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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Accident at Woolloomooloo Bay

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

William Smith, a wliarf labourer, who resides at Princes- street, Church Hill, and who was employed on the Barbarossa, lying at the M .D. L. wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay. was taken…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 3

Florence Miller, residing in George- street yesterday evening fell 10ft. through a skylight A detachment of the Civil Ambulance Brigade conveyed her to the Sydney Hospital, where…

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Driving Accident

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

The case in which Miss Cissey Glynn is suing the Hunter's Hill Borough Council to recover £1000 damages for Injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

WHITE CLIFFS, Thursday.--A fatal accident happened yesterday to a young man, John Pearce, 31 years, eon of Mr. Henry Pearce, Pepper Tree Farm, Wilcannia-road. Pearce was mining for…

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Drowning Fatality in America

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--A Vicksburg (Mississippi) steamer has capsized during a squall on Lake Palmyra, with the result that 20 persons were drowned, including a few passengers…

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A Girl Accidentally Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 10

GULGONG, Friday.--The daughter of John Egan, miner, at Wilbertree, was accidentally drowned in a dam yesterday…

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Another Newcastle Bathing Fatality

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 646

D. V. Karjalainen, 35, a Russian Finn Bailor, went to the Newcastle beach, north of the ladies' bathing place, on Saturday afternoon with, a companion, who, however, did not go into the water, and after…

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Railway Accident. Collision Between an Engine and Goods Trucks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 9

On Thursday night an accident occurred on the railway line near Blayney by which several goods tracks were derailed and an engine was damaged. While shunting operations were proceeding at…

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An Extraordinary Fatality. Wyong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 10

Mrs. Thomas Bridge, of Jilliby, was to-day killed by a falling limb of a tree whilst walking along the road close to her home. A limb about 12ft. long broke off without any warning, fulling on her…

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Twenty Persons Drowned London, March 14

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 6

A Vicksburg steamer capsized in a squall on Lake. Palmyra. Twenty people were drowned, inducting a few, passengers…

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Tram Fatality. a New Zealand Visitor Killed

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 7

Maria Theresa Treweeke, 60 years of age, lately residing at "Ingleburn," Grosvenor street, Woollahra, died in the Sydney Hospital About 9 o'clock last night. About. 3…

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Capsize of a Steamer. Twenty Persons Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 4

LONDON, March 14.— A Vicksburg steamer capsized in a squall on Lake Palmyra. Twenty persons were drowned, including a few passengers…

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Disaster to a Lake Steamer; Twenty Persons Drowned. London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 9

A Vicksburg steamer capsized in a squall on Lake Palmyra. Twenty people were drowned, including a few passengers…

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Railway Collision. Occurs on a Bridge. Runaway Trucks and a Goods Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 8

BLAYNEY, Friday--About 9 o'clock last night a railway accident occurred about half a mile from the local railway station. By some unexplained means, five trucks laden with wheat…

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Two Tram Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 4

"While crossing Pitt-street, opposite the Strand Arcade, on Friday afternoon, an elderly lady, of respectable appearance, was struck by an electric tram, and knocked down with considerable…

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Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 5

A carter named W. Spinks, employed by Messrs. Laycock, Son, and Middleton, met with a serious accident at Pymble to-day. The horse he was driving stumbled, and Spinks was thrown…

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Accidents. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 10

An old man named Charles Vincent whilst adjusting winkers on a horse attached to a cart met with a nasty accident neat North Bourke to-day. The horse bolted, and the can't passed over Mr. 'Vincent,…

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Country News. a Boy Accidentally Shot. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 10

At an inquest on the death of the boy, Herbert Samuel Clugston, aged seven, who died at Dry Plain on Sunday, the evidence was to the effect that the deceased's brother, Andrew Clugston, aged nine,…

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Accident in George-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 9

Joseph Brookman, a bookbinder, residing in Pittstreet, attempted to alight from a moving tram between Hunter-street and the Post Office yesterday afternoon, when he was struck by another tram. He…

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Casualties. Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 9

Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday a woman named Maria Theiesa Treweeke, aged 60, was, crossing Pitt-street near the Strand Arcade when she was knocked down by a tram. She was…

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