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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Drowned Whilst Fishing. Worland's Body Not Yet Recovered

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 4

The body of Augustus Henry Worland, who was swept off the rocks and drowned at Bluefish, Maniy, while fishing, has not yet been recovered…

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The Harbor Fatality. Captain Ward to Be Proceeded Against

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

Detectives Ward and Fullerton have served a notice, signed by the Attorney-General, Mr. C. G. Wade, calling upon Roger L. C. Ward, master of the steamer Manly, plying between…

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The Fatal Harbour Collision. Manly Skipper Charged with Manslaughter

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 4

Before Judge Rogers, at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Robert Lencester Charles Word, master of the steamer Manly, was charged with the manslaughter of Frederick Thomas Heming,…

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Pea-rifie Accident. Man Fatally Shot. Burraga

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

Robert Farrell, who was travelling with a shooting gallery in conjunction with Lennon's circus, was accidentally shot in the breast last night by his mate, with a pea-rifie, and died…

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Gembrook Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The inquiry was resumed yesterday by departmental officers into the allegation made by Mr. Haub, that he saw line repairers altering the level of the Gembrook railway line…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Woman's Brave Act. Melbourne Boating Mishap

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The fatal accident off Albert Park, near Melbourne, on Friday afternoon, when a canoe capsized in a heavy sea, and cast two youths into the bay, was…

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Accidentally Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At Hamilton today a youth named Chas. Tippett, aged 17, was trying to separate two fighting dogs with the butt of a loaded rifle, when the weapon…

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Drowning Accidents. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

Two boys named James Chariton, aged 11, and Percival Nisbett, aged 10, were bathing in the Bremer River, near Inswich, yesterday afternoon, when Charlton disappeared…

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Victoria-cabella Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

The circumstances of the collision that occurred on the harbour on Anniversary Day between the ferry steamer Victoria and the sailing boat Cabella were to have been…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

MILTON, Monday.--A young man, named Alfred Hughes, was drowned at Ulladulla yesterday morning. He was accompanied by two companions. They all dived in together, but Hughes…

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Boy Drowned. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

Constable Roett, of Collector, wired to the Goulburn police to-day that a boy named William Rosewarn was drowned in a dam at Spring Valley on Sunday, and that the body…

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Child Drowned in a Well

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A young girl named Ruby Gwenn was drowned in a well at Thompson's' Point this afternoon while playing with other children…

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The Harbor Fatality. Charge of Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

At the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions yesterday morning, before Judge Rogers, Roger Leycester Charles Ward, master of the steamer Manly, was charged with having, at Sydney, on…

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Drowned in a Dam. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

The police have been apprised that a boy named Walter Rosewarn was drowned in a dam at Spring Valley yesterday…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse.) the Victoria-cabella Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 7

His Honor mentioned the case of the collision between the Sydney Ferry Company's steamer Victoria and the sailing boat Cabella, owned by John Greenless, son., which occurred…

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Terrible Tragedy at Sea. Scores of People Drowned. No Time to Murmur a Prayer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The R.M.S. Sierra brings news of the terrible disaster to the Pacific Company's steamer Valencia, which went ashore near Vancouver…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Rogers and juries.) Mr. T. R. Bavin, Crown Prosecutor. the Harbour Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 7

Roger Leycester Charles Ward, captain of the steamer Manly, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on January 28 last, at Sydney, feloniously slain Frederick Thomas Heming…

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Accidents to Clergymen. Bateman's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

The Rev. Mr. Hart, the Church of England minister at Moruya, was thrown from his buggy at Sheep Station Hill, near Nelligen, yesterday afternoon. He was cut about the…

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Accident to a Mailman. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

J. Hackett, the mailman from Forbes to Eugowra, was thrown from a sulky on Sunday afternoon. He received a wound under the chin, and severo abrasions on the body. He…

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