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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 161

Fatal Accident. Harden

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 2

While returning from a picnic in a sulky en Saturday, two ladles, a youth, and a child in arms met with a serious accident. The horse took fright at some object on the road, and…

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Cause of the Outbreak. Result of an Accident. Enormous Property Losses. Fifteen Thousand People Homeless. Hull Burnt to the Ground. Britain's Generous Help. Subscription Lists Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The disastrous fire which has occurred in the Canadian cities of Hull and Ottawa, on opposite hanks of the Ottawa River, was not, as at first thought,…

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The Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners were unable to state on Saturday morning how the accident happened on the line near Colo Vale station, whereby a number of trucks were derailed. It…

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Coach Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 6

The passengers by one of Cook's coaches from Cronulla Beach to Sutherland on Saturday afternoon had rather remarkable experience. The coach left, the beach at 4.15 p.m., and had…

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Accident to a Transport. the Mishap to the Manchester Port

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 6

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Opinions differ as to whether the tow-line of the Manchester Port wan cut. The police assert that it was not cut, but certain shipping officials declare that the rope…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 6

Mr. Reid, a resident of Manly, while walking along the Ocean Beach at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. discovered the body of a man on the rocks above low water mark. The body was removed to the South…

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Burning Fatality at Ashfield

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

A fatal burning accident occurred at about 3.25 p.m. on Monday. It appears that a little girl named Lily Twining, residing with her parents at 14 Hugh-street, Ashfield, was playing with her…

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The Winkfield-mexican Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--An Admiralty Court has been held at Capetown at which the officers of both the transport Winkfield and the Union-Castle liner…

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Crushed by a Dray. Sad Fatality at Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 8

About half-past 2 o'clock yesterday, afternoon a man named Keairin Joseph Connors (40), a native of Bathurst, was killed in Redfern-street, Redfern. It appears that Connors who was employed by Mr. J. M'Mahon, carrier,…

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Fatality at Redfern. Run Over by a Traction Engine

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

A shocking accident, which resulted fatally, occurred about a quarter-past 2 p.m. yesterday in Redfern-street, near Great Buckingham-street, Redfern it appears that a man, whose…

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Mexican-winkfield Collision. Both Vessels Exonerated. London, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

The inquiry into the recent collision between the steamer Mexican and the transport Winkfield has concluded at Capetown…

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Boer Arsenal Wrecked. at Johannesburg. 30 Men Killed, 54 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--It transpires that the explosion which was recently reported to have taken place in the Government arsenal at Pretoria did not occur in that city, but in…

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Railway Accident in N.z. 1686 Sheep Killed

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 7

A somewhat serious accident, fortunately unattended by any loss of human life, occurred recently on the Rimutaka incline of the Wellington-Wairarapa railway (N.Z.), to a train composed of…

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Brisbane Mail Train. Delayed by an Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 7

TAMWORTH, "Monday Afternoon.—An accident occu[?]ed to the mail train from Brisbane this morning. Just after coming through Limbri Tunnel, eighteen miles north of Tamworth, the engine…

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Terrible Accident at the Paris Exhibition. Eight Persons Killed. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

A terrible accident occurred at the Paris Exhibition yesterday. An unfinished bridge over a street intersecting the Exhibition collapsed…

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Accident to a Transport Steamer. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

A preliminary Marine Board inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances surrounding the accident to the Manchester Port. Captain M'Lellan, the master of the transport, stated that…

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Terrible Accident at the Paris Exhibition. London, April 30, 6.50 a.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at the Paris Exhibition yesterday. An unfinished bridge over a street intersecting the Exhibition collapsed and buried a crowd of people…

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Burning Accident at Ashfield

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 4

Lily Twining (8), residing with her parents at Hugh-street, Ashfield was admitted to the Western Suburb's Cottage Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering severely from burns. The little girl unit her brother were playing…

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Accident to a Mail Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Monday.--The mail train from Brisbane narrowly escaped encountering a serious accident 18 miles north of Tamworth this morning just after emerging from the Limbri…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 7

A serious accident happened on Saturday night to Mrs, Sarah Burdett (67), residing in Ridge-street, Annandale, She fell from a tram between Australia and Nelson streets whilst on her way home, and a buggy then ran over her…

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