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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 187

Motor Car Street Fatality. Coroner's Finding. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 13

The verdict in connection with an Inquiry into the circumstances of the death of a little girl named Violet Plimlott, aged 8 years, who was knocked down and killed on…

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Law Report. Friday, March 16. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) a Mine Accident. Savage v Reeves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10

Mr. Cowan, instructed by Mr. E. W. Downes, appeared for the plaintiff. There was no appearance on the part of the defendant. This was an action brought under…

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Accident at Balmain. Milkman Thrown From Cart

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 1

At half-past 7 o'clock this morning Lawrence Maher, a dairyman, residing in Elliott-street, Balmain, was driving his horse, and cart down Albion-street, when the horse fell,…

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Cars. City Accidents.--hounding the Motorists

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

Apropos the motor 'buses now running about Sydney the London "D.T." says:--No one who has even the most casual acquaintance with metropolitan traffic can fail to note…

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Adze Accident. a Cut Foot

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 7

Andrew M'Lellan, carpenter, 42, who resides in Dowling-street, Arnellffe, was working at Anthony Hordern's Haymarket, yesterday, when his adze slipped from off a…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Hurled From an Engine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10

ALBURY, Friday.--An accident occurred today on the excursion train from Sydney near Jindalee. Stephen Bailey, the driver, stepped from the cab of the engine to the footplate in…

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A Scalding Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 9

A child, named Edmund M'Intyre, was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday morning suffering from severe scalds, caused by falling out of bed at the residence of his parents,…

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Law. Friday, March 16. the State Courts. Banco. (Before the Chief Justice and juries.) Accident in a Mine. Claim Against a Contractor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 18

The action, brought by William Henry Savage against Robert Reeves to recover £750 compensation under the Employers Liability Act for Injuries received, was continued…

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Accidents

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5
Also in Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident

Two accidents occurred on Monday in Mosman. A young man in getting into a cart in Bradley’s Head Road…

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Fatal Railway Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 March 1906 · page 8

A collision between two trains occurred at Godsend, Ohio, U.S. The carriages caught fire. Ten persons were killed and fifteen others injured, some fatally…

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Trains in Collision. Big Accident in Colorado LONDON, Saturday, 7.15 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 18 March 1906 · page 1

The west-bound California express collided with the local train at Pueblo, Colorado, with disastrous results. Forty of the passengers were killed, fifteen…

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A Tram Derailed. a Woman Slightly Injured

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 18 March 1906 · page 1

The 2.47 tram from Erskine-street to Watson's Bay was derailed about 3.30 yesterday afternoon at the Lighthouse crossing, Watson's Bay, and although it was carrying…

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Awful Railway Collision. Passengers Burned in Wreckage. Heartrending Scenes. LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 March 1906 · page 5

A west-bound Californian express collided with a local train at Pueblo, Colorado, with terrible results. Forty persons were killed by the…

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Terrible Railway Collision

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 3

A terrible collision between an express and a local train occurred on Friday in Colorado. The express, which was bound west to California, came into collision with a local train…

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A Seaman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

An Inquest was held on Saturday by the City Coroner on the body of Edward John Scarfe, a seaman of the R.M.S. Marmora, who was drowned on Thursday night in Mosman…

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Collision with a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--On Saturday morning, P. Marion and mate were driving home in High-street, Eaglehawk, when their horse took fright and swerving round backed the buggy oh to the…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A woman named Elizabeth Odges, 71 years of age, was found drowned in an underground tank at her residence, Back Creek, Minmi, to-day. The…

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Drowned in the Tamar

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 6

LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--A young man named Albert E. Mann, who arrived with his brother, 0. H. Mann, from Melbourne by the Loongana yesterday, was drowned in the Tamar last night…

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A Traveller Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 6

Charles J. Dixson, a traveller, residing at 316 Harris-street, Pyrmont, was knocked down by a milk cart on Saturday afternoon, at the corner of George-street West and Abercrombie-street…

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