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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Gembrook Railway Accident. Discussing the Cause. Commissioners' Explanation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Sunday's sensational railway accident, when part of a Gem- brook excursion train left the rails, injuring many passengers, has so fur not resulted in any…

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The Harbor Accident. Captain of the Manly Interviewed. Saw the Launch Ahead. But Clear of His Vessel's Course

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 6

Captain C. Word, master of the steamer Manly, when seen by a "Dally Telegraph" reporter yesterday concerning the fatal accident on Sunday, said that he saw Hemming's launch…

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Inquiries Into the Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 6

A preliminary inquiry was hold by the company in the morning, but any decision on the subject will be postponed in view of the departmental investigation…

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Double Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

WISEMAN'S FERRY, Tuesday. -- Yesterday Mr. George Storey, teacher of the public school at Central M'Donald, and Victor Douglass, his nephew, and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry…

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Harbour Boating Fatality

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 55

A sad boating fatality occurred on Sydney Harbour on Sunday 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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Collision in George-street

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

The Journey of the 11.24 p.m. tram from Circular Quay to Drummoyne was temporarily interrupted in George-street, near the Strand Arcade, on Tuesday night, by a fire engine…

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Drowned in New Britain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Captain Heine, of the N.D.L. steamer Laagcoog, one of the coastal vessels in the Bismarck Archipelago, while crossing a small river in the Baining district, in New Britain, was…

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Drowned While Bathing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

A young man named Edgar Bird was drowned at Shepparton to-day. He got out of his depth while swimming, and could not be rescued…

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Casualties. a Painter Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Samuel M'Clennan, 25 years of ago, residing at Harden-street, Coogee, whilst ongaged pain[?] ing on board the Ventura yesterday, fell down the vessel's hold, a distance of 30ft…

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Double Bathing Fatality. Wiseman's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

A sad drowning accident occurred about dusk yesterday. Mr. George Storey, teacher of the Public school at Central McDonald, and Victor Douglas, his nephew,…

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Injured by Fall of Marble

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

Andrew Macfarlane, who lives in Boronia-street, Redfern, and is employed at Anthony Hordern and Sons' marble factory, Elizabeth-street, Redfern, was moving a stack of marble…

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The Rookwood Fatality. The Dangers of Waterholes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

On Friday, Mr. T. E. MacNevin commenced an inquest at Rookwood on the body of the little boy Carberry, whose death was reported on the previous day…

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Harbour Collision: Steamer Manly and the Launch Agnes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 299

ON Sunday afternoon a sensational boating disaster occurred on the Harbour, when the steamer Manly ran down the 30ft launch Agnes. Mr. Heming, a laundry…

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The Harbor Fatality. Funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Heming

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Since the colliery accident in 1900 there has not been so large and representative a gathering in connection with a funeral in Balmain as that which assembled yesterday to see the…

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The Harbour Collision Story of the Rescue. Some Fresh Details

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

Additional light is thrown upon the harbour tragedy of Sunday afternoon by a statement obtained yesterday from Mr. Charles Fay, a member of the engine-room…

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Injured His Neck. Youth Taken to the Hospital

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 7

Yesterday at Langdon and Langdon's timber yard at Rozelle Bay a youth named Thomas Cullen, aged 19 years, residing at Flood-street, Leichhardt, met with an…

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A Terrible Death. Attacked by a Shark. the George's River Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the deat[?] of William Joseph Dobson, who was attacked and killed by a shark while swimming in the George's River on Sunday last, were…

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The George-street Collision. the Firemen's Version. (Continued from page 2.)

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

The Fire Brigade account of the collision is diametrically opposed to that furnished to the Tramway Department, and an examination of the damaged engine certainly bears out the…

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Special City. "Evening News" Office, 45 P.m. Sunday's Harbour Collision. Inquest on the Hemings. Evidence by the Son. What the Doctors Say

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 5

The City Coroner commenced an inquiry to-day concerning the deaths of Fredk. Thomas Heming and his wife, Agnes Heming, which took place in the harbour on Sunday through…

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Sensational Accident. Fire Engine Collides with a Tram. a Narrow Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 8

A sensational accident occurred late last evening in George-street, between King and Market streets. A fire engine, whilst proceeding to an outbreak in Sussex-street, came…

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