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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Found Drowned. In Darling Harbour

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 4

The body of a man at present unknown was found floating in Darling Harbour yesterday near the Margaret-street wharves. The Water Police wore informed, and on…

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Drowned in the Nepean. PENRITH,Saturday

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

The news was brought down the river last night that the Nepean had added another victim to its ready very long list. It appears that a member of a camping party, a Mr…

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The Fate of the Federal. a Spiritualist Consulted. By the Relatives of the Drowned. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 5

Now that the Federal is definitely known to have been lost there is a good deal of speculation as to how the vessel went to her doom. With a desire for more information regarding…

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Serious Cycle Accident

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 2

About 9.45 p.m. on Thursday James [?] Harrison, 14, son of Mr. Michael Harrison, of Dora street, Hurstville, was riding a bicycle along the Forest-road, Hurtstville, near the Blue post…

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Country News. Railway Accidents. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 6

A mixed train with some 36 trucks was coming to Eskbank from Penrith on Thursday evening and when on the top road of the Zigzag it developed a high speed on the steep descending grade. The…

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Accident on the Zigzag. Train Narrowly Escapes Destruction. Marvellous Escape of Driver and Fireman. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 6

Yet another very serious accident on the zig-zag has to be chronicled, and as in the other cases to a goods train. It appears that a mixed train from Penrith to Eskbank was…

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The Zigzag Accident. a Departmental Inquiry

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 5

The sensational accident which occurred to a goods train on the Zig-Zag a few days ago is being made the subject of a searching departmental investigation. An inquiry was…

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Buggy Accident at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 5

Captain M'Murtrey, of the barque Lodore, now in Sydney, met with a very painful accident on Saturday. He was in a buggy, one of the wheels of which got between the…

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Another Zigzag Accident. Engine Hangs Over a Precipice. Driver's Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 5

LITHGOW, Saturday.--Another accident, illustrating the dangerous character of the Zigzag, occurred on Thursday night. It is stated that the train was a mixed one,…

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The Darling Harbor Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

The body of the man found floating in Darling Harbor, near the Margaret-street wharves, on Sunday, has been identified as being that of John M'Dermaid, 39, laborer. The deceased was…

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Drowned in Darling Harbour

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 4

The City Coroner held a magisterial inquiry this morning in connection with the death of John M'Dermald, whose body was found floating in the harbour at the foot of…

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A Tram-conductor Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 6

It was only to he expected that accidents should occur yesterday amongst the tramway employees, working so arduously to maintain the services in which they were variously…

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The Country. Shooting Fatality at Havilah

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 5

MUDGEE, Monday.--A shooting accident happened this afternoon between Lue and Havilah, about 16 miles from Mudgee, when a young man, Frederick C. Campbell, of Church-street,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. a Man Shot Dead

Evening News · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 2

The list of holiday accidents on Easter Monday was unusually small. The only one of a serious nature reported in the city was the case of a tram conductor named…

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Accident to the Prinzregent Luitpold. Injury to Her Port Screw Shaft. a Delay of 12 Hours. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 7

The arrival of the German mail steamer, PrinzRegent Luitpold, which was due from Sydney at 10 o'clock this morning, was delayed fully 12 hours owing to the snapping of one of her propeller shafts…

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Country News. Fatal Shooting Accident. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 6

A fatal shooting accident occurred to-day. A shooting party consisting of Messrs. F. C. Campbell, Joseph Daly, and S. Albert were duck shooting, and surrounded a dam about a mile from Lue. Daly, it is…

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Accident to a Tram Conductor

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

Arthur Collins, 23. tram conductor, residing in Windsor-street, Paddington, fell off a tram bear the Randwick terminus, yesterday, and sustained a fracture of the skull. The Civil…

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Darling Harbor Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 10

The death of John M'Dermoid, whose body was found floating in Darling Harbor, near the Margaret-street wharves, on Sunday, was inquired info by the City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Moore, at the…

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Fatality at an Engineering Works

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 11

The death of William West (44), which took place at Prince Alfred Hospital on Monday, formed the subject of an inquest at the institution yesterday before the City Coroner, Mr. J…

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Scalded to Death. Fatality in a Foundry

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

The circumstances relating to the death of William West, 42, an engine driver, employed at Hoskins's Foundry, formed the subject of an inquest yesterday by the city coroner, at Prince…

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