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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 161

Accident to a Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1900 · page 7

John Gurran, a member of the third contingent, while engaged in shifting camp on Saturday afternoon, met with a severe accident near Burwood. Being jolted from the conveyance, he sustained a severe laceration of the…

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George-street Tram Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 6

At the Coroner's Court, Chancery Square, on Monday, the city coroner held an inquest on the body of James Irvine, who succumbed in the Sydney Hospital on Sunday to injuries received…

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Collision with a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 7

Edward Porter (30), residing in Weston-road. Balmain, was admitted by Dr. Pain to Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from a scalp wound and other injuries to his head. He was driving a van…

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Country News. Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

An accident occurred this morning in the South mine, William Manuel, jun., 26, being killed instantly while working at the 700ft. level stopes filling trucks. He had just filled a truck and was waiting…

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A Miner Entombed and Drowned. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

News was received by telegraph to-day from Wattle Flat to the effect that the Solitary mine was flooded at 2 p.m. There were three men working in the drive at the time on the 120ft. level. Two of…

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Fatality at the Gin Gin Weir. Trangie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

An accident occurred at the Gin Gin Weir on Saturday last resulting in the death of William Phillips. A cutting, 4ft. wide and about 40ft. deep, had been made for the reception of a retaining-wall. Owing…

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Collision in a Tunnel. Heavy Loss of Life. 32 Casualties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Two goods trains collided in a tunnel at Philadelphia, with the result that four oil cars exploded, A driver, stoker, and five tramps were…

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To-day's Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 5

A little boy named Robert Wright, who resides with his parents at Lackey-street, St. Peters, was treated at the Prince Alfred Hospital this afternoon for a scalp wound, received through falling…

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Accidents at Burraga. Burraga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

A painful accident occurred at Lloyd Copper Company's works yesterday. Eight men wore engaged in hauling a lorge boiler up a steep incline, when the tackling gave way. One man named…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 7

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest into the death of James Irvine, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Sunday from the effects of injuries received the previous…

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A Street Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon a man named E. Porter, aged 30, and residing at Western-road, Balmain, was driving along Castlereaghstreet, Redfern, when his vehicle came into…

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Accident at Redfern

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

Edward Porter, a carter, living at 96 Western-read, Balmain, was driving a cart in Castlereagh-street yesterday, near Prince Alfred Park, when the vehicle collided with a…

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Fatal Machinery Accident. Question of Contributory Negligence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 8

An application for a rule [?] for a new triat was made before the Full Court in the case in which the plaintiff was Ellen Davis, administratrix of the personal estate and effects of Ambrose Davis, and the defendant William…

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A Fatal Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 6

An inquest into the death of James Irvine (45), a publican, late of Albury, who expired in the Sydney Hospital on Sunday, consequent upon injuries received through being run over by an electric train in George-street on…

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The Rescue From Drowning

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 5

Referring to a letter from Mr. W. E. English, published in Monday's "Evening News," in which it is stated that a rescue from drowning was effected at Fort Macquarie Point on Sunday last,…

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Mining Fatality at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 10

The Coroner held an inquest to-day into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Benjamin Manuel, who was killed yesterday by a fall of ore at the South Mine…

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Tuesday's Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 3

A little boy named Robert Wright, who resides with his parents at Lackey-street, St. Peters, was treated at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday for a scalp wound, received through falling…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 4

PERMAGUI, Wednesday.—A shooting accident occurred on Monday night. Four youths named Sydney Gillard, Victor Black, and Duncan and William Mowatt (the latter sons of Mr. Gilbert…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 11

Stewart Carmichael, aged 30, residing in Camperdown, and employed at a biscuit factory in the Glebe, was working some machinery yesterday, when his right band got caught. Before he could release it his hand…

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 9

MURRUMBURRAH, Tuesday. -- Mr. and Mrs. Hocking, of Garangula, met with a very serious accident on Saturday night, when driving home from Murrumburrah. The horse took fright, and…

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