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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

3,323 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 167

Railway Fireman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 6

PERTH,' Sunday.--On Saturday morning an engine was being shunted in Perth station yard, when it collided with a stationary engine, stoving in parts of the latter's tender. The…

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Knocked Down by a Tram. a Man Seriously Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 5

George Anderson, a middle-aged man, was crossing William-street, at its intersection with Bourke-street, this morning, when a tram knocked him down…

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Mining Fatality. Fall of Ore at Broken Hill. [By Telegraph.] Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 4

Thomas Ritchie (47), miner, employed at the British mine, was killed by a fall of ore early this morning. Deceased was at work in the stope at the…

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Boating Accident at South Head. Skiff Capsized in the Breakers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 6

During a squall yesterday afternoon [?] and a boy had a narrow escape from drowning at South Head. They were observed in the evening from the lighthouse coming into the…

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Accidentally Killed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 8

A man named Hermann House was accidentally killed on Friday night near Gatton. It is supposed that the waggon he was driving came into collision with a culvert, throwing…

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Fatal Accident at a Show. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 8

While removing his horses from the show ground on Friday, Mr. William Parker, aged 60 years, a resident of Agnes Banks, was kicked in the abdomen by one of the animals…

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Vehicle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 8

On Saturday, at about 1.30 p.m., the Civil Ambulance conveyed Charles Fern, 19, to the Sydney Hospital, where he was admitted by Dr. Kay. Fern, who was driving a light…

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Mining Accident. Managers Fined. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 5

The hearing was concluded on Friday of the cases against Ralph Nicholls and Joseph Chaffers, general and underground managers respectively of the Boulder Deep Levels mine,…

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A Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 6

BULLI, Sunday.--Several minor accidents occurred at tho South Bulli mine during the week. Two lads named Frank Brady and Harry Morgan both had a finger taken off whilst,…

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A Vehicular Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 6

Charles Foam (19), a carter, residing at 25 Cleveland-street, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening by Dr. Stuart Kay, suffering from internal injuries. A…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Tramway Conductor Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 6

A tramway conductor, named Henry Harvey (24), lately residing at Moncur-street, Woollahra, was fatally injured on Saturday evening whilst engaged in collecting fares on a…

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The Randwick Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

An inquest into the collision which occurred in Albion-street, Randwick, on Saturday night, and by which Henry Harvey, a tram conductor, was killed, was initiated…

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Outrage in Morocco. the Pretender's Display of Power Men Tied in Sacks and Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.-- The Morocco Pretender, with a view of terrorising his enemies, caused seven prisoners to be thrown into the sea in sacks with only…

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Peculiar Burning Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Miss Williams, living with her father at Coglin, trod on a place phosphorus poison near a rabbit warren, when her clothing caught fire, and she was badly…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Accident at Broken-hill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--W. J. Reed, employed at the Central mill, was working on the ore floors to-day, when he was jammed between a truck and one of the launders, his left…

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Runaway Horse. Kills a Tram Conductor. Awful Collision

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 5

The Acting-City Coroner this morning made inquiry into the fatal collision, which occurred between a runaway and a tram at Waverley on Saturday night last, and of which…

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Ferry Boat Collision. Lady Hampden and Daphne. Marine Court Inquiry

Evening News · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 5

A Court of Marine Inquiry, presided over by Judge Gibson, was held in Sydney, to-day, into the circumstances connected with the collision between the Lady Hampden and Daphne, in the…

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On the Harbour by Moonlight. the Lady Hampden and the Daphne Collision Marine Court Inquiry

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 5

The collision between the Lady Hampden and the Daphne, which occurred off Dawes Point on February 17, the damage being slight, was inquired into by the Marine…

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Mining Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 702

The bearing was concluded on Friday of the cases against Ralph Nicholls and Joseph Chaffers, general and underground managers respectively of the Boulder Deep Levels mine…

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Serious Accident. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 7

A serious accident occurred to-day at the South Wharf. Patrick Ryan, 43, was unloading timber from a lorry, when a portion of the load fell on him, inflicting terrible…

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