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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Victims of Te Sydenham Railway Accident. Portraits of the Killed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 531

JOHN JAMES MORRISON, Aged 31, Married, Engine-fitter, Railway Workshops. WILLIAM MORT. Aged 14½ years, Messenger, Short-street, Carlton…

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Accident to Miss Lottie Collins

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

Mr. and Mrs. Tait, the latter being better known as Miss Lottie Collins, had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday afternoon whilst driving in it buggy along the…

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Accident on the Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

GOULBURN, Friday.-- About 4 o'clock this morning, when between Gunning and Colong, an accident happened to a goods train from Harden. The wheel of a heavy eight-wheeled truck,…

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The Kaiser in Danger. Almost an Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Their Majesties the Emperor Wilheim II. and the Empress of Germany have narrowly escaped meeting with a serious accident in the streets of Berlin…

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The Sydenham Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 7

There are now, six patients in Prince, Alfred Hospital and one in the Marrickville Cottage Hospital, suffering from injuries received in the recent railway accident near Sydenham. Those…

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The Injured Gunners' Fund

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1901 · page 4

We have received the following acknowledgment from Colonel G. Crole Wyndham:— "Dear Sir,—I beg to acknowledge with…

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Fatal Accident in Melbourne. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1901 · page 7

A lorry driver named Chas. Hodder was killed at the North Brickworks today through being crushed between his lorry and a gate post…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1901 · page 7

An engineer named William Bingham, a married man, with five children, was run over by a tram in College street , Pyrment, about 10 o'clock last night. On…

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Tram Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 4

Another fatal accident was added on Saturday evening to the long list of electric tram casualties, the victim being an engineer named William F. Brigham, who resided at…

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Bluejackets Drowned

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, March 3, 1 p.m.-Owing to the capte of a boat in Bantry Bay, seven of the blue belonging to H.M.S. Resolution were drowned…

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Drowning Case at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 7

Within the past few weeks several persons have met there deaths by drowning whilst engaged fishing near Manly. Yesterday, at about 2,30 p.m., Charles Scott (17) was sitting on the…

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Drowned at Manly

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 4

Despite the danger, as shown by recent loss of life in this way, another case of drowning off the rocks at Manly is reported. Charles Scott, 17, was yesterday afternoon swept off…

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Mysteriously Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 4

George Pearson, who was found in King-street early on the morning of the 1st inst in an unconscious condition, and who was supposed to have been assaulted and robbed,…

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Injured While Diving

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 6

While diving from the steps at Fanner's Baths, Woolloomooloo Bay on Saturday, Mr. S. Harte, 26, organist at St. Patrick's Church, was seriously injured through striking his head against the…

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A Man Dangerously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 9

Between midnight and 1 o'clock on Saturday morning an elderly man, named Michael Counolley, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital, suffering from a large scalp wound and a compound fracture of the…

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Blue Jackets Drowned. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 7

Owing to the capsizing of a boat in Bantry Bay seven of the blue jackets belonging to H.M.S. Resolution were drowned…

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Seven Sailors Drowned. London, March 3

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 4

Owing to the capsizing of a boat in [?] Bay seven of the blue-jackets belonging to H.M.S. Resolution were drowned…

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A Youth Drowned. Washed Off the Rocks at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 7

A youth named Charles Scott, aged 17, was drowned near the mouth of the Curl Curl L[?]goo[?], near Manly, yesterday afternoon. It appears that Scott. who lived with his parents at 31 Union-street,…

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An Organist Injured. Concussion of the Spine

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 7

Mr. S. J. Harte, organist at St. Patrick's Church, met with a severe accident at Farmer's Baths, Woolloomooloo, about 1 p.m. on Saturday. It appears that he dived into…

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Accident to the Steamer Ouraka. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 7

The steamer Ouraka, while berthing in the Victoria Dock with between 3000 and 4000 tons of Newcastle coal aboard, collided with the jetty at the entrance of the dock. The force…

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