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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Convicts' Revolt. Five Hundred Involved. Many Killed and Injured. London, Tuesday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 1

News has been received from the Philippines to the effect that 500 convicts at Bilbid revolted. During their suppression 16 were killed,…

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Has Closer Settlement Injured the Pastoral Industry? Ii. Effects of Closer Settlement on the Native Fodders

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 73

Before selection set in the average size of paddocks was fully five times as large as it is now, and the country was, comparatively, lightly stocked. Native grasses and herbage…

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Buggy Accident in New Zealand. a Lady Killed. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 10

Whilst a parly was driving near Ross, on the West Coast of the South Island, to attend a funeral, a buggy canslzed over the hill, the brake refusing to act, and Mrs. Teasdale, a…

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Casualties and Fatalities. Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 10

An inquest was held by the City Coroner at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday on the body of the tram conductor, Lionel Byrnes, who fell from the footboard of a car on Monday night…

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Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 9

CANDELO, Tuesday-- A man named Whelan met with a fatal accident on the Tantawanglo Mountain yesterday afternoon. Whilst endeavoring to assist one of his mates along, he was…

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Accident at a Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday-- John Head and John were injured in the Stanford-Mer-thyr colliery early on Sunday morning. It appears the men, with others, were engaged in a…

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Fatal Accident to a Carrier

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 9

BOMBALA, Tuesday.-- An accident which terminated fatally yesterday befell a Bombala carrier named Thomas Whelan, on the Tantawanglo Mountain. Whelan was travelling in…

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Peculiar Bathing Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

A lad, Harold Kay, 11 years of ago, met with a peculiar accident at the Parramatta Baths on Saturday last. Another lad, jumping into the water, fell on…

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Manly Drowning Fatality. a Mother's Mistake

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

The body of the boy Mulqueeny, who was drowned on the ocean beach at Manly yesterday afternoon has not yet been recovered, and those well versed in the currents in that…

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Another Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6

COROWA, Wednesday.--A widow named Florrie Fromholtz, about 20 years of age, employed as a domestic servant by Mr. Gibbon, Walbundrie, was yesterday standing over a stove…

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Inquests. Street Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner on the body of Mark Albert Darwent, aged 53, a builder and contractor, formerly residing in Pitt-street, Redfern, who died in…

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Casualties. Street Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 7

The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday concerning the death of Mark Albert Darwent, a builder, who died at the Sydney Hospital on Saturday from the effects of injuries received…

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Boy Drowned at Manly

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Whilst bathing on the Ocean beach at Manly between 5 and 6 yesterday evening a boy got carried out beyond his depth, apparently by the under-current, and was…

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A Fitter Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 7

Michael Fox, assistant fitter at the Tramway Workshops, Randwick, met with a painful accident yesterday morning. He was engaged at his work when a large air-pump fell from a…

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Drowned in a Water Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6

CONDOBOLIN, Wednesday.--An inquiry was held at Forest Vale yesterday concerning the death of John Lyons, who was found drowned in the Government tank. The body had been in…

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Collision at the Dock. Ship's Departure Delayed

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

The ship Cortez, which arrived at Sydney on Friday from Valparaiso for cleaning and painting, was lying alongside the wharf at Mort's Dock, ready for sea, last night, when the tug…

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Casualties Ans Fatalities. Boy Drowned at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6

Considerable excitement was caused at Manly yesterday afternoon when a boy named Thomas Mulqueeny was carried out to sea whilst bathing in the breakers. The life-line…

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Wharf Labourer Injured. In a Steamer's Hold

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

A wharf labourer named Evan Jones, aged 50, was severely crushed in the hold of the steamer Wiilyama, lying at Tyser's. wharf Miller's Point, at 10 o'clock this morning…

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Ship and Tug. Collision at Mort's Dock. Crew Refuse to Proceed

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

About 7 last, night, as the British ship Cortez lay at Mort's Dock, all ready to he towed away to Newcastle to load coal, the tug which was to take her, collided with the…

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