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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Peculiar Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

The body of a boy named William Way, eight years of age, who resided with his parents In Morgan-street, Merewether, was recovered from a waterhole connected with Bowtell's brickyard,…

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Supposed Drowning

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 7

Search was made at the Hawkesbury River yesterday for the body of Mr. Fred Underwood, who lived on Dr. Warren's farm, and who is supposed to have been drowned. His…

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A Driving Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 7

TEMORA, Monday.--Mr. James M'Pherson, a very old and respected resident of Temorn, and owner of a timber-yard, was driving with another man in a sulky. The horse became restive,…

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A Farmer Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

ARM1DALE, Monday.--Particulars are to hand concerning the death by drowning of Mr. Thomas Mitchell, one of the most prominent farmers of the Guyra district. Mitchell left home on…

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Supposed Case of Drowning. Brooklyn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

The boat of Mr. Fred, Underwood, who resides on Dr. Warren's farm, on Marra Marra Creek, off the Hawkesbury, neat Bar Island, was picked up on Saturday off Big Bar Point, about 5 miles north of…

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Tram Guard Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

Edward Bayliss, tram conductor, who resides at 24 Wilshire-street, Eveleigh, fell from his tram at the Enmore terminus about 10 o'clock last night. He sustained concussion…

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A Bowler Fatally Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

Mr. J. C. Woore, City Coroner, held an inquiry yesterday with regard to the circumstances attending the death of Frdeerick Hurries Victor Thomas, aged 39, a well-known…

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Bicycle, Sulky, and Tram. Serious Accident Paddington. a Passenger Badly Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 4

Shortly after half-past 10 o'clock this morning an accident of a very serious nature happened in Oxford-street, near Jersey-road, Paddington. The victim was a man named Thomas Hegarty, who…

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A Child Burnt to Death His Mother Severely Injured. in Attempting to Save Him

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--As the result of a fire at Carlton last night, a little boy, aged 4[?] years, was burned to death, and his mother, Catherline M'Namara, was so badly Injured that she was…

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Accidents at Forbes

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

FORBES, Monday.—Several accidents—three of which resulted fatally—occurred hers during the holidays. On Boxing Day a youth named Black was accidentally shot with a pea rifle, and died…

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Frightful Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 4

GOULBURN, Tuesday.—A youth named Rupert Redshaw, aged 18 years, was fixing some machinery belting at Ball's foundry this morning, when his right hand was caught in the belting,…

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Serious Mining Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

The warden at Gympic states that a miner named Thomas Grace was struck by a bucket in its descent in the Scottish Gympie No. 2 shaft at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. The injuries to the head and…

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A Revolver Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 9

A lad named Henry Patterson, aged 16, was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from a bullet wound in his left thigh. It appears that on Sunday afternoon he was handling a loaded rovolver…

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Accidents and Fatalities. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 7

A telegram was received by the locl police to-day to the effect that a four-roomed cottage at Curranyalpa, near Tilpa, occupied by a man named Smith with his wife, and also his daughter, 16 years of age,…

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Revolver Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 7

Henry Patterson, aged 10, was admitted at the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from a bullet wound in the left thigh. Patterson, who lives at Emu Plains, was trying to…

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A Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

A youth named Henry Patterson (16) was admitted to Sydney Hospital last evening suffering from a bullet wourd In the left thigh. It appears that Patterson, who lives at Emu Plains,…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 8

INVERELL, Tuesday.--A young man named Bowens, a blacksmith, was drowned in the M'Intyre River close to town last night. Deceased, in company with two friends, went to the river…

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Bathing Fatality. Inverell

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

Alfred J. Bowen, a recent arrival from Bourke, went bathing yesterday evening. He plunged into the river, and not reappearing his companions dived, and found him in a…

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The Ajax-gosford Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 8

A preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the recent collision between the Government pilot steamer Ajax and the coasting steamer Gosford was conducted by the Supreintendent of Navigation…

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Coffee Palace Fatality. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

The Inquest into the death of Beatrice Christie, who fell down a lift well at the Federal Coffee Palace a few days ago, was concluded to-day. The jury found a verdict…

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