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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 187

Cycling Accident. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 8

As E. Hayes was cycling down one of the Kurrajong hills last night, on his way home, he collided with a buggy and was thrown heavily to the ground, receiving painful…

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Charge of Wounding. Woolloomooloo Society. Was It Accidental?

The Australian Star · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 4

Harry Cooper, a labourer, aged 21 years, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having inflicted grievous bodily, harm on Charles Gallagher in Forbes-street,…

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A Fatal Accident. Fall From a Tram. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 5

This morning at the Coroner's Court, Queen's Square, Mr. A. N. Barnett, City. Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the death of Matthew Pemberton, which…

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A Shearer's Claim. Injured in a Railway Collision

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

A claim arising out of a railway accident at Tarago over twelve months ago dame before Judge Backhouse and a jury in the District. Court yesterday…

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Drowning Accident. Swimmer's Sudden Disappearance

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

A sad drowning accident occurred in the early hours of yesterday in Home Bay, near Motutapu (reports the Auckland "Herald," of February 12). A party, consisting of members of the…

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The Harbor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 9

Yesterday morning, Roger Lycester Charles Ward, master of the steamer Manly, appeared at the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Docker to answer to his ball on the charge of…

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Young Woman Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 7

GOULBURN, Tuesday.—The body of a young woman named Emily Gray, aged 20 years, was found yesterday in the Wollondilly River, near Mary's Mount. Deceased, who was in the…

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Railway Fatality. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

Mr. William Bampton, a resident of Bathurst, and middle-aged, came to Lithgow by mail train on Saturday night. Just before 4 a.m. on Sunday he was found by a constable…

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Mill Hand Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A mill hand, Samuel Niquet, employed in the North Mine, was working on De Bavay mill this afternoon, at a height of about 40ft, and while descending…

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The Wm. H. Macy in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

Advices received by the American mail state that the ship Wm. H. Macy has put into Port Angeles in distress. The captain reported that the ship was in collision with a tug. As a…

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Accident on a Vessel. Two Men Injured. the River Hunter Detained. Mate Rescues a Sailor

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

Just as the barquentine River Hunter was Clearing port early yesterday morning, bound to New Zealand, an accident occurred on board, resulting in a smart rescue by the…

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Collision at Sea. Steamship Elbing Damaged. Bound to Sydney

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

The Sydney Marine underwriters Association this morning re[?]ved a cable from London announcing that the steamer Elbing, bound from Germany to Sydney and other…

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Fell From a Tram. Man Badly Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 7

A man named Cassell, who works in the grain stores at Darling Harbour, is now lying at the Sydney Hospital in a dangerous condition, suffering from a severe injury to…

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Accident on a Steamer. Hatchman Gets a Verdict for £75

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 4

The hearing of the action before judge Back-house and a jury of four, in the Sydney District Court, brought by Charles Matts, of 24 Lincoln Creacent, Woolloomooloo, to recover…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5
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The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday morning into the circumstances of the death of Matthew Pemberton, 37 years of age, a wharf labourer, who succumbed to…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse and juries of four.) a Railway Accident. Claim for Compensation. Sheppard v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

Mr. G. C. King, instructed by Messrs. Colquhoun and Bennett, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Scholes, instructed by the Solicitor for Railways, appeared for the…

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Badly Scalded Accident to a Shunter

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

Robert Alexander, a shunter, was working at Darling Harbour yesterday, when he was very badly scalded through an escape of steam from an engine, as a consequence…

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Accident to a Workman. Action Against a Steamship Co

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

Damages to the amount of £100 were claimed in a District Court action yesterday afternoon, in which Charles Watts, of 24 Lincoln-crescent, Woolloomooloo, sued the…

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Death by Drowning. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 10

The inquest on the body of thd young woman called Emily Grey, found in Wollondilly River yesterday, was concluded to-day. Joseph Harwood, master baker, Rozelle, deposed he…

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