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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Fatal Accident in Oxford-street

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 6

An inquest was held at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday with respect to the death of a cabman named Michael O'Reilly (45). lately residing at Lyons-terrace, Liverpool-street, and…

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Tram Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

Oliver Spencer, an elderly man, who was admitted, to the Sydney Hospital on Christmas Eve, suffering from a fractured skull, the result of a tram accident, died early this…

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Fairlight-pacific Collision

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, and a Captains D. E. Jamieson and J. Mackenzie—Initiated an inquiry in No. 1 District Court yesterday, into the circumstances attending the…

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A Street Collision

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 4

Thomas Boulton Perry, auctioneer, of Sussex-street, sued, in the District Court, to-day, Patrick Sullivan, a cabman of Bourke-street Surry Hills, to recover £30 for damages alleged to have…

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Railway Fatality. Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 4

Charles Fleming Mackenzie, aged about 30 years, was killed by the mail train on Tuesday night. The body was found early on Wednesday. Deceased fought in the South Africau war, and had been…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Silver Cloud-Dayspring Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

The collision which occurred in the vicinity of the Heads between the British barquentine Silver Cloud and a punt in tow of the steamer Dayspring was investigated…

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Collision at the Heads. Silver Cloud--dayspring Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

An Inquiry was held before Judge Backhouse and Captains J. M'Kenzie and R. L. Boldchild, concerning the collision on January 27, off the outer south reef, Sydney Heads, at a.m.,…

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Law. Thursday, February 5. Court of Marine Inquiry. Fair Light--pacific Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

An inquiry opened in the Court of Marine inquiry, before Judge Backhouse and Captains D. Jamieson and J. M'Kenzie into the collision between the Manly Beach steamer Fairlight and…

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Law Report. Thursday, February 5. Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains D. E. Jamieson and J. Mackenzie, assessors.) the Pacific-fairlight Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 7

This was an inquiry into the circumstances of a collision that took place between the jerry steamer Fairlight, owned by the Port Jackson Co-operative Steamship Company, and the steamer Pacific, owned…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Child Scalded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 4

A child named Mary Palmer, aged 13 months, was playing in the kitched at her parents' residence, Little Belmore-street, Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, when she upset a kettle of boiling water on herself. The…

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Marine Accident and Disasters FROM 1st JANUARY

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 7

Awhina, s. — While attending on [?] G.M.S. Barbarossa in Gage Roads on the 1st inst., the steam-tug Awhina was struck on the starboard side by…

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Runaway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 7

Mr A, E. Fletcher, insurance agent, of Granville, left his horse and sulky in Cowper-street, Parramatta, yesterday afternoon, in charge of his six-year-old son. By some unexplained, means the animal became frightened…

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Tram Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 10

Oliver Spencer, an olderly man, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Christmas Eve, suffering from a fractured skull, the result of a tram accident died yesterday morning…

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A Railway Guard Injured. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

At Hartley Vale station this afternoon Guard Henry Colless, one of the oldest in the service, was in the act of putting a truck on to the tram which he had charge of when he met with an accident. The…

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Cab and Bicycle Collision. a Verdict for the Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 14

The hearing of the case terminated in the District Court, before Judge Backhouse, in which Thomas B. Perry, auctioneer, of Suseex-street, sought to recover £30 from Patrick Sullivan,…

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Accident on the Railway

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 3

Just as we were going to press, news reached us that Guard Henry Colless, while engaged shunting at Hartley Yale station, was run over, his foot being badly crushed…

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Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 6

A child of 13 months, named Mary Palmer, while playing in the kitchen at her parents' residence, Belmore-street, Surry Hills, pulled a kettle of boiling water from a gas ring. The child…

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A Runaway Tram. Accident at Dulwich Hill

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 6

Some commotion was caused at Dulwich Hill tram terminus on Thursday afternoon through an electric tram, which had discharged its passengers, leaving the rails when endeavouring to…

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Accident to a Railway Guard

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 4

BLACKHEATH, Saturday.—A very serious accident happened to Mr. Harry Collis, an old servant of the Railway Commissioners, on Friday afternoon, in the Mount Victoria, railway yard. It…

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A Rifle Accident. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

A young man, Luke Pearson, was driving home in a sulky this afternoon on his return from a shooting outing, when his pea rifle exploded, the bullet entering his abdomen and inflicting a serious wound…

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