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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 161

A Ship's Fireman Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 4

Thomas Stanton, 27, a fireman employed cu the steamer Australasian, lying at Dalgety's Wharf, Miller's Point, was returning to his vessel shortly after midnight,' when…

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Collision at Sea. London, Feb. 5

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

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

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Drowned in (George's River. A Schoolboy's Sad End

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 1

Last Friday, two schoolboys, named Maurice Whalley and Robert James Ross, absented themselves from school and went to George's River, near the woohwash, Liverpool, for a…

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Fatal Dray Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 8

BINGARA, Tuesday.--A man named Patriek Donnelly fell out of a day between Here and Ccoringoora. Tho wheel passed over his abdomen, crushing him severely. Ho was brought…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 7

Yesterday the Marrickville police found the body of a boy, aged about 12 or 14, in a waterhole in that suburb. His clothes were on the bank, and he had apparently been bathing…

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The Marrickville Drowning Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

This morning at the South Morgue the City Coroner held an inquiry into the death of a boy named Richard Cox, who was found drowned in a waterhole off Sydenham-road…

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Fatally Injured by a Cow

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 6

A man named Win. Griffiths, who was admitted to Sydney Hospital on January 18, suffering from a broken leg and other injuries, caused by a cow knocking him down at Glebe Island, died in that…

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A Boy Drowned at Marrickville. Deceased Unidentified

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 6

The body of a boy was found floating in a waterhole near the Marrickville and Sydenham roads, Marrickville, on Tuesday night by a man named Frank Stevens. Information was…

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A Boy Drowned at Marrickville a Faithful Dog

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 8

A boy about 10 years of age, who could not be identified was drowned in a waterhole between Marrickville and Sydenham roads, Marrickville, on Tuesday evening. Some clothes were found on the bank, and as there…

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That Fatal Lift Accident

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 6

The inquest in connection with the death of a laborer named Thomas Mulcahy, 37, who was killed on February 1 by falling down a lift well, a distance of 65ft, at the wool stores of Messrs…

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Another Revolver Accident

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 6

Another accident caused through a revolver being played with occurred at Annandale yesterday, when a youth named Alfred Harkness received injuries which necessitated his…

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Fatal Mining Accidents. Two More Victims at Broken Hill

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday Afternoon.—A young man named Chas. Blake, or Malthouse, met with shocking and instantaneous death in Block 10 this morning. Blake and a man…

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Accidentally Shot

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 6

A jockey named Alfred Harkness, aged 16 years, living in Young-street, Annandale, was handling a half-crown revolver yesterday, and accidentally shot himself in the abdomen…

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A Revolver Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 7

Alfred Harkness (16), jockey, residing in Young-street, Annandale, met with a revolver accident yesterday, necessitating his immediate removed to Prince Alfred Hospital. He was examining the trigger of the firearm,…

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Marrickville Drowning Case

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 3

The boy's body which was found on Tuesday evening in a waterhole off Sydenham-road, Marrickville, was yesterday identified as that of Richard Cox, 9, who had lately resided with a…

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Railway Fatality. on the Wollongong Line

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday Afternoon.—A hawker named Jas. Marlow, about 60 years of age, whilst walking along the railway line between Wollongong and Unanderra to-day, was overtaken…

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A Boy Drowned at Marrickville. Was It Suicide ?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 3

The police have been investigating a strange drowning case out at Marrickville, On Tuesday evening some clothes were found on the bank of a waterhole, off Sydnham-road, and beyond a dog that was mounting guard…

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Queensland. Railway Collision at Charters Towers. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 5

A train conveying Day Down Block quartz collided with a string of empty trucks which had been left on the [?] The end [?] run late was [?] by the…

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Burning Accident

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 3

COROWA, Thursday.—A little girl named Maudie Graham, 12 years of age, met with a frightful accident last evening. She was lighting a fire to prepare tea, and to make the wood burn…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Two Persons Killed. WELLINGTON

The Australian Star · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 5

A terrible accident happened last night at M'Millan's railway gates. A special train was coming along the line, and in some way, at present not known, Mr. M'Millan and his…

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