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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 161

Mining Accident. a Sudden Inrush of Water. One Man Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1900 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Information was received in the city about noon to-day of an accident in the M'Evoy mine, at Eldorado, in the Beechworth district. It was stated that by a…

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Sad Bathing Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 7

SINGLETON, Monday.--A sad fatality occurred at Glennie's Crock yesterday. While some young men were swimming, one named John W. Drano, aged 25, dived off a rock 8ft. above the surface,…

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Carlo Fiaschi Injured

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 2

Dr. Fiaacbi'a son, Carlo, went to the Transvaal as a trooper, and has done brave service there. His fighting record as a trooper was as good as his…

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Plunge From a Balcony a North Sydney Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 9

Early on Saturday evening, Charles Pengelly, 34 years of age, a tailor, residing with his wife and children at 220 Alfred-street, North Sydney, was sitting in his dining-room with a boarder, when he said he would go…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 5

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

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Gun Accident at Lithgow. a Young Man Killed

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 6

LITHGOW, Monday.—A fatal gun accident hap-pened at about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. Two young men, named Thomas Poole and Wil-liam Harrison (both employees of Eskbank…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 3

On Saturday last a loaded gun went off whilat a man named Poole was lifting it from a cark, near Bowenfols. Poolo was shot in the abdomen, and died in half an hour. At the luquest to-day it…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 7

A boy, 9 years of age, named Norman Bauer, met with a serious accident at Dulwich Hill on Sunday, and has since died. The unfortunate lad, who resided with his married sister,…

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A Fatal Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon the City Coroner held an inquest at Marrickville into the death of Norman Bauer, aged 10, who died yesterday morning from the effects of a tram accident…

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A Tram Accident Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 5

This morning, in the District Court, Arthur Thomas Sims, coachbuilder, of Waverley, sought to obtain from the Railway Commissioners £20 for injuries caused by being…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 7

LITHGOW, Monday.--On Saturday a man named Poole lifted a loaded gun by the muzzle from a cart at Oakey Forest, near Bowenfels. The weapon catching on a piece of wire went off,…

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Accident in a Shaft. Liability of Mine-owners. Morton V. Quilter and Others

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 8

The Full Court decided an appeal by the defendants in the case of Alfred Morion v. J. J. Quilter and others, this, being a claim under the Mining Act of 1874, to recover compensation in respect of an accident alleged…

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Tram Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1900 · page 7

Whilst alighting from an electric tram in George-street last night Mrs. P. Flood, who resides at 226 Elizabeth-street, slipped on the wood-blocks, and fractured hor skull. She was attends to in the first instance by…

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Dulwich Hill Tram Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquiry at Marrickville on Monday, in connection with the death of Norman Robert Baur, 9, which took place at the local Cottage Hospital as the…

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Fatal Riding Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 7

The City Coroner this morning held an inquiry into the death of Christopher Caulfield, aged 17, who died in the Sydney Hospital this morning from a fractured skull, caused by…

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A Riding Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 9

Christopher Caulfield (18), residing at 186 Alfred-street, North Sydney, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last evening, suffering from a fractured skull. He was riding a horse when,…

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Accident at Kensington

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 9

A lady named Mrs. Mansfield, whoso nephew is a member of the Bushmen's Contingent, was waiting for a Sydney tram at the Kensington platform yesterday evening, when she was forced…

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Bankstown Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 10

Contrary to expectations the boy Alfred Childs, who accidentally shot himself with a pea rifle at Bankstown last week, and has been under medical treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn,…

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The Pea Riffle Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 3

We are glad to learn Unit Alfred Childs, 'the youth who, week before last, accidentally shot himself through the head with a pea-rifle, lit Upper Bankstown is making…

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Yesterday's Casualties. Two Lives Lost. Two Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1900 · page 10

When the second contingent departed from Sydney several weeks ago, a boy spectator lost his life through the collapsing of a staging at Woolloomooloo Bay. Yesterday's procession also…

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