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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Burning Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

A child named Ivy Vale, 7 years of age, who lived with her parents in Rowe-street, Leichhardt, was crossing a paddock yesterday afternoon, when, stopping near some…

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Casualties. Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 4

Ivy Vale (7), residing with her parents at Rowe-street, Leichhardt, died at Lewisham Hospital yesterday at noon from burns received a short time previously. The little one was crossing a…

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Drowned While Fishing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 9

SUTHERLAND, Tuesday.--A drowning fatality occurred at Port Hacking yesterday afternoon. When an elderly man named M'Millan, lost ills life. M'Millan and his son went fishing, and…

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Drowning Case at Port Hacking

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

A man named M'Millan, a resident of Goonamatta Bay, lost his life by drowning on Monday afternoon. It appears that he left his home with his son early in the morning and went outside…

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Tram Accident. a Visitor Badly Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 6

At the intersection of King and Pitt streets yesterday, Herbert James Moore, 28 years of age, a grazier, who resides near Mudgee, and who is staying temporarily at the Grand…

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Tram Accident. a Grazier Severely Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 4

Herbert James Moore, a grazier from the Mudgee district, and who is temporarily located at the Grand Central Coffee Palace, met with a severe accident at the intersection of King and…

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Burning Fatality at Leichhardt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 10

A burning accident, in which terminated fatally, happened yesterday afternoon at Leichhardt. The victim was a seven-year-old girl named Ivy Vale, residing with her parents at 6 Rofe-street. During…

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Drowned in the Murrumbidgee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 9

HAY, Tuesday.--A fatal accident took place last night at the irrigation pumping station, Burrabogie. Thomas Till, aged 16, fell into the Murrumbidgee River and was drowned. His body has been recovered…

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Broken Hill Accident. Crushed to Death. Shocking Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at the Proprietary mine last night. Peter Deveney, 24, married, worked his first and last shift there. He was attending to the trucks on…

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Railway Collision at Inglewood. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 9

A railway collision occurred at the Inglewood station last evening between at stationary passenger train and an incoming goods train. The goods train struck the engine of the passengers train with great…

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An Extraordinary Case. a Man Injured and Robbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 9

On Saturday night two residents of Camperdown, proceeding along Bridge-street, off Parramatta-road, near Fowler's Pottery, found a man named Kennedy lying in the roadway in an…

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Incident on the Railway. a Chinaman Seriously Injured. Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 10

On Monday travelling by the 8.5 a.m. Tamworth train, a Chinaman and two Europeans were seated in a second-class carriage. When about 11 miles from Tamworth, and nearing the Duri platform, the…

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Assaulted and Robbed Brutal Attack on a Tradesman. The Victim Badly Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 6

A grocer named Mr. Kennedy, who carries oh business at View-street, Annandale, was recently the victim of a brutal assault, and was,in addition robbed of about £4. On…

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Alarming Accident. a Girl's Hair on Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 6

An alarming accident has happened to Lilian Sneath, about 16, who is staying with her aunt, Mrs. Kindred, of Guildford. The young lady had a marvellous head of hair, and was brushing her…

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Accidents at Tamworth

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—A serious buggy accident occurred yesterday evening. Mrs. Dr. Armstrong, and Mrs. Whitehead, wife of the manager of the Bank of New South Wales, and…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 12

A peculiar accident happened on Saturday to a young man named Alfred Aley. employed at Ritchie Brothers' works, Auburn. Aley was engaged at a woodworker's machine, when the belting attached to…

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Accident to Pilot Strickland

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 3

While getting off the steamer Wollowra outside Port Phillip Heads on Monday night into the pilot dingy Pilot Strickland slipped and fell into the dingy. He broke a rib, and…

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Peculiar Accident. a Young Lady Has Her Hair Burnt Off . PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 7

A peculiar accident happened to a young resident of Guildford, Miss Lilian Treath. It would appear that she was applying something to her hair, which was abundant, when…

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Accident to a Pilot

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 8

Pilot Strickland, while getting off the steamer Wollowra outside the Heads last night into the pilot dingy, slipped, and, falling into the boat, broke a rib. Ho was severely shaken in…

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The Inglewood Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 8

An inquiry into the Inglewood railway accident will be conducted by a departmental board tomorrow, as it has been alleged that the Westing-house brake of the goods train failed, and was,…

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