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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 161

Disastrous Railway Collision. Five Killed, 22 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--A terrible railway accident has occurred near Glasgow. A workmen's train was following another, and overtaking it in a tunnel a disastrous collision resulted…

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Saved From Drowning

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 4

On the bridge which crosses Cook's River, near the Botany Sewage Farm, several youngsters were endeavoring to catch some fish on Wednesday afternoon, when one of them suddenly found…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Collision in a Tunnel

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, March 29—A terrible railway accident has occurred at Glasgow. A workman's train, following another, came into collision with the latter in a tunnel…

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Lansdowne-currajong Collision. Awards in Vice-Admiralty

The Australian Star · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

Mr. Justice Owen, sitting as Deputy-Judge Commissary in Vice-Admiralty to-day, delivered judgment in the matter of Heesh and others against the "Currajong," in which…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Glasgow. Collision in a Tunnel. Five Persons Killed. London, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

A terrible railway accident has occurred at Glasgow. A workman's train, following another, came into collision with the latter in a…

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Accident to a Station Manager

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 14

Mr. W. H. Walker, Manager of Tentorfield Station, and one of the trustees of the estate of the late Mr. Thomas Walker, of Concord, met with a serious accident on Saturday…

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Minister for Mines at Grenfell. Compensation for Mining Accidents. Rewards to Discoverers of Mineral Fields. New South Wales Produce in England. Grenfelt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3

Mr. Fegan, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, addressed a large audience here last night. The Mayor(Alderman Fisher) presided. The Minister, who was well received, said the Government thought…

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Lansdowne-cuhrajong Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

The actions brought by the owner and crow of the ketch Lanselowne against the owners of the collier Currajong, in respect of a collision in Sydney Harbor on the early morning of…

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Lansdowne-currajong Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 14

Judgment was delivered by the Deputy Judge Commissary (Mr. Justice Owen) in the Vice-Admiralty Court in the consolidated suits by the owner, captain, and crew of the ketch Lansdowne to recover about £2000 from the…

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Fatality in a Sawmill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

A fatal accident happened at Tuck Bros, saw mills, Cobram, this evening. Jos, Tuck, brother of one of the proprietors, was sawing a 9ft. piece of red gum, when a piece of bark broke,…

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Lansdowne-curra-jong Collision. the Judgment

Evening News · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 6

Mr. Justice Owen, sitting as Deputy Judge Commissary in Vice-Admiralty yesterday, delivered judgment in the actions arising out of the Lansdowne-Currajong collision. There was a…

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Injured by an Explosion MELBOURNE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 733

A man named Jasper Simpkins, a an[?] a section of the new Warburton railway was severely burned by the couple on [?] blasting powder to-day. Simpkins lights…

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Painful Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 14

On Friday a child named Alan Ellis, aged two and a half years, was admitted into the Parramatta District Hospital, with a badly crushed foot. The child, whose parents reside at Seven Hills, [?]ad…

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A Shocking Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

On Friday afternoon, a child named Alan Ellis, aged two and a half years, residing with his parents at Mount Pleasant, Seven Hills, was admitted into the…

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Railway Collision in a Tunnel

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1900 · page 8

A workman's train "ran into another in a tunnel near Glasgow. Five persons were killed outright and 22 injured…

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Our Letter Box. the Balmain Fatality

Truth · Sunday 1 April 1900 · page 3

SIR,—I doubt if there be many practical miners in New South Wales who are not dissatisfied with the result of the inquiry into the above catastrophe. According to…

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Disastrous Shipwreck. Over Thirty Drowned and Only Three Saved-a Terrible Experience

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1900 · page 8

The steamer Glenelg, trading between. Melbourne and the Gippsland Lakes, was "wrecked during a terrific gale on Sunday morning off the Lakes Entrance when…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 7

At the South Morgue on Saturday the Deputy City Coroner, Dr. Todd, held an inquiry into the death of a seaman named John Johnson aged 49, lately residing at 40…

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Drowned at Botany

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 6

The Deputy Coroner heM a magisterial inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue concerning the death of a man named John Johnson, aged 49, a seaman, whose body was found floating in…

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Injured at Play

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 7

A painful accident befel Richard Richards (14), residing at 52 Cumberland-street, Miller's Point, on Saturday afternoon. With a companion he was playing "warfare," and to add to the reality of the game he…

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