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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Narrow Escapes From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 8

An exciting incident occurred yesterday evening at the Brighton Baths, Lady Robinson's Beach. A young man named Alexander Imlay, of Redfern-street, Redfern, had a miraculous escape from…

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Drowned in the Yarra

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 5

To-day a boy named William Angell, 14 years of age with several other lads, was bathing in the Yarra, and though not a good swimmer he essayed to swim across where the stream is very…

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A Midnight Collision. Fiona and Lady Hampden. Marine Court Inquiry

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 5

An inquiry was commenced this morning by the Marine Court (Judge Rogers and Captains D. Dakin and W. Jack) into the circumstances attending the collision in Johnstone's Bay…

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The Fiona-Lady Hampden Collision. in Johnstone's Bay. To-day's Marine Inquiry

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 4

The Marine Court, composed of Judge Rogers and Captains D. Dakin and W. Jack (assessors), commenced an inquiry in No. 1 District Court to-day into the circumstances attending the…

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Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. China. the Niuchwang Collision. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 7

The American and British Consuls and naval commanders complain of the tactlessness of the Russian administration at Niuchwang…

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Building Accident

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 6

A laborer named Joseph Nava, 18, residing at 174 Elizabeth-street, city, and working at a new paper mill in course of erection, at Botany, was removed from the latter place to Prince Alfred…

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Accident at Botany

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 6

Joseph Nava, 18 years of age, a labourer, residing at 174 Elizabeth-street, city, was on Saturday working at some new paper mills which are being erected at Botany by Messrs…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 6

Dorothy Courtney, 5½ years of age, of David-street, Surry Hills, was admitted by Dr. Forster at the Sydney Hospital on Saturday for treatment. It was stated' that she had…

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Fatal Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 6

Edward Davis, 28 years of age, a donkeyman on the steamer Zealandia, who met with an accident on the ship on Friday night, and was admitted at the Sydney Hospital on…

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Accident at Penshurst

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon Ernest Barnes a resident of Penshurst, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital suffering front a fractured skull and bruises to the body. It appears that several days…

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A Bathing Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 6

HARDEN. Monday.—A 14-year-old son of Mr. Thomas Doherty, farmer, of this district, was accidentally drowned, while bathing with others, in a dam at Tiverton, on Saturday afternoon…

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Wharf Labourer Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

While at work down the hold of the steamer St. George yesterday William Horsfort, a wharf labourer living at 395 Kent-street, had his right foot rather severely injured through…

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A Lad Drowned Whilst Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 6

HARDEN, Monday.--John Delohery, 14 years of age, son of Mr. Thomas Delohery, was drowned whilst bathing in a dam at Teverton on Saturday. Deceased, who was unable to swim,…

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The Country. Fatality on Railway Works

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 6

CROOKWELL, Monday.--A terrible fatal accident occurred here this evening at the railway works. A number of men were engaged in erecting some tall piles to hold a large tank…

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Fi[?]na-lady Hampden Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Further Evidence

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 6

The Marine Court continued its inquiry into the matter of the collision between the Fiona and the Lady Hampden yesterday. Francis Lundeke, engineer of the Lady…

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Fiona-lady Hampden Collision. a Marine Surveyor's Testimony. The Inquiry Resumed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 5

The inquiry by the Marine Court (Judge Rogers and Captains D. Dakin and W. Jack) into the circumstances attending the collision in Johnstone's Bay on the night of December…

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The Fiona-lady Hampden Collision. Marine Inquiry. (Continued from yesterday's first edition.)

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 3

To Dr. Sly: Witness stated that he was not constantly in charge of the Lady Hampden. He was at the wheel on the night of the collision. No one was on the lookout but himself. His…

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Deadly Assault. a Man Seriously Injured. Arrest of a Well-Known Citizen

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 5

Early on Monday morning a man named Isaac Larkins was admitted to the Manly, Hospital. A diagnosis revealed that the patient was suffering from concussion of the…

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Law. Monday, January 13. Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Rogers, and Captains Dakin and W. Jack, assessors.) Lady Hampden-fiona Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 8

An inquiry was instituted into the circumstances attending the collision between the Colonial Sugar Co.'s steamer Fiona and the Balmain New Ferry Co.'s steamer Lady Hampden, which…

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Law Report. Monday, January 13. Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Rogers and captains D. Dakin and W. Jack, assessors.) the Fiona-lady Hampden Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 3

Mr. Cargill, of the Crow Law Department, appeared for the Superintendent of Navigation; Dr. Sly, instructed by Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and Co., for the owaers and officers of the [?]iona; and…

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