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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

3,323 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 167

A Hermit's Death. Drowned by Flood Waters After Sunday's Storm

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 5

The inquest that was held to-day into the death of the old man Fortescue, who on Sunday was found drowned near a cave in which he dwelt at the head of Kerosene…

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Shooting Accident. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

A youth named Cecil Smith was shot through the calf of his log by a pea rifle while out bird shooting through a dock-bed catching in the trigger of the rifle carried by…

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Accident at Delegate. Delegate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

This morning a man named Adam Oliver, an employee on Delegate Station, had his leg and several ribs broken by his horse falling on him…

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Fatal Accident at Mortlake. a Carter Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

A fatal accident occurred at Mortlake yesterday afternoon, the victim being a carter named Frank M'Clelland. He was employed by Mr. Zoeller, contractor to the Australian…

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Accident Whilst Rabbit Shooting. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

Whilst Charles King, who was rabbit shooting at a place 15 miles beyond Jindera, was firing at a rabbit, one of the barrels of the gun burst, and shattered the second and third…

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Accident at a Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

William Tafle, a young man, employed as a surface hand at the Ivanhoe mine, was badly injured on Sunday. He was walking to the top of a cyanide vat when he missed his…

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Accidental Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--Carl Harndt, residing at Yeronga, died yesterday evening as Lite result of accidental poisoning. It is stated that at an earlier hour Harndt drank some of the…

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A Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 6

ALBURY, Monday.--A boy named Charles Keen, who resides with his parents at Glenellen, near Jindera, and his brother went out shooting rabbits, taking two old muzzle-loading…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Motor Rider Thrown 30 Feet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. AV. Bruce, one of the official observers in the motor contest from Melbourne to Ballarat and back, was riding a motor bicycle at a great pace down the sleep…

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Nursegirl Drowned. The Woellahra Point Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 5

The Acting-City Coroner this morning made inquiry into the drowning of Maud Bulmer, a nursegirl, who was in the service of Mr. James, of "Altona," Woollahra Point, and…

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A Nursegirl Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 8

Senior-constable Buititude, of the Water Police, succeeded yesterday afternoon in recovering the body of Maud Bulmer (17), a nursegirl, who was drowned off Woollahra Point on…

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Casualties and Fatalties. Drowned in Storm Waters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 8

An open verdict was returned at an inquest held on the body of the man found in a gully at the head of Kerosene Bay on Sunday after the rain storm had passed…

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Killed on the Railway Accident or Suicide?

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 3

A sensation occurred at the Wollongong Railway Station at 8 o'clock this morning. At that hour about fifty people were on the platform, some waiting to go south by the…

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Accident at a Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 8

A big improvement occurred to-day in the condition of William Taafe, the victim of yesterday's accident, at the Ivanhoe mine. His recovery is now considered probable…

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Fatalities and Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 8

LISMORE, Tuesday.--A young man named Robert M'Leay, a resident of Dunoon, was found dead in a paddock on Sunday. He was subject to fits, and is believed to have fallen from a…

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Fail From a Train. Serious Accident to a Priest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

Father Fey met with a serious accident while on his journey from Nyngan to Sydney. He was travelling by the up-mail, which roaches Eskbank at 1.7 a.m., and…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

Mrs. G. King, of George-street, Parramatta, had a narrow escape from injury on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. King were driving in the Kellyville…

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Steamer Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

Pastor Worboys writes with reference to the accident last weeks: "The facts are that the boy was sitting in the window of the lower cabin, and inside of the bars…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 3

At the Inquiry held yesterday into the circumstances of the case of Maud Bulmer, a domestic servant, whose body was recovered by the Water Police after dragging operatins on Tuesday, a finding of…

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Deep Levels Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The prosecution was begun in the Kalgoorile Court this morning of Ralph Nicholls, general manager, and Joseph Chaffers, underground manager, of the Boulder…

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