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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

3,323 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 167

Caught in the Points. a Shunter Killed. the Eveleigh Fatality

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

The shunting fatality which occurred on Thursday at Eveleigh railway yards, and of which Leonard James Waring was the victim, was investigated by the City Coroner,…

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Financial Panic. Run on a New York Bank. Fighting for Admittance. Policemen and Women Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- A serious run has occurred on the State Bank at New York owing to an unjustifiable panic among thousands of Jewish depositors…

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Bicycle Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

On Saturday last Messrs Jones and S Brown were out for a run at E[?] Plains. On the return journey, and when opposite Mr Sbeppard's, they decided to put on a…

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How They Do It in America. 220,000 Railway Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

No fewer than 148,367 casualties, including 12,165 deaths, are known to have been caused in the course of 1904 by steam and electric railways in the United States. These figures are…

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The Country. an Extraordinary Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

WAGGA, Friday. -- An accident of an unusual character, having serious consequences for one man, occurred last evening. Alfred and James Aylett carry on business as general storekeepers…

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Accident at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

On Saturday last, Mrs. Stone, sen. (mother of Mr. G. Stone. licensee of the Emu Hotel, Parramatta) had the bad fortune to fracture her wrist in a fall. Dr…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1905 · page 8

A serious accident happened to Mr. P. H. Wood, owner of the well-known Yarranung Estate, Bega. He was on his way in a buggy to inspect one of his properties on the Upper Brogo, when his horse…

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Lightning Fatalities and Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1905 · page 8

During a thunderstorm at Ensay, near Omeo (Victoria), a young man named Cook and a boy named William Boucher were struck by lightning and killed…

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Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 6

Allan Farquhar, aged 2 years and 3 months, tell from tho balcony of his parents' residence, Surry-street, Moore Park, yesterday afternoon, and fractured his skull. He was admitted to…

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Bathing Fatality. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon Queen[?]e Stevens, aged 11, and Gwendoline Reade, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Reade, Acting-Commandant of South Australia, aged 10, went for a bathe…

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Drowned While at Play

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

It was reported to the Water Police on Saturday night that a boy named Stanley Langford, 8 years of age, had been missing from his home, No. 3 Mel Mel-street, North Sydney, for…

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Drowned Whilst Playing. Little Boy's Sad End

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 4

A little eight-year-old boy, Stanley Langford, who was reported missing on Saturday night, was yesterday found drowned in Berry's Bay, North Sydney…

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A Peculiar Explosion. a Wine Seller Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 7

A peculiar explosion occurred on Thursday evening in the yard at the rear of Messrs. Aylett Brothers (wine sellers) store, Newtown. The two brothers were…

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Row in a Restaurant. a Customer Injured. the Keeper in Custody

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 4

A King-street cafe has been the scene of an unusual happening, and the whole trouble seems to have arisen over a doubt in the proprietor's mind concerning the bona fides…

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Singular Accident. Explosion of a Wine Cask

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 3

A peculiar explosion occurred in the yard at the rear of Messrs. Aylett Brothers' store, near Wagga. The firm does a large business as wine sellers…

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Strange Fatal Accident. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 8

A few days ago Mr. G. T. Tate, for many years a resident of Jamberoo, was found lying on the main road in an unconscious condition. He had fallen from his cart while…

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Sick and Accident Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 9

Tho half-yearly meeting of the members of the Newtown Council's Employees' Siclc and Accident Fund was hold in tho Newtown Town-ball on Friday evening, Mr. G. Crundwell presiding…

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Berry's Bay Drowning. a Sad Fatality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 7

The City Coroner yesterday afternoon inquired into the drowning of the little boy whose body was on Sunday found in Berry's Bay…

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Inquests. Boy Drowned in Berry's Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 7

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday on the bord of John Stanley Langford, aged night years, who was drowned in Berry's Bay on Saturday. The father of the boy stated that…

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Collision at Port Adelaide. Katoomba and Essex

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--A collision which fortunately resulted in no more serious damage than the smashing of two boats occurred in the Port River this morning between the steamer…

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