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Accidents, 1902

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Found Drowned

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 4

The attention of the Water Police was directed on Thursday evening to the body of a man, which was floating in Barling Harbor, beneath Jones Brothers' Wharf. Senior-constable M'Masters…

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Drowned in Darling Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 7

The body of an unknown man was found floating beneath Messrs. Jones Bros.' wharf. Darling Harbor, yesterday afternoon and, on being recovered by Senior-constablo M'Masters,…

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Fatality at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 6

The adjourned inquest upon the death of Peter Deveney, who was fatally crushed on Stewart's Bridge Proprietary on Tuesday night, was concluded to-day…

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The Inglewood Railway Collision. Official Inquiry. Was There Sufficient Brake Power?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 4

STRANGE EVIDENCE BY AN EXAMINER. MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A departmental inquiry into the railway collision at Inglewood on Monday last is being conducted at Inglewood…

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Casualties. a Machinery Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 7

Thomas M'Grath, an apprentice engineer, residing at Balmain, was working it the Hydraulic Power Company' works yesterday, when one of his hands became caught in a drilling machine, the thumb being…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 4

Two boys, Walter and Leigh Richmond, aged 17 and 14 years respectively, residents of Wingollo, were admitted into the cottage hospital last night suffering from injuries received through an…

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Lift Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 5

F. Ellington, aged 58, who resides at 541 Harris-street, a liftman, this morning was entering the lift at the Pitt-street entrance to the Strand-arcade. The door of the lift…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 11

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry at the Lloyd Hotel, George-street, yesterday concerning the death of John Anderson, whose dead body was found floating in the waters…

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A Seaman Drowned

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 8

The City Coroner held a magisterial inquiry yesterday as to cause of the death of John Andersen, lately employed on board the s.s. Excelsior, whose body was found floating in…

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Injured Jockeys

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 47

ARMIDALE, February 6.—The jockey P. Callinan, who was hurt at the New England J.C. races yesterday, rode in the first race to-day, but S. Callinan (a brother) is still in the hospital,…

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Casualties. a Fireman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 12

The circumstances surrounding the death of a fireman named John Anderson, 40, whose body was found floating in the harbour at the foot of Druitt-street on Thursday, formed the subject of an inquiry…

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Western Australia. a Mining Fatality. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 12

A fatal accident occurred at the Brown Hill Mine this morning. Two miners, John Bronwer and John Cock, were timbering No. 5 stope, and a fall of earth occurred. Brouwer was completely buried by debris…

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A Parramatta Unknown. Drowned in The Thames

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 3

The Westminster coroner on January 8th held an inquest on the body of Frederick James Stewart, 41, a native of Parramatta, New South Wales, formerly a trooper in…

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Newcastle. Drowned in the Surf. a Lady Bather's Sad End

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 10

Mrs. John Thorn, a resident of Corlette-street, Newcastle, was drowned in the surf at the Ladies' Baths, on the ocean beach, below the little reserve, at 20 minutes past 4 yesterday…

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Wreck of the Schooner Prosperity. Two Men Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 12

The following memo, was received to-night by the collector of customs at Brisbane from Mr. W. North, of Dunwich.:—"The schooner Prosperity was wrecked at 1 this morning at Point Lookout. Two…

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Newcastle. a Bathing Fatality. Brave Rescue. But Rescued Lady Dies. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 12

A sad bathing fatality occurred on the ocean beach this afternoon, when a lady swimmer, named Mrs. Thorn, a resident of Corlette-street, Cook's Hill, was earned out to sea by the force of the under current Deceased, in…

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Wreck of a Brigantine. the Prosperity Goes to Pieces. Math and Cook Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday.--Mr. W. R. North reports that his stockman has just ridden in to Dunwich from Point Lookout, and reports that the brigantine Prosperity, from the Richmond…

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F[?] Railway Accident Near Wentworth Falls

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

On Friday of last week, at about twenty minutes past one o'clock, a fatal railway accident happened almost opposite the village of Gladstone, about a mile and a…

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Tram Accident

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 6

Lavy Woolfe, a tailor, 56, living at 27 Gurner-street, Paddington, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment for injuries received when alighting from a tram in…

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Accidents. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 9

Mr. James Ryan, Government mining surveyor, met with a serious accident on Monday night. He camped at Strike-a-Light Creek, near Bredbo homestead, and after tea went for a walk. In the…

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