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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 161

Accidents in the Country

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 3

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Thursday.—Arthur Hutton, a boy about 15 years of age, employed at the Lake George Mine Company's cyanide works, fell into one of the vats containing cyanide solution. He…

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Serious Street Accident

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 2

As a Paddington 'bus was proceeding down Liverpool-street to the city this morning, an elderly woman named Ellen Kelly,, in attempting to cross from Macquarie-street to Hyde Park, was…

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The Milton Riding Accident. Milton

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 7

The youth James M'Mahon who met with a serious accident in the Hurdle Race on Wednesday at the agricultural show is still unconscious, though his condition was…

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A Street Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 5

This morning a woman named Ellen Kelly aged 54, a servant living in Riley-street, Surry Hills was knocked down by a bus in Liverpool-street. She was picked up by…

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Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 7

A man named M'Cormack (55), residing in Princess, street, Waterloo, was knocked down by a tram near Collins-street yesterday. He was picked up and conveyed to Prince Alfred Hospital, where, on…

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Accident to a Bushman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 7

Corporal De Laure, a member of the Bushmen's Contingent, was riding along Pitt-street on Wednesday afternoon, when by some means he became unseated, and fell to the roadway. The force of the fall was…

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The Country. Sad Drowning Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 11

TAMWORTH, Friday -- A sad drowning accident occurred this afternoon at a spot in Goonoo Goonoo Creek, called the "Blue Hole," the chief bathing-place here. Two lads, instead of going…

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An American Naval Officer Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 11

Lieutenant Leiper Charles (24), of the United States transport Culgoa, now lying in Johnstone's Bay, met with a painful accident yesterday evening through being knocked down by a steam tram in Liverpool-street. He…

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A Ryde Disaster. The Ryde Punt Sinks in Mid-Stream Two Bullocks Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 4

Between five and six o'clock on Thursday evening as the Ryde ferry punt was proceeding from the Concord side of the river to the Ryde side, laden with bullocks…

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Officers of the First Contingent Victorian Infantry, showing the Three Officers who have been Killed or Injured in Action. Lieut. Tremearne (wounded)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 23

Captain M'Inerney Lieut. Pendlebury (wounded, and a prisoner). (uninjured). Major G. A. Eddy (killed)…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 6

MILTON, Friday.—The youth M'Mahon, who was thrown from his horse in the hunting contest at the show on Wednesday, died this morning, having been unconscious since the accident…

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Accident at North Sydney

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 3

A accident occurred on Thursday at North Sydney, when a lad named George Walter M'Gugain sustained serious injury through a practical joke played upon him by another…

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Accident at Milton. Fatal Termination. MILTON

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 11

The accident which happened to James M'Mahon on Wednesday, while riding at the Agricultural Show, terminated fatally this morning…

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Accident at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 11

A butcher named Richard O'Brien, employed at the Balmain Cold Storage Works, was "humping" a quarter of beef into the ice room early last evening when he slipped and fell. The weight of the meat he was…

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Serious Accident to a Child

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 3

A little girl named Winifred Kirby, the four or five years old daughter of Mr. W. Kirby, of Baulkham Hills, met with a serious accident on Monday. Mr. Thompson had brought his…

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A Letter From Joubert. Found in a Laager. 3000 Boers Injured at Spion Kop

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Evening.--A letter from Commandant-General .Joubert has been found on Inhlangwa[?]i-hill, close to the well- known Inhlawe-hill…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 7

A fatal accident took place at the M'Evoy mine, Eldorado, on Saturday. Two shift captains, James Trainer and Thomas K. Dunston, were on duty at the top level when the water started to…

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Country News. Accident at the Central Mine, Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 5

An accident occurred yesterday afternoon at the Centralmine. Four men, R. J. Rogers, T. Humphries, J. Stackpool, and J. W. Williams, were working in the stopes at the 600ft. level when a mass of dirt…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon a young man named Thomas Poole was the victim of a gun accident which terminated fatally. He and a man named Harrison drove out to Oakey…

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Another Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 3

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--Yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at the Central mine, which nearly resulted in death or serious injury to four men: R. J. Rogers, T. Humphries, J. Stackpool,…

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