street Tram Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest on Monday in connection with the death of a man named Andrew M'Quillin, sometimes known as Andrew Dunn, which occurred on Saturday in Sydney…

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Drowned in the Nepean

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 7

CAMPBELLTOWN, Monday.--A young lad named Austin Tripp was drowned in the Nepean River, near Menangle, yesterday morning. Deceased, who was unable to swim, was bathing…

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Fatality at Liverpool. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 7

On Friday evening last a boy named Ross, aged [?]years, while bathing in George's River, near the woolscouring works, with other boys, got out of his depth. The other boys became frightened and got…

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Collision at Sea. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

The steamer Heathfield has reached San Francisco after a collision with the ship Ancyra. The Heathfield had two of her bow plates stove in…

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Terrible Lightning Fatality. a Man and a Boy Killed. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 6

A terrible fatality, caused by lightning, occurred at Marulan about 5 o'clock on Sunday evening. During a heavy storm a swagman called at the house of Mr. Williams, knocking…

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Victoria. Shocking Fatality in Gippsland. Three Children Burned to Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

Nows came to hand to-day from Orbost, Gippsland, of a shocking burning fatality, involving the death under the most distressing circumstanccs of three members of the family of Mr…

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Newcastle Ship in Collision. The Heathfield at Friseo. LONDON, February 5, 3.51 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

The barque Heathfield, which left Newcastle (N.S.W.) coal-laden for San Francisco on November 25 last, has arrived at her destination With two bow plates stove in. The…

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Shooting Accident at Maitland

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—Yesterday a youth named Albert Russell, of Luskintyre, was picking up a loaded revolver which another brother had knocked off a shelf, and while doing so…

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Accident to Captain Lindeman

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

The friends of Captain G. S. Lindeman, secretary to the Marine Board, will be glad to learn that he is recovering from the effects of a rather severe accident of which he was…

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A Shocking Burning Accident. Three Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A shocking burning accident, by which three children lost their lives, is reported from Cape Conran, 20 miles from Orbost. This is a favorite summer resort of…

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The Wycheproof Tragedy a Verdict of Accidental Death

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--What has been called the Wycheproof sensation is a sensation no longer, the Coroner's jury having recorded a verdict of accidental death. The inquiry into…

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The Fatal Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday touching the death of the man Andrew Dunn, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Saturday, fallowing on injuries received Borne time back by being run over…

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The Accident to the Airlie Passengers in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 6

Passengers from the steamer Airlie, of the E. and A. Company's line, which stranded on Chapman Island Reef, in Torres Straits, whlist en route from Japan and China to Sydney, were…

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Drowning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 6

The body of a fireman onthe steamer Australasian, named Thomas Stanton, who f[?]ll off Dalgety's Wharf, as reported in an earlier edition, was recovered by the Water Police this morning, and…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 5

At the Lloyd Hotel George-street North, this morning the City Coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances, attending the death of Thomas Stanton, aged 27, a fireman…

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Sad Bathing Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 8

PARKES, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon a lad named Cecil Turnbull, son of the engineer of the water works, went, swimming in a dam lie jumped into water 9ft. deep, and came to the top…

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Collision at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The barque Heathfield, of Glasgow, 1643 tons register, has reached San Francisco after a collision with the steel four-masted barque Aneyra, of Liverpool,…

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A Fireman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 8

A fireman named Thomas Stanton, aged about 27 years, who was employed on board the Australasian, now lying at Dalgety's Wharf, Millers Point, was returning to his ship shorty before midnight when be stunished…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 2

PARKES, Tuesday.—Last night, a lad named Cecil Turnbuil, aged 10, the son of an engineer at the local water works, was drowned in a waterhole near the town. He went bathing with four…

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