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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Accident to a Carpenter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 9

William Bye, 56, a carpenter, living at Rydalmere, while working at the abattoirs, Glebe Island, yesterday, fell from a scaffold, a distance of 12ft. He was conveyed by the Civil Ambulance to the…

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Accident to Sergeant Nios

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 4

On Monday evening, when Sergeant Nios was returning to Parramatta on his bicycle after having attended the inquest on the body of his late comrade, Constable Samuel Long,…

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Boy Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 7

The body of Roland McLean, 11, of Oak Avenue, Neutral Bay, was recovered yesterday from a waterhole near the Military-road. The lad, who had been missing since…

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Governor's Coachman Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

A party from the Vice-Regal residence at Moss Vale were visiting the Fitzroy Fails, and a swim being suggested, several of the men went in. After being in the water for…

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The Injured Cyclists

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 7

On inquiry at St. Vincent's Hospital last night, Dr. Marsden stated that H. Gordon, the cyclist, was improving, but is not yet out of danger, while Lesberg is still in a…

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Drowned in a Vat of Stout

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

George Castle, the head cellarman at the Walkerville Brewery, Adelaide, went to test a vat of stout in process of fermentation on the second floor of the premises. As he did…

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Can the Drowned Be Restored with Salt ? (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 9

Sir,—In your issue of 18th instant "J.W." asks the above question. The use of table salt is not new in res'oring drowned animals lo life. Experiments were successfully…

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Injured Cyclists

The Australian Star · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 6
Also in Evening News

Henry Gordon and Ernie Leseberg, the cyclists who are lying in St. Vincent's Hospital, suffering from injuries sustained in Occidents during the carnival, are both…

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Boy Drowned at Mosman

The Australian Star · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 7

The body of a boy aged 11, and named Donald Bruce M'Lean, wias recovered from a waterhole known as "The Oaks" at Mllitaryroad, Mosman, on Saturday by the Water…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 7

The absence from home of a lad named Roland Bruce M'Lean, 11 years of age, since Thursday last was reported to the North Sydney police. The boy resided with his parents at Oaks-avenue, Neutral…

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A Boy Drowned at Mosman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 4

The body of a boy named Ronald M'Lcan, 11 years of age, was recovers by the Water Police on Saturday from a large waterhole adactylia to the Military-road, Mosman. The deceased, who…

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It Was a Dream. How a Drowned Boy's Body Was Found

The Australian Star · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 7

Richard Williams, of Konnett, whose young brother was drowned in Little Backbone Creek, near Redding (U.S.) on November 13, had a dream on December 2, and as a result…

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Accident at Cowan Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Alfred Evans. 29, living at Ridge-street, Surry Hills, fell from a tree at Cowan Creek yesterday afternoon. He was brought to Sydney by train, and thence by the Civil Ambulance to Sydney Hospital…

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South Australia. a Shooting Accident. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 7

A serious accident happened to Mr. F. Potts, a well-known vigneron of Strathalbyn, on Saturday. He and his brother decided to shoot some rabbits, and he stooped down to pick up a stone to start a…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 8

Last overling a young woman named Hennessey was run over by a passing train and sustained such injuries to her limbs and body that she succumbed in the local hospital this morning. It appears that…

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a youth accidentally killed. a Fall of 120ft. UNANDERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 6

Yesterday a youth named Sid. Braham. who resided at Fig Tree, in order to celebrate his nineteenth birthday went for a day's shooting with two companions. When returoing in the afternoon they…

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Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 3

BOMBALA, Saturday.--A painful shooting accident occurred lo a lad named Moreing, aged 15, at Cathcart yesterday. Moreing was hare shooting, and carrying his gun with the trigger…

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A Shooting Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 6

MUDGEE, Monday.--News has been received from Mcrrendee that a lad named Ernest John Bartlett, son of Mr. John Bartlett, was accidentally shot yesterday with n pea ri[?]e. His…

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