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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Boating Accident Off Dawes Point

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 6

Two men in a boat had a narrow escape from drowning in Sydney Harbor about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. They were taking a load of groceries across the harbor, and were near…

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Fatal Machinery Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 7

The death of James Clarke, a resident of Dock-road, Balmain, which resulted from the effect of injuries received by being caught in some revolving machinery at Mort's Dock on…

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Burning Fatality

The Australian Star · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 6

The death of Bridget Theresa Taylor, 59, wife of the licensee of the Caledonia Hotel, King-st. came under the notice of the Coroner yesterday. The evidence of John Thos…

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Tram Fatality

The Australian Star · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 7

Yet another tram accident has resulted fatally. On the 14th instant a lad named Albert Sinclair, 16, of 50 Castlereagh-street, Redfern, was knocked down by a tram in…

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A Tram Fatality

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 7

Albert Sinclair, 16, who was admitted to Sydney Hospital on the 14th instant, suffering from injuries resulting from a tram accident, died in that institution on Thursday afternoon, Sinclair…

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A Shipping Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 6

An inquest was held by the City Coroner this afternoon on the body of a seaman named Etnest Olene, lately belonging to the ship Falls of Aft[?], who died in the Newcastle Hospital this forenoon from the effects of…

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The Colliery Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 6

The City Corouer conducted an inquest at the Cross Keys Hotel, Tighe's Hill, this morning on the body of a young man named Thomas Clark, who waa killed yesterday afternoon at Helton Colliary,…

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Collision at Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-A slight collision occurred in the harbor this morning, between the steamer Federal and the ship Marion chilcott, which, fortunately, resulted in Do apparent…

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Inquests. the Morts Dock Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 8

The inquest initiated at Balmain on Wednesday on the body of James Clarke (43), a shipwright, was concluded by the City Coroner yesterday, a verdict of accidental death being…

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Terrible Fatality. a Priest Killed. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 4

The Rev. Father M'Glowe, parish priest, met with a terribly sudden end here last night. It appears that he was out riding, when his horse became restive, and started…

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Gunpowder Explosion. Japanese and British Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Morning.--While destroying Chinese gunpowder at Shan-hai-kwan, an explosion took place, which killed 40 Japanese soldiers, and injured two Britishers…

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Accidents

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 6

Arthur Spake, 13, residing at Campbell-street, Newtown, was in the vicinity of King-street and Missenden-road, in that suburb, when another boy pushed him, and he fell. Unfortunately, at that…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon Mr. T. E. MacNevis, P.M., the Parramatta district coroner, held a magisterial inquiry touching the death of a little boy named Spencer Llewellyn Lewis, aged 4 years, who…

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Fatal Street Accident. Coroner's Inquest

The Australian Star · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 5

This morning, at Chancery-square, the City Coroner resumed the inquiry into the cause of the death of Ernest Herman Thiele, a stationer, of Ryde, which occurred in…

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Parramatta and District. Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held in the courthouse, Parramatta, yesterday, by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P. M., into the cause of the death of a boy named Spencer Llewellyn Lewis, son of Mr…

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Householdd Ambulance Rules. Short Receipts to Enable Unprofessional Persons to Render First Aid in Sudden Illness or Accident in the Absence of a Doctor. Wounds. Cuts

The Dawn · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 34

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King-street Tram Fatality

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 3

The death of Albert Edward Sinclair, 16½, which occurred in Sydney Hospital on Thursday, formed the subject of an inquest held by the city coroner on Friday. The deceased, as shown…

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Inquests. the George-street Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

The adjourned inquest on the body of Ernest Herman Thiele, who died from injuries received through being thrown from a sulky, which was overturned by a 'bus in George-street, on January…

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That Fatal Collision. Ernest Thiele's Death. the Inquest

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 6

The city coroner yesterday resumed the inquest concerning the death of Ernest Herman Thiele, who was fatally injured in George-street on the evening of January 29, as the result of a…

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Bondi Diving Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 5

Although not yet quite out of danger, Mr. H. H. Phegan, who was so very seriously Injured at the Bondi Baths on Saturday last, whilst attempting a dive from a considerable…

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