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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Rescue From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

A young woman named Mildred Watson, living in Elizabeth, street, fell into the water at Mrs. Macquarie's Chair last night. A seaman, named Thomas Canning, who happened to be in the…

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Timely Rescue From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

A young woman named Mildred Watson, living in Eilzabeth-street, Redfern, narrowly escaped being drowned early this morning. She was, it appears, walking on the rocks near…

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A Street Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 4

The City Coroner to-day resumed and concluded the inquest respecting the death of an elderly woman named Margaret Walash, who was fatally injured on Saturday night through being knocked…

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Casualties. Collision with a Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

Shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning a collision occurred in Oxford-street, near Dowling-street, between a butcher's cart and a train outward bound from the city. The conductor of the tram, a young…

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Collision in Oxford-street. a Horse Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 10

A collision between an electric tram and a butcher's cart, owned by Seaton and Company, of William-street, occurred in Oxford-street, near Dowling-street, yesterday morning…

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Tram and Butcher's Cart. Collision in Oxford-st

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 6

Shortly after half-past 8 a.m. yesterday a collision between a tram and a butcher's cart occurred in Oxford-street, near Dowling-street. The tram was bound for Bondi Junction, and the…

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Country News. Accidents and Fatalities. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

Arthur Broadhurst, a young man, while cutting wood with a circular saw at Wilkie's sawmill this morning had his right thumb completely severed at the second joint…

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A Street Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 5

An elderly man named William Brown was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from injury to the leg, said to have beep caused by being thrown down on the…

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Fatal Accident in Riley-street

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 10

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) initiated an inquest yesterday, concerning the death of a widow named Margaret Walsh (62), lately residing at 53 Riley-street, and who died in the…

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The Accident of Choking

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 62

Continuing our occasional papers on ambulance, or first-aid, treatment of accidents (writes Dr. Andrew Wilson), we may now consider the question of choking. This is naturally a highly…

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Serious Accident at Harris Park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 2

On Monday morning a very serious sulky accident befel Mrs. John Simpson, of Alfred-street, Granville. Mrs. Simpson was giving a day's outing to her children and some friends…

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Timely Rescue From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

A young woman named Mildred Watson, living in Elizabeth-street. Redfern, narrowly escaped being drowned early yesterday morning. She was, it appears, walking on the rocks near…

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Postman Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 6

John Gillespie, a driver of a post -office mail van, was badly injured yesterday by a kick from a horse which he was driving in a four -wheeled vehicle. The horse began…

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Injured Cyclist

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

Inquiry at St. Vincent's Hospital at noon, to-day elicited the information that the cyclist H. Gordon, who received a fractured skull, a broken arm, and other injuries, by falling in the fourth…

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Inquests. a Street Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

The adjourned inquest relative to the death of a widow named Margaret Walsh, 62, lately residing at 53 Riley-street, Woolloomooloo, was resumed before the City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) yesterday. On the…

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Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 6

A coal-lumper named Julius Norberberg, 34, living at 74 Cumberland-street, was employed, with others, in loading coal from the collier, Mount Kembla, to the R.M.S. Rome, at Circular…

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Shooting Accident

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

TUMUT Thursday.—A shooting accident occurred yesterday, a few mailes out at town. Several young men were game hunting, and were all running through the bush together, when one of…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Five Days Without Medical Attendance. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

News was received at Marble Bar yesterday of a serious shooting accident which occurred on the New Kimberley stock route, 160 miles from Nullagine. Henry Kent, employed on the route, was out turkey…

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The Cycling Carnival. Racing by Night. Major Taylor Again Victorious. W. C. Jackson Wins the Megson Plate. a Serious Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

The Major Taylor Cycling Carnival, under the auspices of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen, was continued last night at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The attendance numbered about 18,000…

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Casualties. Accident to a Coal Lumper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

A coal lumper named Julias Norberberg, 34, residing in Cumberland-street, Miller's Point, was working on board the collier Mount Kembla at the P. and O Wharf yesterday, when he fell down…

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