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Accidents, 1906

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 187

Injured by a Falling Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 10

COOMA, Friday.--Archibald M'Donald, of Nimitybelie, was cutting trees for fencing purposes. One fell on him breaking his thigh. He was brought to the Cooma Hospital for treatment…

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Sad Fatality. Two Girls Perish. While Bathing at Marrikville

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 1

News was received about 6 o'clock last evening by the Newton Police that a double drowning fatality had occurred in an "open bath" on the grounds attached to the…

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Broken Bottles on the Beach. Child Injured

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7

A little girl while running on Balmoral Beach the other day trod Upon a piece of glads which made a great gash in her foot. It…

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Attacked by a Dog. Man Horribly Injured.—Serious Results. PERTH

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 5

A telegram from Albany to-day states that a labourer named william Ralph was the victim of an unfortunate occurrence. H? proceeded to the house of a…

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Carious Accident at Pyrmont Bridge. Man Jammed in a Girder

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

About 7.30 a.m. to-day a gang of men were put on to paint the ironwork portions of the swing part of Pynnont Bridge. While they were at work, about 10 minutes to…

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Accident and Liquor

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

It certainly does seem rather hard that when anyone, a cyclist, for instance, meets with an accident on Sundays, no hotelkeeper is permitted to assist good Samaritaus who attend to him…

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Cars. Motoring Accidents--the Price of Cars

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 3

It has often been suggested--originally by Mr. S. F. Edge--that the only, fair way to compare, the comparative danger of motor and horse-drawn vehicles was to take the…

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Painful Accident to an Infant

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 10

WEE WAA, Friday.--A painful accident happened at Pilliga yesterday, to the infant child of A. J. Kennedy. The child while playing with a bottle containing caustic soda, spilt some…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Swagman Gored to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 10

An unknown man, evidently a swagman, met with a shocking death yesterday morning in a field called Barnes' Paddock, off the Western-road, near Parramatta. Some men were…

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Sensational Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1906 · page 8

The captain of the barque Zanita, which arrived at Adelaide, reports that at 2 o'clock in Christmas morning, when he was 207 miles west-south-west of Cape Leeuwin, he came into collision with…

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Two Men Drowned Through a Hat

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1906 · page 8

Two men named John Abrahams and H. S. Thompson were drowned in Hie Swan River at crawley. With three others, they were crab-fishing on a sand spit. Abrahams lost his bat, and…

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An Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1906 · page 6

There was an accident in the Shorts Handicap at Moorefield yesterday. After turning into the straight Falco came down, and Gusto fell over him. The horses…

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Extraordinary Accident on Pyrmont Bridge

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1906 · page 5

An extraordinary accident occurred to a painter named George Bell (50), who resides at 50 Union-street, Pyrmont, early yesterday morning. A gang of men, of…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Sunday.-- Mr. C. K. Baldwinson, of Adelaide, had an exciting experience at Semaphore late last night. He was sitting on the jetty stops, when his hat blew off, and in…

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The Coimbatore Collision. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 7

Great surprise is expressed in Wallaroo shipping circles at the cable message that the Coimbatore has been posted as lost. It is held that there was nothing in Captain…

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Serious Accident. Archdeacon Gunther, V.G., Injured. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

A serious accident occurred in the central part of Church-street, Parramatta, on Saturday evening just when the town was most thickly thronged with shoppers and the usual…

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Runaway at Parramatta. Archdeacon Gunther Knocked Down and Injured

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 4

The appearance of a runaway pony, dragging a lawn-mower, in Church-street, Parramatta, on Saturday, evening, was responsible,…

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Sensational Accident in Paddington. Furniture Pantechnicon and Horses. Turn Somersault Over a Cliff

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

An accident of a most extraordinary character took place about 10.30 this morning, when a large pantechnicon, belonging to Messrs. Hyde and Company, 284 Oxford-street,…

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Motoring Accident. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 8

A driver in the Adelaide motor and garage works, named Benjamin Matthews, aged 23, met with a serious accident midway between Basket Range and Uraidla, on Saturday…

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A Driving Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 6

While driving in a village cart with his father and mother to church at Mort dale yesterday morning a boy named Arthur la douche, residing at Penshurst (14), met with a serious…

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