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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

3,833 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 192

A Fall of Forty Feet. Accident to a Caretaker

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 4

A serious accident happened to the assistant caretaker at the Alhambra Music Hall, Haymarket, about 9 o'clock this morning. It appears that the man, whose name is John Joseph King,…

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Cycling Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 6

BOWRAL, Monday.-A man named Albert Smith, in company with a friend, while cycling from Bowral to Wombeyan Caves on Saturday, met with e painful accident near Bullio. His bicycle struck…

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Serious Buggy Accident. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. Roderick Manmi, while driving on the Taraga-road last night, was thrown out of his sulky and received severe injuries to his head and ribs. It is feared that the injuries will prove fatal…

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Accident to a Cyclist. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. A. Smith, a Sydney cyclist, was proceeding from Bowral to Wombeyan Caves on Saturday in company with another cyclist and when going down a mountainous road near Bullio Smith's machine…

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Accident at Parramatta. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 4

A serious accident occurred about 10 o'clock this morning to Mr. Lindsey, the secretary of Mr. Sandford's election committee. He was driving down Church-street in his buggy…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 4

The local boards appointed in connection with the Miners' Accident Relief Fund are dissatisfied with the treatment of the central secretary. It is stated that the information…

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Fearful Fall. Accident at the Alhambra Shocking Injuries to a Caretaker

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 5

The Alhambra Music Hall, 726 George- street, was the scene of a terrible accident this morning, by which a labourer named John Joseph King, about 52 years of age, met…

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Accidental Deaths

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 7

Inquiries were held yesterday by Mr. J. C. Woore, the City Coroner, into the death of the young man Samuel Holden, who fell from a cart in George-street on the 6th inst., and…

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The Country. Accident to a Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 3

BOWRAL, Saturday. -- A painful and somewhat peculiar, accident happened this morning to Mr. Albert Smith, of Sydney. Accompanied by a fellow-cyclist, he was proceeding to the…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 8

The body of an old man named Alfred Banks, a master mariner, 76 years of age, was found this morning floating in the waters of the inner basin at Carrington. The deceased had been employed…

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Pymble Drowning Case

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

The City Coroner proceeded to Pymble yesterday and held an inquiry into the death of the schoolboy Arthur Dunningham, who was drowned while bathing with some…

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The St. Ives Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

An inquiry was held by the City Coroner at St. Ives yesterday into the circumstances of the death of Arthur Dunningham (12); who was drowned in a dam at St. Ives on Monday. The deceased, who was a State…

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Collision with a Cart

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

Phillip Badier (13), living in Windsor-avenue, Rosedale, was admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital last night suffering from a fractured left leg. He received the injury through a horse he…

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Drowned in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 5

Mr. G. C. Martin, district coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at Clarendon Hotel yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Alfred Banks, whose body was found floating in the…

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Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 10

A young man named George Lamming, trucker, employed at Block 14, was early to-day smothered in a mullock shoot. Deceased was at South Shoot on the surface shovelling skimpings down to the 100ft…

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The Leichhardt Fatality. Funeral of Fireman Roberts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 6

The remains of Assistant-Station-Officer Edward John Roberts, who met with a tragic end at Leichhardt, on Monday morning, were interred with full fire brigade honors at Waverley yesterday…

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Fatality at Hartley Vale. a Publican Crushed to Death. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 5

A fatality occurred at Hartley Vale yesterday afternoon, by which George Burrows, licensee of the Vale Hotel, met his death in a shocking manner. It appears…

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Accident to Ned Burden

Referee · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

Ned Burden, the clever, straightgoing Sydney light-weight, is, I'm sorry to say, laid up suffering from the effects of a severe accident. While pursuing his vocation of a…

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Accident to Ned Burden

Referee · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

Ned Rurden, the clover, straightgoing Sydney light-weight,. is, I'm sorry to say. laid up suffering from the effects of a severe accident. While parpuing his vocation of a…

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The Accident at Camden Haven. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 10

William Dawson, who was injured at the Breakwater Works at Camden Haven, is suffering very much from shack, and is in a critical state. This afternoon, at the hospital, Dr. Gormley, with the…

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