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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

3,833 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 192

A Driving Fatality

Evening News · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 6

TEMORA, Thursday.—Mr. Wm. Reynolds, a well-known resident of Deep Creek, aged 57 years, was driving a pair of horses from Murrumburrah. The animals bolted, and ran against a…

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Fatality Near Temora. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 6

William Reynolds, 64, farmer, was killed yesterday evening. Deceased was returning in a buggy from Harden, where he had a large farm, and had almost reached his home at Deep Creek, when the…

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Fatality to a Farmer. Temora

The Australian Star · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at Deep Creek yesterday evening, when William Reynolds (64), a well-known farmer, met with his death. From what can be learned the…

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Collision with a Jetty. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 4

Whilst entering Port Bellambi yesterday the steamer Franklin ran into the jetty, considerably damaging the structure, and the coal chutes, and sustaining some injuries herself…

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Dovedale-Silver Cloud Collision. Marine Court's Decision

Evening News · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 4

The Marine Court—Judge Murray and Captains Dakin and Jack (assessors)—delivered its reserved judgment to-day in the matter of the inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision…

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Cape Colony Raiders. Passage of the Orange River. Twelve Raiders Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Boor column led by Commandants Van Reenen and Luther 1000 strong, has crossed the Orange River out of Cape Colony…

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Drowning Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

Another of those unfortunate circumstances which tend to mar the pleasure of holiday making on the Nepean, took place during the Easter holiday, resulting in the…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. Decision in a Collision Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 14

Judge .Murray (president), as the result or an Inquiry recently held, delivered judgment in the collision case between the steamer Dovedale, bound for Newcastle, and the barquentine Silver…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Marray (President), and Captains Dakin and Jacks (Assessors.) the Dovedale-silver Cloud Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 7

The Court delivered its reserved decision in the matter of the collision between the steamer Dovedale and the barquentine Silver Cloud. His Honor the President said:—"The Court finds—1. That the…

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A Fatal Shooting Accident. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 10

A fatal gun accident occurred yesterday afternoon to a boy named William Davis, aged 14. The boy was out rabbit shooting with three younger lads. Deceased gate the weapon, which was a p[?] rifle, to…

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Accident at Eskbank. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

A very serious accident happened at the Eskbank works early on Thursday morning to a young man named Herbert Harradine, by which he had a narrow escape of being…

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Accident on the Zig-zag—views Showing the Perilous Position of the Engine. (Photos, by Mr. p. Hardwicke, Lithgow.) Accident on the Zig-Zag. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 38

A curious accident happened on the Ziz-Zag on the evening of Thursday, April 4, to a goods train from Penrith. It is simply wonderful how the engine escaped being precipitated…

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Strange Series of Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 April 1901 · page 8

A lad named William Davis, aged 14, lost his life through being accidentally shot by a companion. Davis, with a young brother, aged 9, and two other companions, Morris,…

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The Balmain Fatality

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 6

A finding of accidental death was returned by the city coroner on Saturday at a magisterial inquiry relating to the death of a child named William Coram, 4, which occurred that morning in the…

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An Old Man Injured

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 6

A miner named John Davis, 73, residing at 54 Eveleigh-street, Redfern, was crossing the roadway in Macquarie Place on Saturday, when he was knocked down by a cab, and afterwards struck…

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Collision at Post Adelaide. a Schooner Sunk. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 4

A collision occurred on Saturday night at the entrance to the Port River between the steamer Investigator, 345 tons (C. Anderson, master), and the schooner Mary Webster, 92…

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Collision of Coasters. Schooner Mary Webster Sinks. the Investigator Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A collision between two coasting vessels occurred near the port lighthouse on Saturday evening. The first intimation of the accident received on the land was the…

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Collision Off Largs Bay. a Schooner Capsized. No Lives Lost. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 7

A collision, on Saturday evening, attended with serious consequence, occurred off Largs Ray between the coasting steamer Investigator and the schooner Mary Wenster. a vessel engaged in the coasting trade…

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Tragedy at Mudgee. a Child Killed. Three Other Persons Injured. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 7

A tragedy occurred this morning about 10 o'clock, resulting in the death of a child, 3 months old, and serious injuries to three others person Alfred Kent, a quarter-caste labourer, residing at West End, is…

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Tragedy at Mudgee a Man Runs Amok. His Family Brutally Assaulted One Child Killed. Three Other Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 4

MUDGEE, Saturday.--A murderous attack look place here this morning about 9.30, in the west end of the town, when a man named Alfred Kent, attempted the murder of his wife, his mother,…

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