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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 187

Fatalities and Accidents. Found Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Charles Tyzer, 48, was found dead this morning on the balcony of the Federal Palace Hotel. A housemaid went to call Tyzer, and, falling to arouse…

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 10

BALLINA, Friday.--A boy named George MacDonald was found drowned at Loven Creek on Tuesday…

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A Miner Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 10

WOONONA, Friday.--Yesterday afternoon, at Woonona Colliery, a miner, named Walter Popped, had his skull fractured by a fall of coal. His condition is critical…

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The Harbor Fatality. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 13

Sir,--The gentleman who signed "Justice" to-day hardly holds the balance as fairly as the blindfolded lady who is emblematical of that quality…

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The Late Harbour Collision. Captain of the Manly. to Be Proceeded Against

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 1

Last night Detectives Ward and Fullerton served a notice signed by the Solicitor-General on Roger L. C. Ward, captain of the steamer Manly, plying between Sydney and…

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Marine Court. (Before Judge Backhouse, and Captains R. L, Boldehild, and C. Taylor, assessors.) the Hilda-gladys Ellison Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 18

This was an inquiry concerning a collision which occurred in Darling Harbor on December 16 last, between the scow Hilda, owned by E. D. Pike (Matthias Andrew, master), and the…

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Law Report. Friday, February 9. Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse, President, and Captains Robert L. Boldchlld and Charles. Taylor, Assessors.) the Hilda and Gladys Ellison Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 11

Mr. Robison, of the Crown Law Office, appeared for the Department of Navigation. The owner and master of the Hilda appeared in person, and Mr. W. S. Creagh appeared for…

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Fatal Accident. Mr. Robert Vine

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 6

Last week we briefly announced the fatal accident to Mr Robert Henry Vine, which occurred on Thursday of last week at Mount Kembla. An…

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The Gembrook Accident. a Sensational Statement. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 13

A sensational statement has been made by Conrad Haub, gardener, employed near the scene of the Gembrook accident to the effect that on the morning following the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Case of Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 10

Mr. A. N. Burnett, City Coroner, conducted an inquiry yesterday into the cause of the death o£ William Joseph Marsden, 31 years of age. Marsden was found dead lying on a bed at his…

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Fatal Harbor Collision. Coroner's Verdict

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 8

The City Coroner on Wednesday gave his reserved decision in the inquiry relating to the deaths of Mr. and lire. Heming, brought about by the Manly-Agnes collision in Sydney Harbor on…

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Flooded Mine. Fifty-five Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Morning.—Rains flooded the shaft of the South Rose Deep Mine, on the Rand, and fifty-five natives were drowned…

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Rifle Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 8

It will be remembered that some few weens ago a young man named McKeough, met with an accident near Nabiac—the barrel of a pea rifle bursting, and blowing in the nasal bone. The…

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Accident to a Jockey. Wollongong

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 7

Jockey T. Cunningham, whilst riding Aurelius in connection with the Wollongong Agricultural Society's Show Steeplechase this afternoon, was hurt through the horse…

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Farmer Drowned

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 3

PAMBULA, Monday.— William Armstrong, a farmer, of Greig's Falt, Pambula, was washed off the rocks at Leonard's Island, near Eden, while fishing, and drowned…

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A little boy aged 6 years, a son of Mr. James Vallance, of Appin, was accidentaly drowned at Lake Weeding today…

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Tram Passengers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A tram accident occurred at Wendouree-parade, Ballarat, on Friday night. A car, with "trailer" attached, pulled up, and a second car, following behind,…

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Kapanui-claymore Collision. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 8

In regard to the case of Captain Southgate, master of the steamer Kapanul, the Jury found him not guilty of the charge of manslaughter…

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Mining Disaster. Fifty-five Natives Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 7

Owing to heavy rains the Rudd shaft of the South Rose Deep Mine, on the Rand, was flooded. Of the men below, 55 natives were cut off by the waters and were…

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Swept Off the Rocks. a Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

Early yesterday afternoon Augustus Henry Worland, 40, a labourer, who resided at Globestreet, Glebe was washed off the rocks at Blue Fish Point, Manly, and drowned. The…

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