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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

3,833 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 192

Jarrahdale Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 7

The inquest touching the death of Samuel Daws, engine driver, from injuries received in the recent accident on the serpentiae line of the Jarrandale railway, concluded on Saturday. The…

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Accident to a Carter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 7

John rigby (47), a carter, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital by Dr. Cameron yesterday afternoon, suffering from severe internal injuries, caused by being crushed between the wheel of his cart and a wall in a lane off…

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Tram Accident Case. Application by the Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 8

The case of Gritton against the Railway Commissioners, in which plaintiff obtained a verdict of £225, was before the Full Court, an application being made for a rule nisi for a new trial…

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Serious Railway Accident. Collapse of a Culvert

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A serious railway accident has occurred at Lo-fa, on the Tientsin and Pekin railway line, about midway between the two cities…

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Strange Shooting Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 3

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—A shooting fatality occurred here last night. Edward Henry Schmutter, eldest son of Mr. Philip Schmutter, manager of the municipal gasworks, aged 19, was…

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A Burning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 8

A little girl named Gladys Oldham, 4 years of age, lately residing with her parents at Kendall-street, Lambton, died in the Wallsand mining district hospital this morning from the effects of burns received…

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Shooting Fatality. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 10

Last night a party of young fellows were going possum-shooting, when one of them named Bourke accidentally shot Edwurd Schmutte, 18, son of the gas works manager, who died during the night…

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Shooting Fatality. a Youth Killed at Armidale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 7

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--A distressing shooting accident occurred last evening, by which a young man named Edward Schmutter, son of Mr. Phillip Schmutter, manager of the Municipal Gas Works,…

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A Foul Blow. Jockey Johnson Injured

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 6

JOSEPH JOHNSON (20), described as a packer, but who also states that he is well-known jockey, now has in a critical condition in the Sydney Hospital, suffering from an…

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A Harbour Collision. The Leichhardt and the Moa. Marine Court Inquiry

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 5

The collision which took place between the ferry steamer Leichhardt and the sailing boat Moa in Sydney Harbour on Sunday, February 17 last, formed the subject of inquiry by the…

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Another Harbor Collision. a Sailing Boat Cut Down To-day's Marine Inquiry

Evening News · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 4

The Marine Court—Judge Murray and Captains Arthur Hay and John Mackenzie (assessors)— held an inquiry to-day into the circumstances attending a collision which took place in Sydney…

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Accident at Cockle Creek. Result of an Inquest. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 4

An inquest was held at Wallsend yesterday on the body of Mathew Tudor, who died in the local hospital on the previous day. The medical evidence showed that death was due…

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Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 7

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry at the Children's Hospital, Glebe, yesterday morning into the circumstances connected with the death of Dorothy Kidd, aged nine…

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Another Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 8

A young single man named Martin P. Kane, 21 years of age, employed as a shunter on the railways was killed this evening in the Newcastle shunting yards. It appears that deceased was told off to…

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A Remarkable Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 7

Shortly before 7 o'clock last night, a young man, Martin P. Kane, a shunter, employed in Newcastle railway yard, was killed while at work near the Customs House. He was seen to…

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Railway Fatality. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 8

At about twenty minutes to 7 last evening a young man named Ernest Kane was kitted in the shunting-yards at the Newcastle Railway Station. He was engaged shunting, and…

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The Thelma-benelon Collision

Evening News · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 3

The Marine Court—Judge Murray and Captains Arthur Hay and John Mackenzie (assessors)—also held an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances attending a collision between the Sydney Ferries,…

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Benelon-thelma Collision. Marine Court Inquiry

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 7

The collision off Fort Macquarie on the morning of March £3, between the horse-boat Benelon, belonging to the Sydney Ferries, Limited, and the steamer Thelma, owned by…

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Thelma-benelon Collision. "Boat's Like Noah's Ark."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 8

The circumstances attending the collision between the steamers Thelma and Benelon (horse ferry), which occurred on March 23, were inquired into…

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Leichhabdt-moa Collision. Remarks by the Court. Divided Duties of Masters

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 7

After having heard a quantity of evidence on both sides concerning the running down of the sailing boat Moa by the ferry steamer Leichhardt, on the morning of Sunday,…

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