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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 161

Collision at the Heads

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 2

A collision occurred at the Heads last night between the pilot steamer Captain Cook and the steamer Ferndene. The latter vessel, which was entering the Heads at the time…

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Collision at South Head. Damage to the Pilot Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 9

Captain Creer, of the pilot steamer Captain Cook, reports leaving Watson's Bay at 10.30 p.m. to put a pilot on board a steamer supposed to be the Gymeric from Melbourne…

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A Mysterious Collision. Near the Heads. the Pilot Steamer and an Unknown Vessel

Evening News · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 4

The secretary of the Marine Board has received a report from Captain Creer, master of the pilot steamer Captain Cook, giving particulars of a collision which occurred at sea last evening…

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The Perils of a Country Priest. Accident to Father Flanagan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 10

WE extract the the following from the Muswell-brook correspondence of the Maitland Mercury, February 19:—One of the outlying portions of the parish of St…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Overcome by Foul Air. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 13

A mining fatality was reported from Copper Hil[?] a few miles from Molong, this afternoon. A young lad named George Williams was overcome by foul air. The boy was being lowered down a shaft,…

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Another "Tail Shaft" Gone Wrong. Accident to the Boverie. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 6

Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Boveric, from Sydney to Newcastle, this morning lost her propeller, and was towed in here. The mishap, occurred off Catherine Hill…

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Another Broken Tail Shaft Accident to the Boveric

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 11

NEWCASTLE. Friday. -- Messrs. Howard Smith und Sons' cargo steamer Boveric, the largest vessel in the purely Australian trade, was towed into Newcastle Harbor this morning by…

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Fatal Burning Accident. a Sad Story

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 11

BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- On the 22nd of last month the three-year-old child of Mary Downes, who was housekeeping for George Cranston at Bancannia swamp, Milparinka-road, was burned…

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Accident at Blackheath

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 11

A five-year-old girl named Mary Haves residing in 2 Clarence-lane, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday evening suffering from a fractured right leg. She was playing on a fence at Blackeath, when she fell off,…

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A Boy Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1900 · page 7

A youth named Fredk. Alfred Ives, 15, who had lived with his parents at 448 King-street, Erskineville, was drowned ln a waterhole at St. Peter's yesterday…

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Life in the States. Fierce and Fatal Duel in a Hotel. Four Men Killed and Three Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1900 · page 5

Following is a report of a most extraordinary affair that occurred at Frankfort Kenucky, on January 16, as wired from the town mentioned:—…

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Late Newcastle News. Two Fatal Accidents. Shipping Troop Horses to South Africa. Newcastle. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1900 · page 7

Captain Markwen, who is buying horses for the Imperial Government, visited Newcastle this afternoon, for the purpose of making arrangements for the shipment of…

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Fatality at Stockton. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 6

A miner named James Roach was killed by a fall of coal in the Stockton colliery to-day. At the time of the accident the unfortunate man was engaged removing a sprag. He had…

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The Collision at the Heads

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 5

Further particulars regarding the collision at the Heads on Friday evening, between the pilot steamer and another vessel, whose name could not be ascertained, go to show that the steamer Ferndene…

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A Boy Drowned in a Brick Pit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 7

About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning a boy, 15 years old, named Frederick Alfred Ives, who resided with his parents at No. 448 King-street, Newtown, went to a waterhole near Mitchell-road, St. Peters, for the purpose…

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Saturday Night Ruffianism a Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 7

A married woman, named Alice Jones (45), dressmaker, residing at 71 Foveaux-street, was leaving Grace Bros, shop, Broadway, Glebe, shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday night, when she unwittingly became the centre of a…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Another Case at St. Peters

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 6

A boy named Frederick Alfred Ives, 15, who resided with his parents at No. 448 King-street, Erskineville, was drowned in a waterhole at St. Peters on Saturday. Deceased, who could swim,…

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The Collision at the Heads Narrow Escape of the Pilot Boat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 6

Further particulars regarding the collision between the pilot steamer Captain Cook and the steamer Ferndene, which took place on Friday night, show that the accident occurred while the…

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Accident to a Lancer

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 6

SINGLETON, Saturday.—Lieutenant Dangar, of Singleton, has received a letter from Lieutenant Allen, who went to the front with the First Australian Contingent, stating that the day after…

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Newcastle. a Chapter of Fatalities. Mining, Lift, and Railway Accidents. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 9

A miner named James Roach, employed at the Stookon Colliery, and lately residing at Strandstreet. Stockton, was killed at about 9.45 yesterday morning by a sudden fall of coal. It appears that…

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