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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

3,833 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 192

The Injured Gunners

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

So far subscriptions [?]n aid of the injured gunners are coming [?]n very well, and though, as one of the men is disabled for life, a considerable sum is required to give practical and…

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The Shooting Fatality. Further Evidence. The Inquest Resumed

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 5

The City Coroner continued the inquiry, this morning .into the death of Maurice Purtill, which occurred in the Balmain Cottage Hospital on the 6th instant…

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The Shooting Fatality. Farther Evidence. The Dying Depositions

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 6

The City- Coroner yesterday afternoon continued his inquest into, the death of Maurice Purtell, which occurred in the Balmain Cottage Hospital on the 6th' inst…

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Bun Over by a Train. a Carpenter Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 7

At an early hour yesterday a carpenter named James Adam, employed by Messrs. Goodlet and Smith, and who resides at Croydon attempted to board a moving train, with…

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Accident to Mb. Grant, M.l.c

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 6

WAGGA, Thursday Afternoon.-The Hon. C. H. Grant, M.L.C., of Tasmania, met with a serious accident yesterday. When returning Cran from the Commonwealth celebrations he brake his journey…

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Accident at a Railway Station. Man's Leg Amputated

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 5

About 6 a.m. yesterday James Adam (32), residing at Canterbury, attempted to board a train at Croydon railway station, en route to Sydney from Homebush, The man missed his…

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The Injured Gunners

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 4

A most attractive programme has been arranged for a benefit display of military sports, which will be given this afternoon in the Agricultural Society's Grounds, in Moore Park…

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Injured Soldiers' Benefit

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

The programme for the benefit for the injured soldiers, to be held on the Agricultural Society's Grounds, Moore Park, to-day, has been issued. The 15 items which…

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Serious Accident Near Seymour. Three Men Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 9

A serious accident occurred this evening at Northwood, in the Seymour district. Ten men, who had been engaged bealing out a bush fire, were returing to town in a spring dray. The horse…

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Sad Drowning Case. a Plucky Woman. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

A telegram form Goon[?] states that several girls were bathing in the river yesterday afternoon, when Gladys Bishop, a daughter of the local postmaster, got beyond…

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The Shooting Fatality. Further Evidence. Justifiable Homicide

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

The Coroner's inquest into the death of the young man Maurice Purtill, which occurred in the Balmain Cottage Hospital on the 6th inst., was continued yesterday afternoon…

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Two Swagmen Drowned. Swept Away in a Flood. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

The police have received a wire from Clare to the effect that two unknown swagmen, supposed to be from Bowen, were drowned while attempting to cross the Burdekin River…

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Browing Accident's

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

BRISEANE. Friday.-The police have received a wire from Ciare, 10 the effect that two unknown swagmen, supposed to be from bo[?]en [?] drowned while attempting to cross the Burdekin…

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Miners' Accident Belief Board

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

Excellency the' Laeutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased appoint the Hon. John Lionel Fegan, (chairman), Sir William M'Maian,…

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Accident to a Farmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 10

On Thursday morning a farmer named Charles [?] residing at Baulkham Hills, was received into the Parramatta District Hospital in an unconscious slate, suffering from injuries to his…

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Personal. Miners' Accident Relief Board

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 8

The following gentlemen have been appointed as members of the New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board:-- Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.P. (chairman), Sir William M'Millan, Messrs. A…

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The Injured Detective

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 7

Detective Toomey, of Brisbane, who," while on duty in Sydney for the Federal Celebrations, was stabbed in the back with a butcher's knife, near the Post-offlce, is…

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The Gun Accident. for the Three Soldiers Disabled

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 7

£ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 0 7 0 Help-in-Need Society ............ 2 2 0…

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Accident in Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 4

Early on Thursday morning a man named Chas. Haridine, a farmer, of Baulkham Hills, was brought to the Parramatta Hospital, suffering from a bad cut on the head and severe…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 8

A child named Clifford Bradshaw, 8 years of age, was drowned yesterday morning in a dam on the Australian Agricultural Company's Estate, off Darby-street. It appears from statements furnished…

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