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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

3,833 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 192

A Painful Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 11

John Blake, a resident of Abattoir-road. Balmain, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital by Dr. Hart yesterday, suffering from severe injuries to the chest. Blake was driving a horse…

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200 Soldiers Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 April 1901 · page 8

The Turkish transport Arnslan was wrecked in the Red Sea. There were 2500 Turkish troops and 100 pilgrims on board at the time…

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The Cause of the Accident

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1901 · page 2

An Engineer writes:—"In reading the newspaper report of the evidence given at the coroner's inquest as to the cause of the death of George Kemp, one of the men…

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Fatal Accident. at Randwick Sewer Shafts

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1901 · page 2

On Monday, by a fall of earth at the sewerage trenches being constructed at Randwick, one man, George Kemp, was killed, and another, Edward Milner, severely…

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Lillie Bridge Soup-plate. Accident to a Jockey

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1901 · page 6

WHILE riding in a race at Lillie Bridge yesterday, William Woodham, 45, jockey, received internal injuries. His horse fell, and he was thrown severely to the ground. He was…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A man named John Kilgannon, aged 31 years, a resident of, Clara-street, Marrickville, was on Saturday found drowned in a waterhole at Marrickville. The body was found…

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Drowned at Marrickville

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 3

A laborer named John Kilgannon, 30, residing at O'Hara-street, Marrickville, was on Saturday found drowned in a waterhole near the Marrickville Railway Station. The deceased suffered…

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Accidents in the Country

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 6

MOREE, Saturday.—A young man named Fred. Williams, aged 19 years, has been brought in from Terry Hie Hie, suffering from a fractured thigh and ankle, caused by his horse running him into…

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Painful Accident

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 6

A young man employed at Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons' stables, at Redfern, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday, suffering from a terrible wound in the face. He was…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 3

A middle-aged woman named Mary Marshall, a resident of Marrickville, fell from a Mosman's Bay tram on Saturday evening, and sustained a fracture of the left thigh…

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Accident at Lillie Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 6

William Woodham, a resident of Camden, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital by Dr. Blue on Saturday suffering from internal injuries and shock. Woodham was driving a horse in a…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 6
Also in Evening News

The Deputy-City Coroner (Dr. R. H. Todd) held an inquiry yesterday into the death of John Kilgannon, aged 31 years, and a resident of O'Hara-street, Marrickville, who was…

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Fatality at Parkes

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 4

PARKES, Tuesday.—James Robertson, 67 years of age, had his neck broken yesterday through being thrown out of a cart, caused by the wheels running into a rut. The deceased was on his…

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Injured by a Ladder

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 8

Before Judge Murray, in the District Court on Monday, Elizabeth Levy, widow, of 4 Hudson-street, Redfern, brought an action against F. E. Munro, contractor, of Moorgate-street,…

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First Aid to the Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 6

GOULBURN, Monday.--The seventh annual demonstration of the Railway Ambulance Corps was held on Saturday night, being on a scale exceeding in magnitude anything previously…

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A Storeman's End. Drowned in a Foot of Water

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 9

Dr. R. H. Todd (Deputy City Coroner) held on inquiry at the Coroner's Court, Chancerysquare, yesterday, into the circumstances connected with the death of John Ktilgannon…

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A Fatal Accident. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3

A man named James Roberston, aged about 67, a native of Scotland, was to-day driving along the Molong-road, in the vicinity of the Grand Hotel, in a springcart laden with furniture and other articles,…

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A Fatal Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 6

A married man named Matthew Tudor, 36, lately residing at North Waratah, died in the Wallsend Mining District Hospital to-day from the effects of injuries received on Friday last at the Sulphide…

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