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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 161

Accident to a Troopship. Arrival of Manchester Port

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 11

The troopship Manchester Port, Which met with an accident on the eve of her departure from Brisbane, arrived here yesterdays afternoon. It will be remembered that while the…

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A Street Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 6

An elderly man named John Nawson (68) residing at 31 Thomas-street, Camperdown, was driving a cart down King-street, Newtons, yesterday morning when the horse stumbled…

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Accident to a Tram Guard

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon a tram guard named Thomas O'Keefe (25) fell from his tram in Elizabeth-street, sustaining a compound fracture of the left arm, and severe scalp and face wounds…

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Mining Accident at Cobar. One Man Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 9

COBAR, Friday. -- A fatal accident occurred yesterday at the Cobar Goldmines. Fred Critcher and William Rowe, miners, were charging a hole in the lower lovel, and while putting in the last…

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Serious Railway Accident. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 42

Advices reached the Railway Commissioners on, April 27 to the effect that a goods train had met with an accident between Colo Vale and Mittagong, a large number of trucks being derailed, but…

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Accident to a Transport

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

BRISBANE, April 27.—Art unfortunate accident happened to the Imperial transport steamer Manchester Port, which left the wharf at South Brisbane early this morning to proceed…

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The late Terrible Burning Accident. Death of Mrs. Simpson

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 11

Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson, of Harris Park, the victim of the terrible burning accident referred to in the last issue of THE ARGUS, died at her residence on Tuesday last…

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Accident to Father Tom

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 4

The Rev. Father O'Reilly had a sensational experience on Wednesday morning. He was driving in his buggy, accompanied by Father O'Donnelly and the coachman, when the…

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Serious Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 May 1900 · page 8

The president of the Adelaide Marine Board received a telegram on Thursday morning from Mr. F. Brimage, harbor-mas-ter, Port Pirie, advising him of a mishap…

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Terrible Accident at the Exhibition

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 May 1900 · page 9

A terrible accident occurred at the Paris Exhibition during the week. An unfinished triage over a street intersecting the ExhiBition collapsed and buried a crowd of…

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Children and the Patriotic Fund. the Penny List. In Aid of the Wives and Little Ones of Our Soldiers Who May be Killed or Injured in the War. Total Number of Pennies Received to Date 137,864½

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 May 1900 · page 11

The list is made up each week AT 12 NOON ON SATURDAY. Amounts received after that hour will be acknowledged the following week. Contributions should bo sent in AS EARLY IN THE WEEK AS…

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Queensland. Boating Fatality in Moreton Bay. a Man Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 8

A fatality occurred in the bay on Friday, by which a man, whose name is unknown, lost his life. The circumstances surrounding the case are sad and remarkable. Particulars at present are…

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A Dreadful Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 8

A seaman named James Martin, whilst attempting to board the barque Kasaala, moored off Stockton, at an early hour this morning missed his footing and fell overboard. A line was at once thrown to…

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A Horrible Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 3

A seaman named Martin, who was employed as a watchman on the steamer Kassala, met with a Horrible death on Saturday night. The vessel was lying doubled off beside another at Stockton, and…

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Boating Fatality at Moreton Bay. a Cripple Browned

Evening News · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 6

BRISBANE, Saturday Afternoon.—A boating fatality is reported from Moreton Bay. It appears that a man named George Boucher, employed on the steamer Burwah, was camping, with…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 6

A youth named James Duffy (16), residing in Beauchamp-lane, Surry-hills, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night, suffering from a fractured skull, the result of being hit on the head in Hyde Park with a…

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The Accident to the Quiraing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 4

The anxiety felt in Sydney for the safety of the steamer Quiraing, which, it will be remembered, grounded on "A" reef (Torres Straits) recently, and was subsequently beached on Flinders Island,…

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Mysterious Case of Drowning

Evening News · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The body of the woman found in the lagoon at Port Melbourne on Friday afternoon has been identified by her husband as that of Elizabeth Helloitt, 30 years of age,…

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The Harbour Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 6

The body of the unfortunate seaman James Murun, who fell overboard from the steamer Kassala when attempting to board the vessel early on Sunday morning, was recovered to-day. The medical…

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The Kassala Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 6

The body of James Martin, seaman, of the steamer Kassala, who was lost overboard at Stockton on Saturday night, was recovered yesterday, and an inquest was held during the afternoon at the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle…

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