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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

3,323 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 167

Fatal Cab Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 6

A man named Martin Begg died in St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries sustained through being knocked down by a cab in Oxford-street on Saturday night…

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Street Fatality. Death of Martin Begg

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 7

The City Coroner, Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., held an inquest at St. Vincent's Hospital into the death of Martin Begg, who on Thursday succumbed in that institution to injuries…

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Fatal Pea Rifle Accident

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

ORANGE, Saturday.—Two lads, Donald Kennedy and Ernest William Jewell, were shooting rabbits in a paddock near the town this morning, when Kennedy was shot dead by an…

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Shocking Accident. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at Ascot Vale. John Sadler, 49, was driving a pair of horses attached to a waggon, when he let the reins full. The horses bolted…

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Casualties. a Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 11

A young woman named Beatrice Raynor, residing in Stanley-street, Burwood, met with an accident at the Strathfield railway station last evening. She was in the act of entering a train…

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A Motor Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 4

A motor accident occurred at Castle Hill on Tuesday, to a fruit cart, driven by Mr. W. Stevens, of Kenthurst. The ,horse shied at a motor in which wore two…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 4

On "Wednesday, an old man, John Edwards was brought to the Parramatta Hospital by the police to have wound on his lead attended to. He had fallen…

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Fell From a Tram. Girl Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1905 · page 5

A girl named Marjory Halstead, residing at 115 Quay-street, Ultimo, fell from a tram at the corner of King and George streets last night, and sustained severe injuries to…

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The Riga Riots. Forty-two Strikers Killed. Many Others Wounded and Drowned. London, Saturday, 4.35 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 29 January 1905 · page 1

Sixty thousand workers are on striae at Riga. In the encounters with the troops that took place on Thursday 42 persons were killed and…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 7

MENINDIE, Sunday.--A boy, ten years of age, named Fred. Hall, son of Mr. George Hall, was drowned whilst bathing in the river last evening…

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VICTORIA v Tasmania. Two Players Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 5

The annual match between a Tasmanian team and a second eleven of Victoria was commenced on the Melbourne Ground on Saturday. The visitors had not by any means their strongest team, four of their…

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Casualties. a Street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 8

Charles Nurse, 44, was engaged in fixing a telegraph wire al Marion-street, Leichhardt, on Saturday morning, when a tram Struck the wire and knocked him down. Nurse, who…

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Accident at Coogee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 8

A peculiar accident occurred at Coogee yesterday morning. George Twynam, a fruiterer's assistant, residing at King-street, Newtown, was running along the beach with a…

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Accidents in Coal Mines. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 8

John Swinton, a miner, while working in a bond of tops in the Stanford Merthyr colliery on Thursday morning, was seriously injured by a fall of stone, which struck him…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 4

A man whose name is believed to be Finley died in the Sydney Hospital early this morning from injuries sustained at the People Palace on Saturday. Deceased, it appears, fell…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 7

ORANGE, Saturday.--A boy named Donald Kennedy, 15 years of age, mot with a fatal accident this morning. He and another boy were out shooting with pea rifles, about a mile from…

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Collision in the Yarra. Scottish Lochs Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 6

A heavy south-westerly gale was responsible for a serious accident this evening at the entrance of the West Melbourne dock. The (steamer Loongana, proceeding to…

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Pea Rifle Fatality. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 9

A fatal pea rifle accident happened on Saturday morning. Two lads named Jewell and (Kennedy were out on Bletchington rabbit shooting with pea rifles. They had fired one…

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Shipping Items. a Serious Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

While the turbine steamer Loongana was proceeding down the river Yarra last night, on her way from Melbourne to Launceston, and the steamer Gabo inward bound from Sydney…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 9

Jas. Newbury, aged 8, was drowned in a waterhole at Victoria Park, Brisbane, yesterday. ALBURY, Monday…

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