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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

3,833 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 192

Accidentally Poisoned. Corowa

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

At Daysdale on Sunday afternoon a man named Rene Griffin, aged 27, accidentally, poisoned himself by drinking from a bucket containing a solution of arsenic used for poisoning rabbits. He mistook the…

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Accident

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

Mr. L. Lindsay (Mr. Sandford's general secretary), while seated in a buggy in Church-street, Parramatta, on Tuesday morning, was thrown out violently, a cart colliding with the buggy and…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Braidwood

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

Mr. R. Mannix, who received severe injuries owing to a sulky accident, died this afternoon. An inquest will be held to-morrow…

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A Sulky Accident. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 5

A young woman named Florence Primmer had an exceedingly narrow escape from being killed yesterday afternoon. She was driving into town with a Mrs. Cullen, and the…

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Accident at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

A German named Artois Hoffman (27), employed as a fireman on board the German-Australian liner Essen, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a…

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Accident at the Alhambra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 7

The assistant caretaker of the Alhambra Musichall, Haymarket, John Joseph King (50), met with a serious accident yesterday by falling through a skylight of the building on to the…

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Parramatta and District. Accident to an Election Agent

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 6

Mr. Lindsay, agent for Mr. Sandford, one of the candidates for the representation of Parramatta in the Federal House of Representatives, met with a painful accident yesterday morning. He…

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A Child Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 6

The dead body of a newly-born child was found floating in the water at Mosman's Bay last night by a man named George Glover, employed as a watchman on a Government punt. He…

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Tram Accident

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 2

Alfred Edward York, who is stated to be a farmer from the Emu Plains district, met with a serious accident in George-street, near Hunter-street, on Wednesday night. York had alighted…

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Accidents in the Country

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 6

LITHGOW, Wednesday.-The number of accidents that have occurred in or near the town during the past fortnight has been phenomenal. The latest added to the list are two which…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at Joppa, about four miles from Goulburn, last evening, the victim being Mr. Arthur Moses Hunt, 20 years of age, son of Mr. James Evans Hunt, dairyman. The young man left…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 7

Joseph Peters, wharf labourer, was stricken down with sunstroke while working yesterday afternoon on the P. and O. steamer Australia. He was admitted for treatment at the Sydney…

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Gun Accident Near Goulburn. a Young Man Killed. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 6

A shocking gun accident happened at Joppa, Hear Goulburn, last evening, by which a young, man named Arthur Moses Hunt, aged 20 years, a son of Mr. James Hunt, dairyman…

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Accident to a Tram Conductor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 6

Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a tram conductor, named Thomas Collins, residing in Regent-street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital suffering from severe scalp wounds. He was…

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Supposed Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 5

Our Sutherland correspondent telegraphs that shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the dead body of a woman was found lying on a beach close to the punt at Tom Ugly's Point,…

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Drowned in George's River

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 6

SUTHERLAND, Thursday Afternoon.-The body of an unknown woman has been found floating, face downwards, in George's River, near Tom Ugly's Point…

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A Child Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 7
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Nellie Foster, 3 years of age, was admitted by Dr. Gordon Davidson, to the Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday, suffering from a broken leg, the result of a fall down some…

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A Young Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 5
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At an early hour this morning a young man named Frederick Daveson was admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital suffering from a large flesh wound over the heart. The injured man is stated…

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