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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Sports in Aid of the Injured Soldiers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 13

It was a happy idea that suggested the holding of the naval and military display, which too place on Saturday at the Royal Agricultural Ground, in aid of the gunners of the Royal Horse…

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A Serious Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

Robert Storey (42), a wharf laborer, residing at 4 Essex-street, was working in the hold of the steamer Dongola at Moore's Wharf yesterday, when a bale of wool fell on him. He was conveyed…

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Driving Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 5

PARKES. Saturday-- Yesterday two young man named William Parkinson and Joseph Charaock were travelling from Woodstock to Parkes in a sulky. When about eight miles out…

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The Injured Gunners

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 5

Gunner Tudor, whose arm was blown off by the premature explosion of a cartridge at Moore Park, is still in the Sydney Hospital, but it is probable he will he able to leave in…

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Portland Fatality. Verdict of Manslaughter, LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 7

Yesterday an inquest was held at Capertee into the cause of the accident at the lime works, Portland, by which James Russell met his death. After hearing a great deal of…

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Horse Versus Team. Collision in George-street

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 9

A somewhat sensational incident occurred in George-street, near Campbell-street, on Saturday, when a bolting horse. attached to an empty sulky, collided with an electric tram…

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Shot by a Burglar. a Young Man Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 6

Shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday a young matt named Samuel Braddock, about 19 years of ago, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital, suffering, from a bullet wound in his loft leg. The…

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Fatal Sulky Accident

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 8

PARKES, Saturday.-Early on Friday morning two men named David Charnock and William Parkerson, while driving from Woodstock to Dubbo, via Parkes, met With an accident about six…

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Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 7

Joseph Truman, a resident of Castlereaph-street, attempted to board a moving tram in in George- street, between King and Market streets, on Saturday afternoon, and fell heavily to the roadway…

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Mining-fatality. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 6

A miner named E. A. Percy was killed in a shaft at the Gilgai this morning. Deceased was the owner of the [?]. ALBURY, Monday…

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Railway Fatality. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 5

The railway accident which happened here on Saturday night, when John Gr[?] was fatally crushed, formed the subject of an inquest before the district coroner—Mr. Lyne—to-day. The jury…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 6

NYNGAN, Monday.-A fatal railway accident happened here early Sunday morning, when John Grimes, a carpenter, was run over by a goods train, travelling west. He appease to hare fallen…

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Fatal Accident at Croydon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 6

Afatal accident occurred at the Croydon railway station yesterday evening, a young woman named Alice Maud Mary; Frost being the victim. It appeared that she endeavoured to alight from a through train…

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Accident to a Manly Steamer. the Fairlight Strikes a Rock. No Damage Done

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 4

As the steamer Fairlight, of the Port Jackson Cooperative Steamship Company, was returning from Manly to Sydney last night she struck the rocks off George's Head. The boat left Manly at 9.30, just at…

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A Wharf Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon a bale of wool fell on Alexander Kelly, 25, of Hugo-street, Redfern, who was employed at Moore's Wharf, Miller's Point. Kelly received injuries to the hip and…

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An Unfortunate Accident. a Trap Mine Explodes. Two Men Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--While covering with grass a trap mine worked by means of a lever, near Zeerust, the weight of the cover pressed the lever too heavily, with the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Girl Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred on the railway line at Croydon shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a girl named Alice Maud Mary Frost (14) being run over by a train, receiving injuries…

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Accident at a Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 6

Alexander Kelly (25), of Hugo-street, Redfern, an employee at Moore's wharf, Miller's Point, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from injuries to…

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The Canley Park Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Enquiry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 1

A magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the boy, Hector Smith, who was found drowned inn waterhole on his parents' property in Canley Park, was…

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Croydon Railway Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 6

The City Coroner journeyed to the Western Suburbbs Cottage Hospital, Enfield, yesterday, where he held an inquest into the death of Alice Mand Mary Frost, a girl of 14 years…

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