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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Rescued From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, a young man was found by the Water Police struggling in the water near Messrs. Burns, Philip, and Co.'s wharf, at the eastern side of Circular Quay. He was in…

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A Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

A lad named Archibald Tudehope, 16, a resident of Caledonia-street, Paddington, was cycling along Oxford-street yesterday morning when, in an endeavour to steer clear of a…

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Casualties. the Ben Buckler Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

The body which was recovered from the foot of the cliffs near Ben Buckler, Bondi, on Sunday, was yesterday identified as that of Frederick Alexander Butler (88), late of Thirlmere…

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Condition of the Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The condition of the three injured men now in St. Vincent's Hospital is creating a Reed deal of anxiety among their comrades, and bulletins are issued three or four times a day at the Royal Natal House. At…

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Henley Beach Boating Fatality. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

An Inquest on the body of Millie Reid, one of the victims of the Henley beach drowning case, was held to-day. The jury returned a verdict of death by drowning. Shortly after…

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New Steel Rope Breaks. Fatality on Shipboard

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The inexplicable breaking of a new steel rope, that had only been in use for a few hours, was the primary cause of the death of Alexander Anthony, the wharf-labourer, who was killed…

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A Remarkable Dream. Asylum Patient Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 7

About a week ago an inmate of the Rookwood Asylum for the Destitute named Neil Mathieson, aged 42 years, was reported as missing. Mathieson had been an inmate of the asylum…

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An Old Man Drowned. a Prophetic Dream

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

Mr. J. E. Bowden, Acting Parramatta Coroner, held on inquest at Rookwood Asylum on Monday afternoon touching the death of inmate named Neild Matheson, aged 41, who was found dead in a waterhole in a paddock…

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Mail Steamer Founders. Fifty-three Lives Lost. Women and Children Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The mail steamer Clallam, from Seattle (British Columbia), foundered in a fierce gale, four miles off Victoria. Of those on board 53 were drowned…

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Mail Steamer Founders Near British Columbia. Fifth-three Persons Drowned. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The mail steamer Clallam, from Seattle, Puget Sound, foundered during a fierce gale when it was four miles from Victoria, British Columbia…

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Accident to Peter Purcell

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. Peter Purcell, a well-known traveller in the employ of Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co., was driving along Georgest. West, about nine o'clock last…

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Casualties. Fatal Accident on a Barque

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

A wharf labourer named Alexander Anthony, 40 years of age, residing at Mortdale, met with it. fatal accident yesterday morning whilst unloading cargo on the Italian barque Gio Batta…

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Accident to a Boy

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

This morning a boy named David Quinton residing with his parents at Pickup-street. Alexandria, was taken to Sydney Hospital by a Mr. Sender, of 14 Calder-road, Redfern,…

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Doctors and Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 7

A correspondent, writing on the subject of the inadequate fees paid to medical men as witnesses, says: "I never go to an accident without the fear and dread of a wasted day at the county court…

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Parramatta Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 5

The adjourned inquiry into the death of Mrs. Lemarchand, who meat with fatal injuries while out driving with her sister (Mrs. W. J. Ferris). near Parramatta, on Boxing Day, was continued…

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A Boy Drowned at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

About noon yesterday news was received at Leichhardt police station to the effect that a lad named Noble Storey, lately residing with his parents at Fred-street, Leichhardt was…

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The Killed and Injured

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 6

One of our reporters, who boarded the Wallaroo immediately she bad brought up at her moorings near Garden Island, saw First-Lieutenant Young, who courteously, at the Pressman's…

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Drowned in the Murrumbidgee. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 7

A magisterial inquiry was held this afternoon, before Mr. T. H. Elwin, coroner, touching the death of Thomas Bell, aged 71 years, whose body was found yesterday in the…

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Found Drowned. a North Sydney Mystery

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 5

This morning in a small boat harbour off Blue's Point, North Sydney, the body of a, man was seen floating, and it was ultimately recovered by the North Sydney and water…

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Boy Drowned at Leichhardt. Plucky Attempts at Rescue

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 5

A boy named Noble Story was drowned in Leichhardt Bay yesterday, and the Water police are to-day dragging for his body. The little fellow went into the water for a…

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