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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 187

Sensational Boating Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1906 · page 8

A boating misadventure, attendant with a fatal result, occurred on the river at Doctor's Point. Albury. Accompanied by an old-age pensioner named William Kimbell (better known as "Billy…

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At Gordon to-day a boy named Frank Waldie 15, was drowned while bathing with some other boys in a quarry hole. Waldie, finding himself sinking grasped a…

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Casualties. Rescued From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon Stuart Lamond, 35, a stonemason, fell from a launch in Botany Bay. He was quickly rescued by a friend on the vessel, and after being treated by Dr. O'Keefe,…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A resident of Eudanda, A. E. Jobst, was drowned while bathing at Mount Barker to-day, in 7ft. of water. Several unify successful attempts were made to save him…

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Country News. Rescued From Drowning. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 8

Whilst fishing yesterday afternoon in the Hawkesbury River, a son of Mr. C. Farlows accidentally slipped into the water, and would have been drowned only Mr. Henry Brown…

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The Fatal Harbour Collision. Inquest Resumed. "Lean Towards the Children,"

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 5

The City Coroner resumed the inquiry to-day into the deaths of Fredk. Thomas Heming and his Wife, Agnes Heming, which took place in the harbour on Sunday week through the steam,…

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Gripped by the Undertow. Excitement at Bondi and Manly. Narrow Escapes From Drowning

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 6

There were two narrow escapes from drowning at Bondi. Beach and two at Manly yesterday, the treacherous undertow "being responsible, as usal, for the occurrences…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Church Riots in France. More Disturbances. Demonstrators Fatally Injured

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—Serious disturbances continue in Paris in connection with the taking by Government officials of inventories of the furniture and ornaments in…

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Fatalities and Accidents. an Overdose of Morphia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 6

The death of a man, whose name is said to be either John M'Mahon or M'Millan (36), forms the subject of a report that has been forwarded to the Coroner…

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Accident at a Cricket Match. Bombala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 8

During the progress of a cricket match between Bombala and Delegate, the Rev. Mr. Auld met with a painful accident. He was playing a leg break from Mr. M'Ilveen, when…

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An Executive Member Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 9

Mr. Charles Fairclough, chairman of the Progressive Carpenters' Union, and a member of the executive of the Trades Hall Association, has had the misfortune to lose…

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The Fatal Harbour Collision. Inquest Resumed

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

The City Coroner resumed the Inquiry into the deaths of Fredk. Thomas Heming and his wife, Agnes Heming, which toot place in the harbour, on Sunday week through the steam…

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The Harbour Collision Inquest Resumed. Conflicting Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 5

The inquest concerning the deaths of Frederick Thomas Heming and Agnes Heming, which occurred on January 28, as the result of the collision in the harbour between the ferry…

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The Harbor Fatality. an Alleged Conversation. "Lean Towards the Children."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 8

Yesterday the inquest was resumed on the bodies of Frederick Thomas Homing and Agnes Homing, victims of the collision which occurred between the ferry steamer Manly and…

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Sensational Runaway. Horses Crash Into Bridgestreet Hotel. Driver Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 4

At ten minutes to 11 o'clock this morning, a two-house lorry, laden with chaff, came to grief at the Exchange, corner, Pitt and Bridge streets. A minute prior to the smash the…

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Paris Church Riots. Over Five Hundred Injured. Inspectors Ejected From Cathedrals

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--During the church disturbances in Paris 70 policemen and 500 Catholic men, women, and children were injured, some fatally…

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Sensation in Bridge-st. a Runaway Lorry. Driver and Horse Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 5

There was a sensational runaway in Bridge-street shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. A lorry, to which two powerful horses were…

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Gembrook Railway Accident. Independent Board Appointed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 5

On the return of the Premier to Melbourne to-day he was interviewed by the chairman of the Railway Commissioners in regard to the inquiry to be held in connection with…

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Accident on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 1

The steamer Rippingham Grange, berthed at Woolloomooloo Bay, was this morning the scene of a painful accident. A wharf-labourer named J. Donnelly,…

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A Fatal Fall. Accident at the New Railway Station. a Crane Hand Killed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 7

While at work at the new railway station William Anderson, a "dogman" (crane hand), yesterday fell from the scaffolding, and sustained fatal injuries. It appears that…

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