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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

4,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 209

Accident in a Mine. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 14

An accident of a rather remarkable nature occurred a few days ago at the Northern Extended mine. Rutherglen. A miner named Plant was coming out of a drive when he…

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Shipping Casualties. Mareeba Partially Dismasted. a Peculiar Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 14

The A.U.S.K. Company's cargo steamer Mareeba, in a partially dismasted condition, attracted a good deal of attention on her way down the coast yesterday, and from the…

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Three Children Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 12

Geo. Nelson, lighthouse-keeper at Point Moore, Geraldton (W.A.), and his wife, had occasion to go into town, leaving their five children in care of the eldest one, a girl aged 10 years. The…

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Steamer Accident. Two Deck Hands Injured. Lismore, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 7

A serious accident occurred at the Government wharf this morning. Two deck hands of the steamer Macleay, Charles Johnson and John Nelson, were lifting a…

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Collision with a Funeral Train Melbourne

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 14

Alexander Coonan was driving a horse attached to a waggonette near Coburg over a level crossing when a funeral train collided with the vehicle, and threw the driver on…

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The Accident to the Airlie. Brisbane

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 1

The postilion of the E. and A. liner A[?]lle, which was beached after striking the rocks near Toombul Wharf on Thursday, is unchanged. Divers who went down found holes…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 8

The body of Stanley Burrell, 7 years of age, who resided with his parents in Sutherland-street, St. Peters, was recovered from a waterhole off Barwon-road, Alexandria, on…

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Two Seamen Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 6

LISMORE, Sunday.--Charles Johnson and John Nelson, two seamen employed on the steamer Macleay, sustained severe injuries, necessitating their removal to the hospital…

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Fatality Near Cobar. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 8

The Nyngan railway driver, Bowman, reported to the police that wood train No. 8 left Cobar at noon to-day, and when at M'Alister's Bank, eight miles out, he noticed…

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The Stanwell Park Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 6

CLIFTON, Saturday.--Owing to the railway smash at Stanwell Park yesterday, blocking the supply of hoppers reaching the South Clifton colliery, the mine only…

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Accident to Lord Kitchener

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.— At the military manoeuvres at Poona, the horse which was being Tidden by Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief in Indio, put one of its hind…

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The Scottish Railway Accident. Officials Censured

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.— The Court of Inquiry into the railway disaster at Elliott Junction, Forfarshire, censured Goudlay, the driver of the express, for not following…

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Lord Kitchener a Sensational Accident London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 1

The horse ridden by Viscount General Kitchener, commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in India, at the military manoeuvres at Poona, put one of its [?]nd legs into a hole,…

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Hunting Accidents

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 3

The serious accident which befel Lord Dalmeny the other day, when hunting with the Pytchley, has raised once more the, cuckoocry of ''Dangerous Sport," with invectives…

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Hurricane at Cooktown. Portion of the Town in Ruins, Telegraph Wires Blown Down, Several Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Post and Telegraph authorities received a telegram to-night from the postmaster at Palmerville, stating that a terrific hurricane raged at Cooktown on Friday…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Young Man Cuts His Throat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 6

A young man, Sydney Hopson Baldwin Williams, residing in Wentworth-street, Manly, committed suicide on Saturday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. Deceased was 21…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 6

From Kempsey comes news of a sad fatility. On Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. James Brenton and son were gathering cockles along the water's…

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Railway Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 7

A railway collision occurred near Fowler, Indiana, in a fog. Fifteen people were killed…

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Drowning Case at Hay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 8

HAY, Monday.--Yesterday John Nagle, a porter at the railway station, went to bathe with three others in shallow water, and was carried out by the current to a deep hole and drowned…

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A Cook Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 4

The body of a man named Robert [?]oole has been found floating in the river at the Government Wharf, Lismore. A bunch of reeds was grasped in one hand. Poole had seen…

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