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Accidents, 1906

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Drowning at Lane Cove. Body Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

The police worked hard all day yesterday to recover the body of the young girl Reno Hyde, who was drowned near the Lane Cove River bridge on Tuesday afternoon, and success…

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Drowned in a Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Arthur Alford, aged 19 years, was drowned in a dam at. Mologa while bathing. He was a good swimmer, but was attacked with cramp. The only spectator…

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Springwood Railway Fatality. Springwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held to-day concerning the death of the child, John Walsh, who was killed on the railway line yesterday. A finding of accidental death was…

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A Drowning Case. Coroner's Strong Comments. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

At an inquest to-day, conducted by Mr. Neilson, J.P., concerning the death by drowning of the boy Arthur Moboby, at Indooroopilly, James William Henry, aged 16 years, who…

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Shipping Casualties. Sydney Schooner in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

The steamer Moeraki brought news from Wellington yesterday that the Sydney schooner Jap had collided with the scow Rambler, while the latter was at anchor in Cloudy Bay. The…

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Railway Disorganised. Military Trains in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

Anarchy prevails on the Siberian railway. All the stations have been pillaged. Military trains follow each other indiscriminately, in charge of unqualified…

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Drowned on Port Melbourne Beach. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

A little boy, Robert Drew, was drowned on Port Melbourne. beach to-day, while paddling in the water. The child was found lying face downward in water about a foot deep…

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Dangers of the Surf. Narrow Escape at Manly. Two Bathers Nearly Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

Manly was within an ace this morning of having to add another to its list of bathing fatalities, two persons having a narrow escape of being carried out to sea. They were rescued with…

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The Punt Accident. Recovery of the Body

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

The dragging operations of the water police for the body of the girl Rene Hyde, who lost her life on Tuesday afternoon through a punt capsizing in Lane Cove River, proved…

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A Fatal Accident. on a Railway. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 7

John Randall, working at the Railway Pier at Port Melbourne, while pushing a truck, fell across the rails. The wheels of another truck passed over his body. He lies…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Lane Cove Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. Fletcher, Coroner, went to Lengueville yesterday, and held an inquiry into the death of Irene Gladys Hyde, a child of 14 years, who was drowned in the Lane Cove River on…

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Collision at Unaxderra

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--A collision took place on the railway line at the junction of the Government line and the Corrimal-Balgownie Company's line at Unanderra this afternoon,…

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Bathing Fatality. Mr. Maurice Solomons

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred on the ocean beach at Yamba, about five o'clock on 25th December, whereby Mr. Maurice Solomons, of the Grafton Lands Office, lost his…

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The Lane Cove Drowning Case. the Inquest

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Longuevllle, by Coroner Fletcher, on the body of the little girl Rene Hyde, aged 11 years, who was drowned in the Lane Cove…

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A Railway Accident. Two Passengers Injured. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 7

A truck attached to the Port Fairy express collapsed at Kirkstall at midnight on Wednesday, derailing several carriages. Two passengers were injured, while a…

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Serious Railway Accident. Collapse of a Truck. Two Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 8

A railway accident occurred at Kirksstall, near Warrnambool, late last night. A passenger express train, which left Spencer-street about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, arrived at…

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Collision on the South Coast Line. a Runaway Metal Train. Narrow Escape of a Pointsman. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 7

A collision occurred between two ballast trains on the Illawarra line at 3 o'clock this afternoon, at the Kembla Junction, where the main South Coast line junctions with the…

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Accidental Death

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 10

Mr. Harry. Rosenthal, one of the oldest hotelkeepers, on the Western Australian gold-fields, died on Wednesday at Boulder (W.A.), owing to a misadventure in being handed a…

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Accident to a Jockey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 8

The jockey G. J. Smith, who was injured through the horse Coromandel falling with him in the Hurdle Race at the W.A.T.C. meeting on Monday last, is still unconscious. But…

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Resuced From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 12

Irene Brodle, aged 20, got out of her depth at the Pyrmont Baths last evening, and had a narrow escape from being drowned, as shw was unable to swim. The young woman sank…

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