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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

3,323 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 167

Three Persons Drowned. Fatal Boating Accident. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

Yesterday three persons, John Cully, his daughter, and Mrs. Marshall, were drowned at Bay Islands by the capsizing of an Open sailing boat during a squall…

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The Power-house Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

The Acting-City Coroner held an inquest yesterday on the body of George Vivian Moore, who was killed on Friday through falling from a scaffold at the Ultimo Power-house. It…

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Burning Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

Hannah Folger, housekeeper, aged 45, residing on the Ferndale estate, Brisbane, was fatally burned on Saturday through her clothes catching fire. She died early on Sunday…

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Railway Fatality at Thirroul

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

BULLI, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred to a man named Harry Carpenter, aged 65, on Saturday night. He was found on Sunday morning lying alongside the railway line near…

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A Wheeler Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

A wheeler at a colliery in Helensburgh, named Oliver Ollason (17), was kicked by a horse yesterday, and had several ribs fractured. The injured youth was brought to Sydney by…

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A Singular Fatality. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

A singular fatality is reported from Deloraine. A child aged 3 years, son of Mr. Duncombe, a school teacher, in getting into the washhouse, pulled a tub of wet clothes…

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Young Woman Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

Edith Evans, aged 23, was drowned at Castlemaine on Saturday afternoon through falling into the Coliban River. Numbers of young women were standing near at the time,…

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FELL 50 FEET. Shocking Fatality at Ultimo

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

The Acting-City Coroner, Mr. W. Clarke, conducted an inquest into the death of Geo. Vivian Moore, a bricklayer's labourer, who was fatally injured on Friday last by a…

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Coroners' Inquests. the Oxford-street Shooting Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

The Acting City Coroner, Mr. W. Clarke, held an inquest yesterday on the body of Annle Catherine M'Glinn, the giri who died in St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday from the effects of a bullet wound…

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Injured in a Quarrel. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

On Saturday night Edgar M. Couch, 38, a married man with a small family, was found lying near the Goodwood Park Hotel, unconiscious. He was taken to the Adelaide…

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A Melbourne Merchant Drowned. Death of Mr. William M'lean

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The body of Mr. William M'Lean, for many years head of the firm of M'Lean Bros, and Rigg, and afterwards director when it was converted into a limited liability…

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Drowned at Brighton. Death of Mr. W. M'lean. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

Mr. William M'Lean, head of the hardware firm of M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, was drowned this morning at Brighton. He had been in ill-health for a long time, and last…

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Sad Tragedy. Found Drowned in Habson's Bay. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

Mr. William M'Lean, for many years head of the firm of M'Lean Bros, and Rigg, left his residence in Albert-street at 7 in the morning and took a ticket for Middle…

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Granville Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

A well-known resident of Granville South, named Francis Edward M'Guire, died last night from the effects of an accident. On Saturday last he was driving along Woodville-road…

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Newcastle Hulk Breakwater. Reported Accident to the Elamang

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

A report was current in the city to-day that the Elamang, one of the hulks purchased in connection with the Newcastle Harbour improvement schema, had been partly destroyed…

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Accident to a Roads Engineer. Tumberumba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

A serious accident happened yesterday to Mr. Conyers, roads engineer. He was about to start in his buggy on a Journey, when the horse bolted down the steep hill from his…

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Accident to a Cyclist. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

Percy Cecil, a cyclist, riding down bill at Hepburn, came into collision with a man on foot, and was thrown from the machine with such force that his skull was fractured…

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A Woman Overboard. Ferry Steamer Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

While the North Shore ferry steamer Kulgoa was proceeding to M'Mahon's Point shortly before noon yesterday one of the passengers, Nurse Wilson, of Cleveland-street, fell…

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Flagship in the Pacific The Protet at Frisco. Sailors Injured in Gales

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 6

A new French flagship for the Pacific station is outward-bound from Prance. It will be remembered that the French cruiser Protet, which visited Sydney on…

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Shooting Accident at Bega. Gun Bursts and Fractures Boy's Skull

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 5

BEGA, Wednesday.—A youth named Jack Bowley, son of Mr. John Bowley, and other boys were searching for wild duck on Kisses Lagoon, near the town, when it was decided to…

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