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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Fatal Riding Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday.--Information was conveyed to the police here last night of an accident by which Mr. J. R. Stewart, a resident of Talmalmo Upper Murray, lost his life. Particulars to…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 6

A domestic servant named Alary Morrison (23), in the employ of Mrs. W. E. Carlisle, of Cross-street, Bradley's Head, Mosman, was the victim of a serious burning accident early last evening…

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Accident at the Power House

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 6

Shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday Arthur Herbert (24), residing at Great Buckingham-street, Redfern, fell from a scaffold at the Ultimo Power House, a distance of 20ft. He was…

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Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 12

Mary Morrison (23), domestic servant, who was severely burned at Bradley's Head, Mosman, on Thursday evening, died at the North Sydney Hospital early yesterday morning. The…

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Accidentally Drowned at Mulgoa. the Coronial Inquiry

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 4

An inquiry into the circumstances attending the drowning of Arthur James Turnbull, in the butter-factory dam, Mulgoa, on Sunday morning last, was conducted the following day by Mr A Judgas,…

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The Fatality at Botany

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 4

A meeting of all those who were present on the Eclipse on Sunday on the occurrence of the fatal accident at Botany (of whom Mr. G. A. Smith, of Prospect, was one) and of the…

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A Young Man Drowned at Sans [?]

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

ON Sunday evening a young man named Arthur Conlon, a resident of Glebe-street, Glebe, lost his life by drowning at Sans Sou[?] He was one…

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Collision in Pitt Street. An Exciting Time

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 7

A serious collision, that might easily have been attended with fatal consequences, occurred between a Pitt street tram and a two horsed waggon at corner of Pitt and Spring…

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A Young Man Drowned at Sans Souci

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 56

A party of excursionists, who enjoyed the pleasures of a launch picnic at George's River on Sunday,. had a painful and exciting experience at the close of the day, which resulted in the death…

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Several Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 4

The stampede resulted in several accidents, but fortunately no fatalities have been reported, Trooper Upton, of "C" Company, was knocked down and trampled upon in trying to stem the…

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Accident to a Somnambulist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 11

Early this morning Constable C. H. Archinal removed a young man, a visitor to Sydney, named Edward Maher, from 56 Dowling-street, Woo[?]mooloo, to the Sydney Hospital. Maher was suffering…

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Perils of Sleep-walking. Accident to a Young Man

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

Edward Maher, a young man, who resides at Douglas Park, near Picton, and who is on a visit to Sydney, was staying last night at 56 Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo. Early this…

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Stampede of Horses. The Charge of the Two Hundred. a Frantic Break for Freedom. Excitement in the City. Narrow Escapes and Accidents

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 7

Here they come Look out! A frantic Scatter to left and right, a flashlight of eager faces, a babel of query and conjecture, and the phantoms of the night dash into…

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The Accidents

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 7

Many accidents, some serious, and some trifling, were occasioned by the stampede. Many persons were knocked down, either by the horses, or other persons or vehicles…

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Casualties. Accident to an Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 12

Charles Badgary (42), engineer on the s.s. Mimira, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from n fracture of both bones of the right foot near the ankle, caused by a…

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The Stampede of Horses. Several Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 12

The sensational stampede of contingent horses from the camp at the old Paddington rifle range resulted in remarkably few accidents. In the first wild rush, Trooper Upton, of C Company,…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1902 · page 8

Mr. A. J. Smith, one of the principals of the Riverina High School, accompanied by his wife, brother, and five children, drove to Indigo Falls, on the Beechworth-road,…

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Among the Tombs. St. Jude's, Randwick. Some Military Men—The Twelfth Regiment—Some Old Soldiers—Sir Frederick Pottinger—The "Field of Wheogo"—Sir Frederick Accidentally Shot. II

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1902 · page 7

THERE are many elaborate and interesting memorials to the dead in St. Jude's Cemetery. The pines, which grow in profusion in some parts, make the place more sombre than "cities…

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A Drowning Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1902 · page 8

A linotype operator named Walter Verrell, employed in the "Mercury" office, where he had served his apprenticeship, was drowned in the Derwent on Saturday. With an elderly man named…

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Street Fatality

The Australian Star · Monday 3 February 1902 · page 2

Mrs. Letitia Wilson, aged 48, of Wallace- street, Braidwood, who was on a visit to her mother in Surry- street, Surry Hills, slipped and fell to the pavement yesterday afternoon…

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