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Accidents, 1906

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 187

Sad Fatality at Marrickville

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 54

A sad drowning fatality occurred on January 19 at "Sefton Hall," Marrickville, near Sydney, the residence of Mr. Marcus Clark. Two little girls, Dorothy Gale, aged 10,…

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Accident to Boating Party. Maw Drowned in the Harbour

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 4

Through the resetting of a skiff in the harbour, between Garden Island and Potts' Point yesterday, a ran named Louis Little, who lived at 47 Prougham-street, Wolloomooloo, was…

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A Young Man Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 10

Herbert Eustace Hall and Arnold Richardson sailed a yacht yesterday from Port Adelaide to Henley Bench, to take part in a regatta. At 5 a.m. to-day they started to…

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Collapse of Scaffolding. Three Men Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 10

This afternoon, while repairs wore being effected at Guinea-street railway bridge, the scaffolding collapsed, and three men were Injured. One had two ribs broken, another…

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Panic in a Church. Many Killed and Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A cry of fire, caused a panic among a colored Baptist congregation in Philadelphia, during which a staircase collapsed. There were 18…

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Disaster in Brazil. Explosion on a Warship. Four Admirals Drowned. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 9

A terrible accident occurred on board the Brazilian ironelad Aquidaban, at Jacalepagna, on the coast of Brazil, on Sunday…

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Sensational Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 6

sensational accident occurred at Paddington, on Monday morning. A large four-wheeled furniture waggon, drawn by two horses, and heavily laden, got beyond…

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Crushed by a Tree. Accident at Lismore. Lismore

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

While Mrs. C. Cupitt was watching her children fishing alt Teven Creek, near Lismore, a tree fell on her without the slightest warning, breaking her left thigh, right leg,…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Doctor's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 10

Dr. James Peugally Reed, a retired surgeon, 56 years of age, who resided at 164 Carrington-road, Waverley, was found dead at his home yesterday morning, with a bullet wound in…

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Accident to Archdeacon Gunther. A Bolting Pony. Two Casualties in Church-street on Saturday Night

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

A great sensation was caused in Church-street, Parramatta, on Saturday evening, just when the shopping and sightseeing crowd was at its thickest. A pony…

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Nearly Drowned Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 6

J. M'Cullagh, a young man, narrowly escaped drowning while bathing at Queenscliff. He was swept out by the waves, but was rescued with great difficulty by M. Cassells…

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Fatality at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 7

William Braggett, aged 32, employed as a crane driver at Carrington, died suddenly this afternoon. He left off work to speak to another employee when he fell forward and…

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The Boating Fatality. Body Not Yet Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 5

A representative of "The Daily Telegraph" saw the two women, Nellie Hart and Elizabeth Mullins, who were in the boat which swamped between Garden Island and Potts Point on…

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Sixty Drowned. One Hundred Others Still in Peril. Great Shipping Disaster. London, Wednesday, 3.25 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 1

A shipping disaster, attended with great loss of life, has occurred at Vancouver. The unfortunate vessel was the Pacific Coast Co.'s steamer Valencia, which went…

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Accident to the Australien. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 7

While proceeding up St. Vincent's Gulf the French mail steamer Australien, when about 25 miles from the Semaphore anchorage, had a breakdown in the engine-room, resulting…

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Fell Off the Train. Accident on the Mountains. Springwood

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

A gentleman passenger, bound to Coonamble by the Bourke mail train last night, fell off the platform of a sleeping car near the tunnel at Glenbrook. Some time afterwards…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Died From Thirst. Found Naked by the Roadside

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 8

BOURKE, Wednesday.--Yesterday Mr. Mullen, a surveyor, whilst travelling from Beemery, discovered a naked man lying alongside the road about 20 miles from Bourke. A brief…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Boating Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 6

The Water Police dragged an day yesterday for the body of Llewellyn Liddell, the victim of the boating fatality in Woolloomooloo Bay on Tuesday, but were not successful…

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Casualties. the Boating Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 6

Dragging operations were resumed yesterday by the Water Police for the body of Llewellyn Liddell, the victim of Tuesday's boating fatality. Up to a late hour yesterday, however,…

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Harbour Boating Fatality. Liddell's Body Recovered

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

The body of Llewellyn Liddell, 27, who was drowned by the capsize of a skiff near Garden Island on Tuesday, was recovered this morning. The accident occurred iu the vicinity of…

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