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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 161

Painful Accident

Evening News · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

OBERON, Saturday.—A painful accident happened to Mr. J. Jacob, of Mayfield, a few days ago. While crossing Wiseman's Creek in a waggonette, which was well loaded, he lost his…

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Accident at Randwick Racecourse

The Australian Star · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

A serious accident occurred during the Hurdle Race on Saturday. Statesman H. fell and broke his neck. His rider (Edwards) sustained a broken collarbone…

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Accident at Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

On Saturday morning a little fellow from Tarea Station, Wagga, named George Clemson. aged 10 years, was admitted to the Glebe Children's Hospital, suffering from a had fracture of the right knee the result of a fall from a tree…

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Accident to a Milk Carter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 7

About 5 o'clock off Saturday morning the driver of a milk cart, Samuel J. Collins, who resides at 2 St. John's-road, Glehe, fell from his carl in Harris-street, sustaining scalp lacerations and concussion of the brain…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

The circumstances surrounding the death of a man named William Stretch, whose body was found on Sunday morning under a wharf at the foot of Druitt-street, formed the…

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The Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

An inquest was held yesterday touching the death of William Smith (38), gardener, who was killed on Sunday morning on the Milson's Point railway line, between St. Leonards and Artarmon stations. According to the…

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Saturday's Tram Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

At the South Morgue yesterday morning the City Coroner opened an inquest into the death of Archibald Henry Wiseman, aged 28, lately residing at 31 Castlereagh-street,…

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Inquests. Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday concerning the death of William Stretch (45), whose body was found floating in the harbor at the foot of Bathurst-street on Sunday morning. Deceased had been employed as a…

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The Cobar Mining Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

COBAR, Monday.—The inquest concerning the death of Walter Macaulay, who was killed on Saturday morning owing to an explosion in the copper mine, was opened the same afternoon, but…

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The Recent Tram Fatality. a Verdict or Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 5

The inquest into the death of Archibald Henry Wiseman, who was killed by a steam tram near Belmore Parle on Saturday night, was concluded this morning…

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Fatality at Nambucca Heads Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

Charles Vaigjan, aged about 21, of Nambucca Hends who was engaged in feling timber for the [?] mills there, was found dead beneath the top of a large tree on Friday a foot deep in the soft…

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Fatal Accident Near Blayney. Blayney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

A fatal accident occurred about two miles from town on King's Plains-road George Clements, an elderly man rasiding at Toongabbie was returning home about 5 o'clock thin evening when something…

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Cobar Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 3

COBAR, Monday.--The inquest on the body of MacAulay, who was killed by an explosion of dynamite at the Great Cobar copper mine has been adjourned until tomorrow. Reuben Hurst,…

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Accident at Neutral Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 7

Yesterday morning there was a serious vehicular accident at Neutral Bay. Edward Temple, residing at High-street, Willoughby, was giving his horse a drink at a watering trough outside the Oaks Hotel, Military-road,…

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The Tram Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 7

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Archibald Henry Wiseman, who was killed by a tram on Saturday night, was resumed on Tuesday at the Coroner's Court,…

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A Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 7

The City Coroner this morning hold an inquiry at the South Morgue into the death of George Edward Faithful, aged 2012, lately residing at 208 Cleveland-street, who died…

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A Queensland Officer Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Advice has been received that Lieutenant R. Gordon, of Townsville, is in the hospital at Bloemfontein. He was injured by a fall from his horse, but not seriously…

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The Mexican-winkfield Collision. Details of the Disaster. a Thrilling Night Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 5

A sensation was caused in Capetown early last month when the news that the Union mail steamer Mexican, which left Table Bay for England on April 4 with about 110 passengers and a heavy…

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Heavy Rains. This Afternoon's Records. Floods in the Country. a Boy Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 5

Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer, stated to-day that the first "very" heavy shower at Sydney began at 5 minutes past 3 a.m., and for a few minutes it came down at the rate…

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Another Tram Accident at the Quay. a Man Run Over

Evening News · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 4

Shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, an accident occurred at Circular Quay, when a man, whose name at the time our first edition went to press, had not been ascertained, was knocked…

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