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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 161

Railway Accident. Lismore

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

A special train to-day took out the coroner to Byron Bay, so that he might hold an inquiry into the cause of the death of Guard Sayers, who was killed there yesterday While returning, bringing the body…

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One of the Bushmen. The First Victim. Killed in a Railway Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 7

A cablegram was received yesterday by the Government conveying the sad news of the death of one of the first corps of Bushmen sent to South Africa. The victim was Trooper…

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A Commercial Traveller Injured

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 4

A traveller, named William R. Evans, employed by Wunderlich and Company, fell down the hold of the Italian ship Cavaliere Ciampa, lying in Neutral Bay, on Thursday, A distance of about 25ft. He was taken…

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General Cable News. a Blasting Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Great loss of life has been occasioned by a blasting explosion which took place in a mine at Schofield, Utah, U.S.A. Two hundred persons were killed…

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Collision at Port Pirie. Adelaide

The Australian Star · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

A telegram from Port Pirie states that whilst outward hound yesterday the barque Hellas came into collision with the Steamer Hoveric, both vessels being seriously injured…

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Accident at the Cobar Gold Mine. Two Miners Injured. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

Two men named Fred Critcher and William Itowe, engaged at the Cobar gold mine, met with a serious accident at l1 a.m. to-day while working in a stope at the back of the 116ft. level…

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Shipping Collision. the Boveric and the Hellas

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The president of the Marine Board received a telegram this morning from Mr. F. Brimage, harbor-master. Port Piric, advising him of a mishap which occurred there…

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Collision at Port Pirie. Between the Boveric and Hellas. Port Pirie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

While in the river at Port Pirie to-day the incoming steamer Boveria and the outward bound barque Hellas collided, both being seriously damaged forward. The Boveric…

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Blasting Accident at Cobar

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

COBAR, Thursday Afternoon.—A serious accident occurred at 11 o'clock this morning at the Fort of Bourke Mine. Two men named Fred Critcher and William Rowe, underground stopers…

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Peculiar Accident on a Train

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—On the return trip of the Railway Commissioners yesterday afternoon a peculiar accident happened on beard the train. After passing Boggabri the engine-driver…

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Sensational Railway Accident

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

LISMORE, Thursday Afternoon.—Mr. Ellis, best of the Commercial Hotel, and two other townsmen had a very narrow escape of being cut to pieces on the railway line yesterday. They…

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United States. Blasting Accident at Utah. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

It is feared that the deaths caused by the blasting accident at Schofield, in the State of Utah, number 400. The blasting of the rock ignited a…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

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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Accident to Private Keeble. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

Private Keeble, of the Victorian Infantry, fell at Hout-nek and broke his arm…

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Fatal Accident. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

A little girl named Sarah Winifred Telford, aged 6 years, was caught in some mining machinery at Charters Towers and killed on the spot…

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Accident to a Victorian. London, May 3, 7.20 a.m

The Australian Star · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

Private Keeble, of the Victorian Infantry, fell at Houtnek and broke his arm…

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Strange Machinery Accident. a Boy's Wonderful Courage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

An accident of a most peculiar nature occurred at the boot factory, of Enoch Taylor and Co., Bay-street, Botany, yesterday' afternoon. A boy named Bertie Butten (14), residing in Boy-street, Botany, and employed at the…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

William Robert Evans, a traveller in the employ of Wunderlich and Co., and residing in Dalley-street, Waverley, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last evening, suffering from severe injuries to the head and body,…

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Accident on the Field

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Private J. W. Keeble, of the Victorian Infantry, who served a 94-pounder, which fired 1567 rounds (equal to 78 tons of iron) at Houtnek,…

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Mexican Wingfield Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 14

LONDON, April 29, 3.30 p.m.—The inquiry into the recent collision between the Union line steamer Mexican and the transport Winkfield has concluded…

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