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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

4,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 229

Accident to a Mare

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

A mare belonging to Captain Brunton, which was running at Gosper's Farm, had one of its hind legs badly smashed on Saturday night by a kick from another horse,…

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Coach Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. Wigzell, driver of the Rydalmere mail coach, met with a painful and peculiar accident on Friday evening, January 31. He was whipping his team up Hayes' hill when the…

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Accidents at Sandown

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

On Saturday evening James Claney, aged 39 years, was admitted to the Parramtta Hospital Buffering from two large scalp wounds received while at work on the wharf at Sandown…

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A Young Lady's Dilemma. Sensational Burning Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

Miss Lilian Sneath, a young lady residing with her aunt, Mrs. Kindred, of Chetwynd Grove, Guildford, had a somewhat sensational experience on Saturday evening, about 10…

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Fatal Effects. Off a Trifling Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. Osmond Harold York, whose serious condition was referred to in THE ARGUS last week, died in the Prince Alfred Hospital on Friday…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a peculiar accident happened at Messrs. Ritchie Bros. Works. A young man named Alfred Aley, aged 30 years, a woodworker's machinist, was engaged at his…

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Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 8

The city Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry at the Elswick Hotel, Leichhardt, yesterday, into the circumstances connected with the death of Ivy Bale (7), who died in Lewisham…

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Drowned in the Thames

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 3

The Westminster coroner on January 8 hold an inquest on the body of Frederick James Stewart, 41, a native of Parramatta, New South Wales, formerly a trooper in the Imperial Yeomanry…

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A Sailor Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 7

A sailor named N. Anderson, who is employed on the s.s. Dunstan, which is lying at Woolloomooloo Bay, met with a serious accident [?] Whilst at work near the…

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A Schoolboy Drowned. Mittagong

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6

At the inquest held yesterday by the District Coroner, Mr. A. D. Badgery, into the drowning of a schoolboy, the jury found a verdict of accidental death. The funeral…

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Fatalities and Casualties. a Seaman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6

Nith Anderson, a seaman, employed on the steamer St. Dunstan, which is Jying at Dangar, Gedye's wharl, Woolloomooloo Bay, was struck on the head by a wooden block yesterday afternoon and…

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Loss of the Langstone. a Timber Vessel Sinks. One of the Crew Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6

ADELAIDE,Wednesday.--The manager of Millar Bros.' Karri and Jarrah Timber Company received a telegram this morning. stating that the company's barque Langstone had been…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday Afternoon.—A trucker named Peter Deveney was killed on the surface of the Proprietary Mine last night. He was looking after trucks, and the rake empties…

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Accidents and Fatalities

Evening News · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6

William Spillster, 55 years of age, residing at Albert-street, St. Peters, yesterday fell from a plank at the St. Peters Brickworks, where he was employed, and sustained injuries which…

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Accident at a Brickyard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

Shortly before noon yesterday a man named William Spillster, aged 55 years, was working at a brickyard at St. Peters, when he fell from a plank a distance of 12ft., fracturing one of his shoulders and…

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Country News. Fatalities and Accidents. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 6

Peter Deveney, employed at Block 12 Proprietary Mine, was seriously injured just before 12 o'clock last night, and he died on the way to the hospital. He was working on a bridge at Stewart's shaft, and…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

Daniel Tomney, of Darling-street, Balmain, was helping to place some rope on a small steamer at the foot of Erskine-street yesterday evening, when his right foot was injured…

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Machinery Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 5

A young man named Thomas M'Grath, 19 years of age, was working at the Hydraulic Power Co.'s works in Engine-street this morning, when his hand was caught in…

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Found Drowned

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 3

Senior-constable M'Masters yesterday, evening recovered the dead body of an unknown man from Darling Harbour, the corpse having been found floating beneath Messrs. Jones…

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