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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 161

Gunnedah Colliery, on Fire. Miners Injured

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 26

GUNNEDAH, May 10.—A sensational mining accident has occurred at the Gunnedah Colliery Company's mine, about five miles from town. The manager (Mr. J. Watson), on…

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Late Country News. Burning Fatality at Cooma. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 10

A burning fatslity is reported from Adaminaby, the victim being the five-year-old daughter of G. Melville. The child's clothes, through being too near the fire, i[?]ited. The mother was also burnt…

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Fatal Gun Accident. at Luddenham. Magisterial Inquiry

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 3

A magisterial inquiry was held at the residence of Mr Thomas Henderson, at Luddenham, yesterday (Friday), before Mr W H Mackenzie, Acting Coroner, touching the death of James Henderson,…

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St. Marys (By Our Reporter). Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 6

A boy named Jose Evans, of Tottenham, was taking some cattle to Woodstock on Thursday of last week, when the horse he was riding stumbled and threw him heavily…

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Another Tram Accident

Evening News · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 6

Yesterday a man, whose name is unknown, was knocked down by a tram at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets, receiving injuries which necessitated his removal and treatment…

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A Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

Yesterday a man, whose name is unknown, was knocked down by a steam tram in Hunter-street. The victim was taken by Detective Jones to the Sydney Hospital, where…

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A Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 10

A lift accident occurred at the Hotel Metropole, Bourke-street, this afternoon. Two hotel employees (Norton and Williams) were taking some crates of poultry up by the lift from the ground…

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Casualties. Fatal Tram Accident. Boy Killed at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 11

A schoolboy named. James Amos Strute, 9½ years of age, residing with his mother, at 99 James-street, Leichhurdt, was run over by a Leichhardt tram going citywards, in Norton-street, yesterday evening, and killed…

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The Gunnedah Colliery Accident. an Inquiry to Be Held

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Mr. J. L. Fegan, Minister for Mines, returned to Newcastle this morning from Gunnedah, where he went on Wednesday night, attended by inspector Humble, for the…

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Horrible Tramway Fatality. Man's Head Cut in Two

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 May 1900 · page 7

Shortly before 11 o'clock last night a man fell under one of the steam trams as it was about to enter Belmore Park. The wheels passed over his head, almost…

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Chronicles of Crime. Criminal Conglomeration. An Attribute of Merey—The Lyne Government and Capital Punishment.—"Howard's [?] "Nosey Bob" Blocked—Mu[?] of Patrick O'Conner, Gauger—By His Mistress—The Mannings— O'Connor a Us[?]—George Frederick Manning as a Railway Guard and Innkeeper—A Hidrous Individual—Disappearance of O'Connor—Insur[?] "Bucke." on the Job—The Grave in the Kitchen—The Mannings Abscond and Separate—Maria Manning Arrested in Edinburgh— Frederick George Manning in Jersey—Trial at the Old Bailey—Three Eminent Judges: Chief Baron Pollack, Justices Cresswell, and Maule—Manning's Pertonal Appearance— Sergeanis Wilkins and Bellantine. A Separate Defence—Recriminations— Guilty—Viluperation from the Dock —Execution—Fifty Thousand Persons Present—[?]ome Fatal Accidents—A Farewell Embrace—Black Satin—An Anccdote

Truth · Sunday 20 May 1900 · page 7

IN one particular at least, the Lyne Government is following in their pred[?]cessors' footsteps, as already two [?]demned criminals have been snatched from the…

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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 he Killed or Injured in the War- Total Number Op Pennies Received to Date 147.940 1/2

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 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 be…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

Shortly after daylight yesterday morning, the body of a middle-aged man named William Stretch was found flouting in the harbor at the foot of Bathurst-street. Deceased, who was about 60 years of age, a native of…

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A Tram Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

On Saturday morning the City Coroner held an inquiry into the death of a schoolboy, named James Amos' Spruce, aged 912 years, who was killed by a tram on Friday afternoon in…

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Another Shooting Fatality. a Most Extraordinary Accident

Evening News · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

PENRITH, Monday.—A magisterial inqury was held at Luddenham on Friday concerning the death of a lad named James Henderson, who was shot whilst opossum-shooting on Wednesday…

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Mining Fatality. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at the Cobar Copper Mine at 3 a.m. to-day. Two men, Curley Hurst and Macauley, both young and unmarried, were sinking a shaft known as K[?] and were…

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Boating Fatality at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Saturday. -- A sad boating fatality took place off this port this afternoon. Constable J. W. M'Andrew, with his little boy, Clarence, about 8 years of age, and Messrs. A…

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Casualties. a Boy Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

As an electric train was travelling on Saturday evening from Mosman to North Sydney, it came into collision with a coal cart. A lad, named Cecil Dare, 11 years of age, who was riding on one of the front seats of the…

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Fishing Party Capsized. a Lad Drowned. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 3

A sad fatality, the victim being Clarence M'Andrew, the 8-year-old son of Constable W. M'Andrew, occurred of the port on Saturday afternoon. M'Andrew and his son,…

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A Wollongong Fishing Party Capsized. a Lad Drowned. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 4

A party of local residents, cons[?] of Policeconstable N'Andrews, Mr A.G.[?] and Mr. A.Wearne, and a son of [?] M'Andrews, aged 9 years, had a terrible experience this afternoon…

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