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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 161

Arrival of the Eastern. Shipping Disasters. Collision Near Singapore. Thirty Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 11

The steamer Eastern, which arrived yesterday, brings news of serious shipping disasters in the east. A collision is reported to have taken place in the Karimon Straits between the Ho Tang,…

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A Japanese Mailboat Lost. the Tokio Maru on the Rocks. Four Passengers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 11

News comes from Chefoo that the N.Y.K. steamer Tokio Maru has been wrecked on Miaotao Island, in the Gulf of Pechill. The news was received with a feeling akin to consternation in…

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Railway Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 3

On Thursday, Mr H Beckett, employed at the turning lathe in the locomotive works, Penrith, had occasion to do something with the pulleys, and for that purpose…

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No Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 5

So far as has been ascertained the afternoon's proceedings in connection with the Mafeking celebration passed off entirely without accident-Inquiry at the leading hospitals at 5.45 p.m. was…

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Accidentally Shot

Evening News · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 5

A boy named Alfred Carter, 16, residing at No. 128 Botany-road, Alexandria, was shot in the breast this afternoon through the accidental discharge of a pea-rifle. The wound is a deep…

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Accidents in the Country

Evening News · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 3

MURRURUNDI, Friday.—A shocking accident occurred at Arglen Quarry this morning. An 8-year-old daughter of Mrs. Martin was playing on the line, when a ballast truck containing eleven…

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Terrible Accident. Enveloped in Flames of Spirits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 10

A shocking accident is reported from Ararat. A young man named Radeliffe, employed in Mr. Hans Irvino's Great Western vineyard, was gauging the spirits with the Customs…

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Fatal Accident. Grafton

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 6

A young child, the son of Mr. Volckers, seedsman, of this town, was kicked by a horse this morning, and died very shortly afterwards…

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Terrible Burning Accident. Afire with Spirit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A terrible burning accident is reported from Ararat. A young man named Radcliffe, son of Canon Radcliffe, of Ballarat, employed at Hans Irvine's vineyard, was…

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Last Night's Accidents. Rail, Tram, and Boat Casualties

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 May 1900 · page 7

Robert M'Crimmin, employed as a fireman on board the Steamer Courier, met with a severe accident at Mort's Dock, Balmain, last night. The Courier was lying…

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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 150,333½

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 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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Broken Hill Accidents. a Shocking Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 3

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.-- Shortly after 6 last night a serious accident happened at Baxter's open cut. Some men had fired a hole, and were…

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That Tram Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 6

On Saturday the City Coroner held an inquiry into the death of Woolf e Kimerling, who died in the Sydney Hospital that morning from injuries caused by being run over…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 7

A terrible accident happened at Glenferris railway station to-night. Thos. Fricker, 35, a booking clerk, was crushed to death between the platform and a moving train. Just as one of…

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Inquests. the Tramway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 7

The City Coroner. Mr. J.C. Woore, held an inquiry on Saturday, touching, the death of Woolfe Kimerling, who died at the Sydney Hospital, following on injuries received at Circular Quay on Thursday. He was trying…

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Terrible Mining Fatality. Fall of Hundreds of Tons of Earth. Two Men Buried. Queenstown (Tasmania)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 7

An accident occurred at the Lyell Tharsis mine, by which two miner[?] named Michael Cronin and P. Murphy were killed. They were working with two other men in the stope from…

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Accidentally Shot

Evening News · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 6

A boy named Alfred Carter, 16, residing at No. 128 Botany-road, Alexandria, was shot in the breast on Saturday through the accidental discharge of a pea-rifle. The wound is a deep…

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Mining Accidents

Evening News · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Saturday Afternoon.—Last evening an accident happened at Baxter and Saddler's open cut on the Proprietary Mine. Some men had fired a hole, and were standing back, as…

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Saturday Night's Accidents

Evening News · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 2

George Little, 41, a carpenter, residing in Botany-street, Waterloo, is believed to have been knocked down by a tram in Castlereagh-street, Redfern, while walking home on Saturday night…

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Mining Accidents at Broken Hill[?] a Man Crushed to Death. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 4

At the inquest concerning the death of Frederick Nilsson, who was crushed to death beneath a boiler at the Proprietary mine on Wednesday, a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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