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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

3,323 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 167

Ferry Boats in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 8

A collision occurred off Dawes Point early last evening, between the Lane Cove ferry steamer Daphne and the Balmain ferry steamer Lady Hampden. The former had the cabin…

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Ex-stations Aster's Death. Sad Fatality at Leichhardt

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

This morning the wife of Charles Edward Lamb, an ex-railway stationmaster, residing in Elswick-street, Leichhardt, made a sad discovery while searching for her husband,…

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Collision in the Harbour. the Daphne and the Lady Hampde

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 10

Shortly before 7.30 last evening a collision occurred off Dawes Point between the ferry steamers Daphne, of the Lane Cove service, and the Lady Hampden, belonging to the…

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Fatal Fire. a Youth Burned to Death. a Man Severely Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 11

A shocking burning fatality occurred yesterday afternoon at the chemical works of Messrs. N. Guthridge, Ltd., at Vimicra-road, Marsfield. The victim was Victor Cutbush,…

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Our Note Book. Turf Talk and Tips V.A.T.C. Autumn Meeting. Oakieigh Plate Selections-Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup Betting-Winners at Canterbury Park-Accidents and their Causes. Selections for Rosehill

The Arrow · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

TO-DAY It will be the privilege of racing supporters to either at Rosehill, where there will be a very fair programme for their entertainment. It is expected that at…

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Sensational Accident. an Explosion at Marsfield the Charred Remains of a Victim

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

One of those fearful episodes that now and then startle a quiet community, and throw into dread, gloom and sorrow, friends and…

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Big Toe Cut Off. Accident to a Labourer

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 11

About 4 p,m. yesterday a man named Richd. Maher, 35 a wharf labourer, living at 126 Devonshire-street, Sydney was unloading some pig-iron from the ship Ravenscourt at…

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The Submarine Accident. an Explosion of Gasoline. the Vessel on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Details of the accident on the submarine A3, in Queenstown harbor, show that while 11 officers and men were charging the tanks…

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Motor-cab Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 11

A motor-car, owned by Mr. Alfred Lee, of Penkivil-street, Bondi, and driven by a man named Batman, came into collision on Thursday afternoon, with the verandah post of the Bondi…

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A Tramway Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 10

At the Sydney District Court, before Judge Rogers and a jury, Martha Napier, of Ryde, sought to recover £200 compensation for injuries alleged to have been…

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Miss Martin's Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

Miss Martin, who met with the painful and serious accident at the Parramatta railway station the other day, is reported to be doing as well as could…

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Tram Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 5
Also in The Sunday Sun

A woman named Euphebia Staples, living in Beath-street, Dulwich Hill, fell in alighting from a tram in Newtown last night, and sustained injuries necessitating…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 1

The Civil Ambulance Brigade conveyed Ernest Sweeney, a Bulli baker, from the railway station yesterday to the Sydney Hospital, suffering from a wound in the leg,…

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The Latest Cable News Russia's Reign of Czar's Uncle Murdered. Blown to Pieces by a Bomb. Driver also Killed-One Assassin Injured. Consternation of the Czar. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 5

A bomb outrage, resulting in the death of the Grand Duke Sergius, uncle of the Gzar, and who recently resigned the Governor-Generalship of Moscow,…

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Railway Crossing Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 6

A fatal accident happened at the level crossing near Narnargoon on Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dore, who were driving into the township in a gig, were run down by a…

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Injured by a Horse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 8

William Carnell, 21, and residing in Maystreet, St. Peters, was exercising the trotting horse Arrow at Lady Robinson's Beach yesterday morning, when the animal stumbled…

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Mining Fatality. a Haulage Rope Snaps

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 6

GORMANSTON (Tas.), Sunday.--A fatality occurred on the Mount Lyell haulage line on Saturday, whereby a young man, named Arthur Wallace, was killed, and two men, named…

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Fatality at Leichhardt. Station Master's Sudden Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 7

Charles Edward Lamb, an ex-railway stationmaster, who resided at Elswick-street, Leichhardt, was early on Saturday morning found dead in some bushes on a vacant piece of land at the…

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Casualties and Fatalities. Fatal Gun Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 8

On Saturday morning Ernest Wynne, a baker, of Bulli, and John Hassan, his cousin, were out rabbit shooting at Appin, when the former was accidentally shot in the right…

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