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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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"Save the Baby." Sad Harbour Fatality

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 3

An inquest was held at the Coroner's Court Queen's-square, yesterday, by City Coroner Barnett on the body of Llewellyn Liddie, otherwise known as Louis Little, who…

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Drowned Off Garden Island. Conflicting Evidence

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 5

The City Coroner held an inquest touching the death of Llewellyn Liddle, otherwise known as Lewis Llewellyn, at the Court, King-street, yesterday. Liddle…

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Explosion on Warship. Over 200 People Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

A terrible accident occurred on the Brazilian ironclad Aquidaban at Jacaiepagna, on the coast of Brazil. At midnight a powder magazine exploded, and…

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Drowned in a Sewer. Brave Attempt at Rescue

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 7

The death of a little girl named Edith Byrnes, aged 6 years and 8 months, who was drowned in a sewer at North Sydney during Thursday afternoon's downpour formed the subject of an…

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Valencia Wreck. 107 Persons Drowned. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 5

Latest information concerning the loss of the steamer Valencia, wrecked at Cape Beale, near Vancouver, states that the total loss was 107…

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Terrible Wreck. Great Loss of Life—whole Family Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

The steamer Valencia, belonging to the Pacific Coast Company, went ashore at Cape Beale, near Vancouver, British Columbia, and became a total loss…

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Accidents at Aspendale Park

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 6

Our Melbourne correspondent wired last night as follows:—In the Steeplechase at Aspenodale Park to-day Busirus, the favorite, fell, and cut himself so badly that…

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North Sydney Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. A. N. Barnett, City Coroner, held an inquest on Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Edith Mary Byrne, aged 6, who was drowned in a storm-water channel…

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The Harbour Collision

The Australian Star · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

The harbour collision of yesterday and the very lamentable, tragedy which followed are naturally and Inevitably subjects of general conversation to-day. Though it happened in…

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Shocking Disaster. Collision in Harbour. Ferry Steamer and Launch. Two Persons Drowned. Four Children Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 7

A sensational collision, unhappily attended with loss of life, occurred yesterday afternoon in the harbour between the Port Jackson Co-operative Ferry Company's ferry steamer…

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Tramcar Collision. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 8

Yesterday a tramcar at Fremantle struck a lorry driven by a man named Arthur Douglas. The horse was killed, and Douglas seriously injured…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 6

At an inquiry held by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., District Coroner, concerning the finding of the dead body of an infant, 18 months old, named Thomas Bernadine Carberry, in a small…

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Racing Fatality. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 8

At the Anniversary Race Meeting yesterday a cabdriver, named Bert Spriggs, whilst riding in a race, collided with a post, and received such terrible injuries that he died…

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A Sensational Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 8

A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Deep Creek, near Gymp[?]e. William Mitchell was felling a tree situated on the slope of a hill. His wife and two children, Francis,…

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Harbour Boating Fatality. Manly Steamer Runs Down Motor Launch. Family Thrown Into the Water. Father and Mother Drowned

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

A sad boating fatality occurred on Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon, when the ferry steamer Manly ran down the oil launch Agnes, and precipitated a family of six into the water,…

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Stormwater Channel Fatality. a Plucky Youth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 8

An inquest was held by the City Coroner on Saturday upon the body of the little girl, Edith May Jackson Byrne, who was drowned on Thursday…

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The Harbour Collision. the Manly's Wheelhouse. Is the Captain's View Obstructed?

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 3

Various rumours and statements were made during the excitement occasioned by the collision in the Harbour (reported on page 4 of this issue), and one, as told to an "Evening News"…

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Victorian Railway Smash Excursion Train Derailed. Seventy People Injured. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

The narrow gauge line between Ferntree Gully and Gembrook was yesterday the scene of a railway accident which was attended…

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Excursion Train Derailed. on Victorian Line. Eight People Seriously Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 7

A railway accident occurred at 1.25 this afternoon to an excursion train on the narrow gauge line from Ferntree Gully to Gembrook. The train consisted of eight covered trucks…

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Railway Smash. Victorian Excursion Train. Topples Over an Embankment. Seventy Persons Injured. Miraculous Escapes From Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- A picturesque spot on the Gembrook narrow gauge railway, about four miles from Upper Ferntree Gully, was today the scene of a thrilling railway disaster…

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