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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 161

Accidents at Walhalla

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 6

A peculiar fatal accident was reported from Walhalla this morning. John Browne, a fishmonger, dismounted from his horse near a sliding close to the Britannia Gully…

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A Burning Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 7

At the Cottage Hospital, Ashfield, yesterday morning the City Coroner held an inquiry, into the death of Lille Emma Twining, aged 5, which occurred the previous day…

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The Surry-hills Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 10

VERDICT OF DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES. The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) concluded an inquest at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday morning into the circumstances connected with the death…

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A Workman Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon a workman named Thomas Siddons, 26, residing at 48 Darlington-road, Newtown, and employed by Messrs. Alexander Dean and Sons, builders, at 42…

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The Manly Drowning Case. a Sensational Discovery

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 4

In the case of a foreigner who was found apparently drowned at Manly on the Ocean Beach, on Monday, a post-mortem examination has revealed the sensational fact that deceased had a…

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The Ashfield Burning Fatality. Playing with Matches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 10

Mr. J. C. Woore (City Coroner) held a magisterial inquiry, at the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital, yesterday morning, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Lilic Emma Twining (five), who was badly…

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The Redfern Fatality. Run Over by a Traction Engine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 10

The circumstances connected with the death of Keairirrian Joseph Connors (40), a driver, in the employ McMahon and Co., who was killed at Redfern on Monday afternoon, through being run over by a traction…

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Fatality at Byron Bay. a Railway Guard Killed. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 5

A sad accident occurred at the railway station at 6 o'clock this evening. Charles Sayers, a guard on this line, was struck by the engine or truck while shunting, and was killed instantaneously. So far as…

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Fatal Driving Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8

MURRUMBURRAH, Tuesday. -- A very sad accident occurred here on Saturday evening. Mrs. John Bishop, with her child, accompanied by Mrs. James Bourke, was returning home from the…

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Accidents on Tramways. Interview with the Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 4

Speaking to a "Daily Telegraph" representative with regard to overcrowding and accidents on trams, the Railway Commissioners pointed out that some little overcrowding is…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8

Mrs. Simpson, of Harris Park, wife of Mr. T. Simpson, one of the officers in charge of Harris Park railway station, met with a serious accident yesterday. Mr. Simpson had occasion to…

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Terrible Burning Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

A terrible burning accident occurred at Harris Park on Tuesday morning, at about 10.30. Mrs. Simpson, the wife of Mr. J. Simpson, station-master at Harris Park, was…

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Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) held a magisterial inquiry yesterday morning, at the South Morgue, toaching the death of a man known as Barker, whose dead body was found on Monday last…

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A Foreigner's Death. Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 8

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry at the South Morgue yesterday regarding the death of a man known as Barker, whose body was found on the rocks at Manly on Monday afternoon…

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Queensland. a Lascar Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 7

A Lascar named Moultoni, one of the crew of the Duke of Sutherland, was drowned in the river this morning whilst bathing. It is supposed that be was scized with cramps. The body has not…

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The United States. Smocking Blasting Accident

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, May 2, 3.45 p.m.—A terrible explosion has taken place during blasting operations in a mine at Schofield, in the State of Utah. Two hundred persons were killed…

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United States. Serious Blasting Accident at Utah. London, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 7

A serious explosion has taken place during blasting operations at Schofield, in the State of Utah. Two hundred persons were killed…

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Fatal Accident at Gundagai. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 8

On Sunday last Mrs. C. Foster Was driving in a sulky, accompanied by her two daughters, when the horse shied and turned the vehicle over an embankment. Mrs. Foster was severely bruised, and the…

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Accident to the Manchester Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 7

At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day the shipping inspector presented a report bearing on the recent preliminary inquiry into the accident to the Manchester Port. The report states…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 5

Mrs. Elizabeth simpson, who on Tuesday morning was severely burned through her clothes catching fire, died on the same evening, and on Wednesday morning Mr. T. L. MacNevin, the Parramatta…

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