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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Cycling Accident

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 3

Through a fall in a cycling race at the Sports Ground yesterday five riders came down heavily, and one was very badly hurt. A rider in the lead fell, and Athol J. Lyons, a…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

WAGOA, Sunday.--The wife of William Clarke, a farmer, was found drowned in a large tank a few hundred yards from her home at Lake Albert this morning. The deceased retired…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Young Man and Woman Drowned. One Oe The-bodies Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A sad drowning fatality occurred at Henley Bench on Friday night, when Walter Stephen, 21, son of Mr. J. D. Stephen, at Parkside and Miss Millie Reid, daughter of…

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Cyclists Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

Through a fall in a cycling race at the Sports Ground on Saturday five others came down heavily, and one was very badly hurt. A rider in the lead fell, and Athol J. Lyons, a…

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Coogee-fortunato Figari Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

The investigation into the Coogee-Fortunate Figari collision will not be resumed until the second officer, Mr. Durant, of the Coogee, is sufficiently recovered to give evidence…

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Accident on Cricket Field. Dangerously Injured. KIAMA

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

While playing in a game of cricket Master Arthur Gilbert, son of Mr. C. Gilbert, of Nowra, was struck violently on the head with the ball, which caused concussion of the brain,…

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Jones. the Cricketer, Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

Jones, the fast bowler, who has represented Australia on many occasions, has met with a misty accident in (Perth (W.A.). He was cycling home to Claremont from the Swan…

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Wallaroo Disaster. Condition of the Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

Inquiry at St. Vincent's Hospital at the time of going to press to-day regarding the state of the man Sandow, who was so terribly injured in the disaster on H.M.S…

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Two Persons Drowned at Henley Beach. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 8

This morning news was received of a case of drowning at Henley Beach, two young people being the victims. At 8 o'clock on Friday evening Mr. Walter Stophen, aged 23,…

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Fatality Near Ben Buckler. a Fall of 250 Feet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

While fishing off the rocks near Ben Buckler, Bondi, on Saturday afternoon, Henry Hourigan saw the body of a man lying at the foot of the cliffs. He informed the Paddington police, but…

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Casualties. Drowned in an Iron Tank. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 8

Edward Martin, timber boss of the Central mine, was missed from his home at an early hour yesterday morning. After a lengthy search his naked body was found in the tank…

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The Wallaroo Disaster. Condition of the Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

Inquines made at St. Vincent's Hospital last night elicited the fact that Sandow, who was severely injured as a result of the explosion on board H.M.S. Wallaroo, is still in a very critical condition…

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The Cliffs Fatality. Body Decomposed Beyond Recognition. Dead a Week

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

The body of a man, name unknown, which was discovered at the foot of the cliffs near Ben Buckler, Bondi, on Saturday afternoon, and which was recovered by the police…

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Terrible Burning Fatality. Three Boys the Victims. the Father's Desperate Attempts at Rescue. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

A sad burning fatality, involving the death of three children, occurred at Trafalgar at a late hour last night. It appears that shortly after 11 o'clock Frederick Lee, who resided…

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Accident in Oxford-street

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

A youth named Archibald Tudenhope, residing at Caledonia-street, Paddington, met with a serious accident this morning, while riding a bicycle in Oxford-street, opposite the Fire…

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Accident to the Nineveh. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

The steamship Nineveh, which left London on January 5 for Sydney, has been detained for a few days at Southampton owing to the intermediate cylinder…

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Run Over by a 'Bus. Accident at Paddington This Morning

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

'A' shocking accident occurred in Oxford-street, Paddington, this morning, resulting in injuries to a boy of so serious a nature that his case is considered very critical…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Their Last Pull. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 4

The Henley Reach was the scene of a sad boating, fatality on Friday night, when Walter Stephen, 24, son of Mr. J. D. Stephen, of Parkside, and Miss Millie Reld, daughter of…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Man Cut to Pieces

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

GUYRA, Saturday.--George Bates and his son William were returning home last night on a tricycle, which was run down a mile and a half from Guyra by the Brisbane mall. The son saw…

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The Adelaide Drowning Fatality. Recovery of Stephen's Body

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

ADESLAIDE, Monday.--The body of Walter Stephen, the second victim of the Henley Beach drowning fatality, was found to-day floating past the local jetty. The deceased had taken off his…

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