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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

4,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 209

Railway Fatality. A Lady Crushed to Death, At Guildford Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Guildford railway station on Saturday evening, about half-past six o'clock. An engine running light between Clyde and Picton…

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Fall Down a Well Drowned in Three Feet of Water

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 5

A sad drowning case occurred in Egerton (Vic.) on Saturday evening, wlien an old resident named Mrs. Mary Hendy Trounce was found drowned in a well containing about…

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Crown-street Tram Accident. a Little Girl Killed. Evidence at the Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 5

At the Coroner's Court this afternoon an inquiry was held concerning the death of Eileen O'Connor, aged 9, who was knocked down by a tram in Crown-street, Surry Hills, on the 11th…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Boy Burned to Death. Playing with Matches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

An inquest touching the death of Charles O'Donnell, aged four years, who was fatally burned at his parents' residence in Stephen- street, Woolloomooloo, on Friday, was held by…

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A Peculiar Accident. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

Alexander King, a State child, aged 9, has been admitted at the hospital suffering from a fractured thigh, sustained in a pecullar manner. He was walking down a hill, the…

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Girl's Painful Accident. Severe Cuts and Abrasions to Her Face Promptly Healed by Zam-buk Balm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 16

Yot another instance of the unique healiag powers of Zam-Buk Balm is culled from the testimony of Mrs. A. Melson, of 158 Gloucesterstreet, Sidney, whose little girl, whilst…

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Railway Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

On Friday evening, about twenty minutes past seven o'clock, an accident happened at Parramatta station. It is often said that in this district mishaps…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

On Friday last a lad, William Moss (7) was treated at the Parramatta Hospital for a dislocated elbow. Dr. Brown put the little follow's arm up in splints.—…

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Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 3

The death of Eileen O'Connor,9, who was run over by a tram in Crown-street on January 11, formed the subject of an inquiry by the City Coroner yesterday…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

The inquest on the body of the unknown man, who was found floating in Parramatta River, near Drummoyne, on Saturday last, was concluded yesterday. A finding of found drowned…

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Drowned in a Well

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The District Coroner (Mr. Hibble) held an inquest at Adamstown yesterday concerning tho death of Joseph Snelson, 31, whose body was found in a well at his residence in Gosford-road,…

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A Painter Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 8

Frederick Ross, 42, residing in Ross-street, Forest Lodge, was doing some painting on board the steamer Manuka yesterday when a gangway fell upon him. Ho was taken to…

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A Seaman Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6

Ado[?]fus Iverson, a seaman on board. the s.s. Namol, was yesterday injured on the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co's wharf. He was assisting to unload bales of…

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A Jockey Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

L[?] Var fell soon after the start of the Fifteen Hands Handicap, and the jockey, H. Curr, was thrown heavily to the ground. He was. quickly picked up, and was, taken by…

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Lille Marriages "Some Strange Fatality"

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

A Paris correspondent w[?]tes on December, 13:--There seems to [?] a fatality over marriages in. the Town Hall in Lille(France), Twice within the last. week, instead of the…

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Dynamite Accident. a Child Seriously Injured. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6

A serious accident happened at [?]og[?] yesterday. Some children of Mr.Robert Jamieson were playing near a barn, when they picked up three plugs of dynamite, which had…

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Runaway at Camperdown. Two Men Injured

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

Mr. Robs Greenacre, a tea merchant, who resides at the corner of Herbert-street and Warden-road, Dulwich Hill, was driving in a tea cart in George-street, Camperdown, this…

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