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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

4,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 229

Collision in Port Phillip. Two Vossels Damaged. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 5

The heavy gale which blew last night in Port Phillip was the cause of a collision between the Government steamer Albert and the pilot schooner Hawk. The Albert…

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Three Men Injured. Collapse of a Tripod. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 6

This morning a serious accident happened at the premises of the Standard Shot and Leather Co., Adelaide. Stock was being shifted to a new building, and a wooden tripod…

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The Harbor Sensation. Result of an Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 6

The incident which occurred on the ferry steamer Kurraba yesterday, and which created quite a sensation at the time of its happening, was not, it has been explained, an attempt at…

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Billy M'kell Goes Under. [Turner Top-sawyer All the Way. An Accident and a Decision In the Eleventh Round

Referee · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 7

Bob Turner ami Billy M'Kell tackled each other at the "Goto" on Saturday night before a full house. Doth shaped in excellent condition but as far as appearances…

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A Terrible Accident. Townsville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 13

A terrible accident occurred at Rooney's Mills, Ross River, yesterday. John Raftery, aged 19 years, was engaged in repairing a belt beside the main shaft under the mill, and by some means the belt…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 7

The lad Scharenberg, who had one of his hands crushed last week, underwent an operation in Sydney, when two of his fingers were amputated. Yesterday a man named Michael Vaughan had a…

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A Shooting Accident., Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 7

Yesterday a peculiar accident (happened at Mount Kembla. A resident was in the act of firing at a black snake, when just as he fired a woman named Jenkins happened to get into the line of fire to push…

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Accident on the Western Railway Line. a Horse Cut to Pieces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 10

The Western passenger train, due to arrive in Sydney at 4.20 p.m. yesterday, was delayed about 20 minutes owing to an accident on the line between two and three miles on the Sydney side…

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Accident on S.s. Eastern

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

William Turnbull, aged 54, residing in Collins-street, Balmain, was admitted at the Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday evening. Turnbull, who is a fireman on the s.s. Eastern,…

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Accidentally Shot. Mittagong

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 7

Two boys named M'Glynn, of Hill Top, were out rabbit shooting, and when fossicking at burrows their gun accidentally went off, the charge wounding Lester…

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Accident at a Railway Crossing. Things Might Have Been Worse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 8

PENRITH, Tuesday.--A unique sight presented itself at the Penrith railway station this afternoon. when the Mountain passenger train steamed in. On the front of the…

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Sensational Accident to a Parramatta Young Lady

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

Just as the evening train from Penrith to Sydney had started out on its journey on Monday and was travelling about five miles an hour, Miss Kate Smith, of Parramatta, who…

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Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

Yesterday a child named Henry Patrick Bowes, aged three years and nine months, residing with his parents at 9 Leichhardt streel, Wavrley, was drowned in the bath. A lady…

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Burning Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

A case of burning, which was reported in last night's "Star," has proved fatal. The deceased is Rachael Coutre, aged 9, of 160 Camden-street, Newtown. When she was…

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Manly Bathing Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 9

"G.G.H " write suggesting " that the dangerous spots—and they show themselves on the surface of the water and of which there exist about four on that beach—should be marked by the council on the stone…

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Child Drowned in Bath

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 5

A child named Henry Patrick Bowes, aged 3 years and 9 months, was found drowned in a bathroom at his parents' residence, Leichhardt-street, Waverley on Wednesday Mrs. Myra…

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Drowned in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 6

At about half-past 5 yesterday afternoon the dead body of a man was seen flouting in Kerosene Bay. It was soon recovered by the water police,and taken to the North Morgue…

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Drowned in a Tub

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 7

An Inquiry was held by the City Coroner (Mr. Woore) at Waverley yesterday, in connection with the death of Henry Bowes, a boy 3 years and 9 months old, of No. 98…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Child Drowned in a Bath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 8

Shortiy before 11 o'clock yesterday morning a child named Henry Patrick sea[?]on Bowes, aged 4 years, was found drowned in a bathroom at his parents residence. Leichhardt-street, Waverley. Mrs. Myra…

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