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Accidents, 1902

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An Old Lady Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 6

Late last night the Civil Ambulance Brigade conveyed Mrs. Alice Banks, 81 years of ago, from her residence in Kingsclear-road, Alexandria, to the Prince Alfred Hospital, suffering from a…

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Fatalities and Casualties. Tram Accident in Oxford-street. a Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 7

Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a man named Alee Kelly, aged 31, living in Abercrombiestreet, Golden Grove, met with a serious tram accident at the corner of Oxford and Flinders streets. It…

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Railway Fatality Near Arncliffe. a Government Official Decapitated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 5

A serious accident occurred near the Ar[?]cliffe Railway Station shortly before six o'clock yesterday morning by which Mr. George Sackville Ridley lost his life. It appears that after passing the…

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Killed by a Kick. Sad Fatality at Grenfell. GRENFELL

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 7

Mr. Alfred Aston, grazier, of Arramagong East, near Grenfell, succumbed yesterday, in the Grenfell Hospital, to injuries received through being .kicked by a horse, which he…

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The Arncliffe Railway Fatality. Inquest on Mr. Ridley. the Engine-driver's Story

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 3

The city coroner held an inquest yesterday into the circumstances under which George Sackville Ridley met his death at about daybreak that morning, on the railway line between Arncliffe…

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Run Over by a Train. Fatality Near Arncliffe. Mr. G. S. Ridley Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 7

Mr. George Sackville Ridley, an inspector in the Auditor-General's office, met with a shocking death on the Illawarra railway line, near Arncliffe, yesterday morning…

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An Exciting Chase. Several Shots Exchanged. Prisoners Wounded Seven Times. the Woman Also Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The chase after Edward and John Biddle and Mrs. Soffel was continued for a distance of 30 miles, during which the pursuing sheriffs frequently got…

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The Loss of the Steamer Walla Walla. Collision with the French Barque Max. Off the Coast of California. Particulars by the R.m.s. Aorangi

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 6

Canadian files to hand by the R.M.S. Aorangi contain details of the disastrous collision at sea between the Vancouver-San Francisco liner Walla Walla and the French barque…

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The Boer War. a Collision With Be Wet. the Boers' Bold Charge. New Zealanders to the Rescue. De Wet Escapes with Six Followers. London, February 3

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 4

A sharp engagement took place on January 25 at Leeuwspruit, In the north- east of the Orange River Colony, between a portion of General de Wet's force and…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 3

Mrs. Emma Schultz, 70 years of age, who resides at the Wool- brokers' Arms Hotel, Pyrmont, was coming down stairs last night when she slipped and fell. Her left leg, which…

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The Railway Tragedy Inquest on Mr. G. S. Ridley. His Mind Affected by an Accident. Coroner and Jury in Con[?]jet

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 7

The railway tragedy between Arnc[?]ffe and Rockdale yesterday, involving the death of George Sackville Ridley, an official of the Auditor- General's Department, was the…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 8

A resident of Bendigo named Walker, who, with his wife and three children was spending a holiday at Flinders, was drowned to-day while bathing. He was a member of a picnic party which was spending…

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A Street Collision. 'Bus-driver Fined

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Samuel Galbraith Alexander, 22, licensed 'bus-driver, was charged with negligently driving a 'bus in Pitt-street, on January 27. so as to endanger the…

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Police Courts. A. Pitt-street Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 10

At the Wafer Police Court, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Samuel Galbraith Alexander (22), licensed 'bus- driver, was charged with negligently driving two horses attached to a 'bus in Pitt-street, so as to endanger the…

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Armored Trains in Collision. Five Soldiers Killed

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, February 4.—A collision between two armored trains occurred yesterday neat Burghersdorp, in the north of Cape Colony. Five soldiers were tilled and five injured…

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Armoured Trains in Collision. Five Soldiers Killed. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

A collision between two armoured trains took place yesterday near Burghersdorp, in the north of Cape Colony. Five soldiers were killed and five others were injured…

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New York Railway Collision. a Great Disaster. Some Acts of Heroism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 9

The shock of the collision of passenger trains at Park Avenue tunnel, New York, on January 8, was plainly heard by the people on the street above the tunnel Smoke and steam filled the…

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Sportsmen of the Past. Donald Nicholson. a Caulfield Cup Disaster—Sixteen Horses Fall—One Jockey Killed— Several Injured. XXXIV

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

POOR Tommy Corrigan was not the only jockey who offered up his life while in the exercise of his calling on the Caulfield Racecourse. Nine ears before Donald…

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Accidents. Crookwell, Tuuesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 4

A young man named Glennan has narrowly escaped being shot with a Winchester rifle. His brother was handling the weapon, which accidentally went off, and the bullet passed through the muscle of Glennan's…

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Accident at Pott's Point

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

A man named George Morgan, a dealer, who is about 5O years of age, and who resides in [?]- street fell from, his cart at Pott's Point yesterday. The Civil Ambulance…

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