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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

4,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 229

Serious Buggy Accident at Dural

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 2

A serious buggy accident happened at Dural on Easter Monday. Mr. and Mrs. William Fagan and their two children were returning home and were near Mr. Alf. Fuller's when…

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Collision in the Harbor. a Boat Sunk. One Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7

During the height of the southerly gale late last evening, the Lane Cove steamer Daphne came into collision with a rowing boat containing three men, off Darling-street. As a result of…

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Shipping Casualties. Collision in the English Channel. Eleven Men Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The steamer Alma, a passenger boat running between Southampton and Havre, collided during the night with the barque Cambrian Princess. The…

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Harbour Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7

At about 11 o'clock last night, when the ferry steamer Daphne was returning to Sydney from Lane Cove, it came into collision with a rowing boat about 100 yards from Peacock's Point, Balmain. There…

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A Sailor Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 8

While a ferry steamer was returning to Sydney from Lane Cove last night it came into collision with a rowing boat, containing three sailors, who were returning to their ship. The…

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A Boy Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6

Fred. Flaxman (14), living at 323 Balmain-road, Leichhardt, fell a distance, of 15ft. down a shaft at Wimble and Co.'s yesterday afternoon, and received internal injuries. He was taken to the…

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A Child Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6

A five-year-old boy named William Connors, residing with his parents in Mullias-street, Balmain, was the victim of a serious accident. He was playing with a toy pick, when the point…

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Riding Fatality Near Albury. Albury

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5

Mr. J. J. Hore, of Cum[?]eroona station, and son-in-law of Mr. James Mitchell, of Tabletop station, was found dead this morning, near Bowna. He is supposed to have been thrown…

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An Engineer Drowned. Rowing Boat and Steamer

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5

The Lane Cove steamer Daphne, when the southerly gale was raging late last night, collided with a rowing boat off Darling-street. The small boat was smashed up and the…

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Shipping Disasters. Collision in the Channel. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7

The Alma, 1145 tons, a passenger steamer, when bound from Southampton to Havre, collided at night with the iron barque Cambrian Prince, 1394 tons…

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A Railway Disaster. Thirty-nine Killed and Forty-five Injured. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7

A railway accident occurred at Barberton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal, on the 30th ultimo. Thirty-nine soldiers were killed and 45 were injured…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Boer War. Railway Disaster Near Barberton. Soldiers Killed and Injured

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5

LONDON, April 2.—A railway accident occurred at Barberton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal, on the 30th ultimo. Thirty-nine soldiers were killed and 45 injured…

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The Boer War. Railway Disaster. Thirty-nine Soldiers Killed. And Forty-Five Injured. LONDON, April 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 4

A terrible railway accident took place on the Barberton branch of the Delagoa Bay line, in the Eastern Transvaal, on Sunday, the 30th ult., as a consequence of…

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A Tram Sensation. in George-street. Mr. H. CLARKE, M.L.A., Injured. a Broken Shoulder-blade

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 4

Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A., the Parliamentary representative of Bega, and "Father of the Legislative Assembly," had a narrow escape from a serious tram accident at about 11 o'clock this…

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Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

While on duty at the intersection of King and Elizabeth streets yesterday afternoon Constable M'Donald saw a man named Richard Tait, an artist, fall from a passing tram. The officer…

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Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 10

Captain Lyons, a retired sea captain, living at Forest Hill, met with a serious accident to-day. When returning from Wagga he was thrown from his buggy, receiving concussion of the brain. Captain…

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Accidents. an Artist's Fall

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6

Richard Tait, sketch artist, of "Truth," was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from shock. He was almost unconscious when received by Dr…

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The Plague. Accident to a Workman

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5

No additional cases of plague were reported last night after the last edition of the "Star" went to press, nor was any additional death recorded…

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Tram Accident. An M.L.A. Knocked Down. Mr. Henry Clarke Taken to the Hospital

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5

About 11 o'clock this morning Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A. for Bega, was attempting to board a cable tram in King-street, close to George-street, when another cable tram came…

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