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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

The death of Albert E. Sinclair (16), which took place at the Sydney Hospital on Thursday, after an operation had been performed upon his leg, formed the subject of on inquest at the Coroner's…

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Accident While Rathing

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

ON Tuesday afternoon, last a shocking accident befel a lad named William Coles, living in Farr-street, Rockdale. From what we can ascertain it appears…

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Scalding Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon a child named, Spencer Llewellyn Lewis, aged 3½ years, residing with his parents in O'Connell-street, North, was admitted into the…

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Death of Father M'Glone. A Shocking Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

The Rev. Father Patrick M'Glone, for some years curate at St. Patrick's, Parramatta, met with a terribly sudden end at Lithgow on Thursday night…

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A Sad Scalding Accident. A Magisterial Enquiry. A Little Boy Falls into a Tub of Hot Water

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon a sad accident occurred at the residence of Mr. W. Lewis, of O'Connell-street, Parramatta North, by which his son Llewellyn Spencer Lewis…

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Tragic Death of a Ryde Resident. A Shocking Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

News reached Ryde early on Tuesday evening to the effect that Mr. E. H. Thiele, the well-known newsagent of Church-street, Ryde, and for many years…

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Drowned at Manly. Fisherman Falls From the Cliffs

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 7

An engineer named Rowley, who resided at Stanley-Street, Burwood, went to Blue Nose Point, on the ocean beach in the Manly Quarantine Station, accompanied by…

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A Seaman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 7

Early on Saturday morning the officers of the Australian Ambulance Association removed a seaman, named August Burmeister, front the collier South Australian, lying at Smith's Wharf,…

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Fatality on Manly Cliffs. Gallant Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon an engineer named William Rowles, aged 48, residing at Messrs. Farleigh. Nettheim's Tansery, Stanley-street, Conoord, fell from the cliffs at Bluefish Rocks, Quarantine Ground,…

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Terrible Fatality. a Man Falls Over the Cliffs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

A find fatality occurred at Manly on Saturday afternoon, a man named "Walter Rowles falling from the cliffs near the Quarantine Station, and meeting with almost instantaneous death…

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Accident to a Boy

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

Two boys were wrestling in Campbell-street, Newtown, when one of them, named Arthur Sparks, aged 13, fell, and the wheel of a passing waggon wont over his foot. He was…

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Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5

A man named Michael Finnegan, 37, residing in Wattle-street, fell from an electric tram in George-street last night and sustained concussion of the brain. He was taken…

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Parramatta and District. Accident in the Park

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 3

During the holding of the memorial service in Parramatta Park on Saturday afternoon a man named Darke, 74 years of ago, was standing near the top of the steep hill overlooking the scene,…

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Accidents. Electric Shock From a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 7

An accident of a serious nature occurred to a conductor on one of the North Shore trams the other evening. The tram was proceeding along Alfred-street from Milson's Point, and near the…

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The Manly Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 7

The death of William Lizard Rowles, who fell from the cliffs at Manly on Saturday evening, and died soon afterwards, formed the subject of an inquiry held by the city coroner on Monday at…

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Inquests. This Manly Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 8

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, conducted an inquest at the Lloyd Hotel yesterday into the circumstances of the death of Walter Rowles (48), of Stanley-street, Croydon, who…

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That Peculiar Tram Accident. What the Authorities Say

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

With reference to the accident to a conductor named Edward Crittenden, who received a shock while stepping from one car to another on the North Sydney tramline on Sunday, the railway…

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Queensland. Fatal Gun Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 6

While a young man named Otto Mantofel, residing at Matton, waa cleaning a [?] it went off, the bullet entering his stomach. Mantofel died the next day from the injuries received…

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Electric Tram Accident. Statement by the Electrical Engineer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 7

Concerning the accident to a conductor named Edward Crittenden on a North Shore electric tram the other evening the Government electrical engineer informed a "Star"…

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Casualties. Accident to a Wharf-laborer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 7

A wharf-laborer named John Franklin, residing in Kent-street, was loading wool on the steamer Star of Victoria, at the Pyrmont Railway Wharf yesterday, when a bale fell upon him, fracturing…

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