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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Fatality at the Golden Horseshoe Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

Another fatal accident occuried last night at the Golden Horseshoe. At about 7 o'clock a miner named Andrew M'Combe went along the 600ft. level to get some water, and as he failed to return…

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A Man Drowned in a Dam. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

A railway porter named William denuings was drowned at Toongabbie on Friday night while bathing in a dam…

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COLLISION. In a Dockyard. Torpedo Destroyers Again. London

The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 4

H.M. torpedo-destroyers Teazer and Starfish got into collision in Portsmouth dockyard. The Teazer's bows were badly damaged,…

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DISASTER. In the Blue Mediterranean. Sailors Drowned. London

The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 4

Another terrible naval disaster is reported from the Mediterranean Sea. The British squadron were executing some manoeuvres in the Corfu Channel, where…

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Harbour Collision. a Launch Party's Peril. Steam Yacht and Ferryboat

The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 6

Just after the R.M.S. Omrah, from London had made fast to the buoy in Neutral Bay on Saturday, and the passengers were leaving the big vessel in the tenders, a…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Destroyers in Collision. the Orwell and the Pioneer. Fifteen Lives Lost

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 3

LONDON, February 1.—A terrible disaster occurred during the manoeuvres of the Mediterranean Squadron yesterday. While twelve torpedo-boat destroyers, with their lights…

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Second Edition. a Torpedo Destroyer Cut Down. Two Men Drowned and Thirteen Missing. Disaster in the Mediterranean

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.--While 12 torpedo-boat destroyers, with lights extinguished, were pursuing ilia third-class cruiser Pioneer., at the Mediterranean squadron manoeuvres in…

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Third Edition. Disaster in the Mediterranean. at British Naval Manoeuvres. a Torpedo-boat Destroyer Cut Down. the Drowned and Missing. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

A.terrible disaster is reported to have occurred at the torpedo boat destroyers' manoeuvres of the Mediterranean squadron. While 12 torpeds-boat destroyers with their lights…

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Country News. Fatalities and Accidents. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 5

This morning a pony driven by Canon Thompson capsized a sulky. The rev. gentleman escaped with a few bruises and a, shaking, The vehicle was slightly damaged…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Accident to a Swimmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon a young man named Leslie Cunyaghame, 23, son of the dispenser at Darlinghurst Gaol, was seriously injured while swimming at the Bondi Baths. He dived from the springboard…

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Supposed Fatal Result of an Accident. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

Yesterday a young woodearter named Peter Brown was taken to the Government hospital by the police, having been found in an exhausted condition near the police station. He never rallied after admission,…

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Supposed Accident on the Chingtu. Manoeuvring Off the Heads. a Lifebuoy Thrown Overboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

The attention of the authorities at South Head was attracted last night by the manoeuvring of the China Navigation Company's steamer Chingta, bound from Melbourne to…

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Marine Accidents and Disasters FROM 1st JANUARY

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

Anjou, bq. — Anjou, French barque, at San Francisco from Hobart, some very heavy weather was encountered which stove in the cabin doors, windows, and…

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Accident on a Vessel

The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 6

John Fox, an A.B. on board the steamer Northern Chief, met with a serious accident on Saturday. While below in the hold some timber fell upon him, inflicting…

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Serious Bathing Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 4

A young man named Leslie Cunynghame met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon at the Bondi Baths. in diving from a springboara into a depth of 8 or 9 feet of water his head…

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Accident on a Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

All able-bodied seaman named James Fox (28) was severely injured whilst working in the hold of the steamer Northern Chief at Langdon and Hopkins' wharf, Rozelle Bay, on Saturday. He…

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Bathing Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

PARKES, Monday.--Yesterday a youth of 16, named John Thomas, son of Mr. George Thomas, of M'Guigan's, went Into a tank to bathe. He disappeared beneath the surface, and his body…

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Bathing Fatality. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4

A young man named Reginald Coleman was drowned in the Macleay River, Kempsey, while bathing. He attempted to swim the river, got half way across, and turned back. When about 30 yards…

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The Orwell-pioneer Collision

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON. February 2.—Two of the thirteen missing men of the torpedo-boat destroyer Orwell, which was cut in two off Corfu by coming into collision with the…

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Drowned in the Macleay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Monday.--A young man named Reginald Coleman was drowned in the Macleay River, near Kempsey, while bathing. He attempted to swim the river, and got halfway across…

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