Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

3,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 193

Drowning Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 6

GUNNING, Tuesday.—A drowning accident occurred at a waterhole in the creek, a few miles from the township, on Sunday afternoon. It appears that three or four young boys went there…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Collision

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 5

A slight collision occurred between the steamer Swan and the steamship Newcastle, in Darling Harbour, about 5 o'clock last evening. It seems that the Newcastle was…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Harbour Collision

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

The Court of Marine Inquiry will sit to-morrow to hear evidence in connection with the collision between the steamers Eurimbla and Wakatipt, which took place on last Sunday week in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 8

GUNNING, Monday.--Yesterday afternoon a boy named Jack Ravaillion, about 11 years old, went to a waterhole in the creek about three miles from the town, accompanied by three or…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Another Collision. in Darling Harbour

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 4

Another collision is reported from Darling Harbour, Dear Pyrmont Bridge. It is stated that the harbour steamer Swan and the Newcastle Company's steamer Newcastle came into contact…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 6

While working at W. S. Friend's warehouse in in Ciarence-street, John Kunz, 17 of 21 Station-street, Petersham, had his leg broken. He was…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Fatalities and Accidents. Deaths From Poisoning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 8

A young man named James Kelly, 27, lately residing at Leicester-street, Paddington, drank a quantity of oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom salts on Monday night. He was removed to St. Vincent's…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Tram Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 8

Shortly after 8 o'clock last night Matilda O'Toole, 24, a domestic servant employed by Mr. J. A. Iuce, Victoria-street, fell from a tram in William-street. She was removed by the Civil Ambulance to Sydney…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Accident to a Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 8

A resident of Miller-street, North Sydney named William Carr received severe injuries to his hips yesterday owing to a bicycle which he was riding skidding on the tram rails and falling…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

A Burning Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

Mrs. Hoere, of Webb-street, Parramatta, met with a serious burning accident on Sunday afternoon. She had managed to scald her arm by the escape of steam from a ketile early…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident to Or. Violette

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

Dr. Violette had a rather sensational experience in Church-street Parramatta North, on Monday His horse became startled by the Baulkham Hills tramway and holted ultimately…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Steamer Empire Damaged in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 8

A cable message from Japan, dated Feb. 24, was received at Sydney yesterday, intimating that a serious collision recently occurred at Moji between the new steamship Empire, the latest addition to the fleet of the Eastern and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Country. Fatally Injured While Mustering

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 6

GLEN INNES, Wednesday.-- On Monday morning a young man, aged 24, son of Mr. R. Fraser, manager of Mount Mitchell East Station, went out to muster horses on Bald Blair run…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Boy Injured in Harris-street

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 7

Owing to the overturning of a small cart in which he was riding in Harris-street yesterday, Malcolm Brodley (14), of Thomas-street, Ultimo, fell on his head on the roadway and…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Collision in Arizona. Two Trains Meet End On

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 7

Singularly enough earlier in the same day in another part of the United States two trains crashed together in Arizona, the colliding trains being the Sunset Limited, westbound, and a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Harbour Collision. The Eurimbla-Wakatipu Affair. Opening of the Inquiry

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 5

The Marine Court this morning opened its inquiry into the co[?]slon between the summers Eurlmbla and Wakatipu, which occurred off Brridley's Head last Sunday week,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Railway Disasters in America. Fast Trains in Collision. Loss of Many Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 7

The San Francisco flies to hand by the Ventura give particulars of the terrible railway accident which occurred on January 27 in the vicinity of New York, brief news of which has…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Eurimbla-waka-tipu Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. This Afternoon's Evidence. (Continued from nake 4.)

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 5

Robert Sharland, chief officer of the Eurimbla, said he was on the look-out the morning the collision took place. When passing Garden Island, the Eurimbia had the Shark Island light on her…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Inquests. Accidentally Poisoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquest yesterday respecting the death of a drover named James Kelly, 27, lately residing with his sister at 28 Leicester-street, Paddington. The evidence showed…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Accident in Harris-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon Malcolm Bradley, hying at Thomas-street, Ultimo, was riding in a toy cart down Harris-street when it overturned. Bradley was thrown out, his head striking the roadway…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →