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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 161

The Coach Fatality

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Friday.— Mr. C. C. Russell (district coroner) held an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the Brownsville coach fatality, whereby a girl named Kate…

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Steamers in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 4

A telegram was received from the pilot at Cape Hawke yesterday afternoon, stating that a collision occurred between the tug Marlon Mayfield and the steamer Kingsley when crossing the bar…

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Collision Between Coasters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 8

COLLISION BETWEEN [?] A Cape Hawke telegram states that the Marion Mayfield and the steamer Kingsley collided as they were crossing the bar. The Kingsley's stern was damaged, and she returned,…

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Collision at Forster

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Forster yesterday reported that the steamer Kingsley and the tug Marion Mayfield collided that morning when going over the crossing. The Kingsley had her…

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A Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 7

A child named Emily Stuthridt (6), residing at 9 [?] was yesterday running around a water-cart drawn up in the sidewar, when she stumbled against the prop supporting the shafts, and caused them…

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Three Men Injured

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Friday.—On Wednesday afternoon a fall of earth occurred in the stopes at the 80ft level, Ruby and Silver Mine, Rockvale, twelve miles from Armidle. Three men were injured…

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Country News. Collision at Forster. Forster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 5

A collision occurred inside the bar at 8 o'clock this morning between the steamer Kingsley and the bug Marion Mayfield. The latter was towing tho Kingsley out, and when rounding the northern spit…

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A Coach Capsized. Young Woman and Child Drowned. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 5

An inquest was held yesterday by the Coroner, Mr. C. C. Russell, upon the bodies of a young woman named M'Cormack and the two-year-old child of Mr. William Here,…

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A Girl and Baby Drowned. Through the Capsize of a Coach Near Wollongong

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday Afternoon.—News is to hand of a coach accident at Brownsville, near Wollongong, on Wednesday evening, by which two lives were lost. From what can be gathered, it…

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The Ocean Accident Corporation

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Allen, the general manager for Australasia of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, is in receipt of cable information advising the results of the corporation's operations for…

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The Kingsley in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

The steamer Kingsley, which was in collision with the tug Marlon Mayfield on the Cape Hawke bar, arrived last evening. The collision occurred while the Kingsley was being towed to sea…

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Injured by Lightning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 11

GOULBURN, Friday. -- During a thunderstorm last evening Messrs. C. Rogers and Co.'s arcade was struck by lightning. Some wood was splintered, and a portion of the brickwork knocked…

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Boating Disaster. Capsize of a Sailing Boat.—two Persons Drowned

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 377

The heavy north—east wind and the choppy sea in the harbour on the 11th instant were responsible for, the capsize of several sailing boats. One was attended with fatal results, two persons being…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 6

Yesterday morning at half-past 8 as John Devene (36). of Queen-street. Newtown, who is employed by Messrs. Bakewell Brothers, was preparing to light a fuse a spark…

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Accident Whilst Blasting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 11

John Devine (36), laborer, residing in Queen-street, Newtown, was engaged in blasting at Bakewell's brickworks, St. Peters, yesterday, when he met with a painful accident. He lit the fuse, and a spark blowing into a…

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A Buggy Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 10

Mr. Andrew, Cochrane, licensee of Cochrane's Hotel Wharf-street, met with a serious accident while driving in Balmain with his two daughters yesterday evening. The vehicle by some means came into collision with…

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Serious Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 11

ARMIDALE, Friday. -- A serious mining accident occurred at Rochvale yesterday, by which three miners had very narrow escapes from death. Five men named Boness, Northy, Wilder, Devlin,…

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Fatal Mining Accidents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 26

Two fatal accidents are reported from Broken Hill. In one case a lad named Patrick Lynch, while working as a trucker-at-Baxter and Saddler's cut on Darling's Bench Proprietary,…

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Habbor Sailing Accident. Man and Woman Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1900 · page 8

The occupants of an 18ft sailing boat had a terrible experience between Sydney Heads, off the Lightship, on Sunday afternoon. A party of five went sailing, and…

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Fatal Yacht Accident in New Zealand

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1900 · page 8

There was a fatal yachting accident in the harbor at Wellington (N.Z.) on Satur-day afternoon, by which Herbert Whittem (20), Montague Whittem (18), Henry Thane…

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