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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

4,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 209

Current Items. Five Dock Accident

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last a horse-trainer named Phillip Reynolds, 20, residing in Garfield-street, Five Dock, was exercising a…

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Tram Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 10

Sir,—Having noticed, repeatedly, the frequency of accidents in city and suburbs to tram passengers by the reckless driving of vehicular traffle past trams when stationary,…

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Shocking Shooting Accident. Lady Dorothy Cuthbert Killed. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 13

A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Beaufront Castle, Hexham, the residence of Captain J. H. Cuthbert, D.S.O. While a party was shooting over the…

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Riding Accident. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 9

A patient named B. Gillon is lying in a serious condition in the local hospital, his horse having brought him into collision with a tree one night this week. His companion…

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Casualties and Fatalities. Accident to a Chinaman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 9

Loong Chong, 57, Chinese gardener, residing at Seven Hills, met with a painful accident on Thursday. He was driving a cart, when he fell out, and one of the wheels passed over…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Fractured Knee-cap

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 14

Mrs. A. Dixon, who resides in Reddon-street, Mosman, slipped on a rock at Cowan yesterday, and fractured her right knee-cap…

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Tragic Death of a Lady. Accidentally Shot by Her Husband

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 13

LONDON, Friday. -- While Lady Dorothy Cuthbert was out pheasant shooting yesterday on the Beaufront Castle estates, near Hexham (Northumberland), she was…

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Two Drowned While Fishing

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 11

Percy Hall (clerk), F. Smith (head of the preserving department at the freezing works), and J. West got in a boat to trawl in the Edward River, 13 miles from Deniliquin, and they had only gone…

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A Cyclist Injured

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 14

Mr. F. C. Moore, captain of the Marrickville Bicycle Club, met with an accident yesterday. He was on his way home from Lady Robinson's Beach, and when going down…

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Train Leaves the Rails a Railway Inspector Injured

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 1

Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a suburban train left the rails near Homebush station. The breakdown van, with a large number of men, was immediately…

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Captain Accidentally Shoots His Wife

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 11

While Lady Dorothy Cuthbert was out pheasant shooting on Thursday on the Beaufront Castle estates, near Hexham (Northumberland), she was accidentally shot dead by her husband, who…

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Accident to Inspector-general of Police

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 11

Mr. Thomas Garvin, Inspector-General of the New South Wales Police, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning. He was a passenger on the 8.40 tram from William-street…

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Last Night's Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 7

A man named Scoble was treated at Prince Alfred Hospital last night for a scalp wound. He alleged that a man had hit him on the head with an axe…

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Railway Accident at Homebush. an Engine Derailed

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 7

An accident occurred at Homebush yesterday morning, whereby an engine was derailed. The mishap took place shortly after 11…

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Sunday Bathing Fatality

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 5

LIVERPOOL, Monday.—Mr. W: H. Mackenzie, District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry to-day, touching the death of Herbert Quinn, 15, who was drowned…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 7

Alec. M'Kenzie, a young man residing at Drummoyne, was cycling at North Ryde yesterday afternoon,' when his machine got caught in a rut coming down a hill, and he…

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A Cyclist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 5

Alick M'Kenzie, a young man living at Drummoyne, was riding a bicycle down a hill through North Ryde yesterday afternoon, when a wheel caught in a rut. The rider was thrown heavily…

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Injured in Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--Arthur Morgan fell down the chute at the Central mine on Friday night, and a stone rolling on him at the bottom caused a fracture of the leg, besides several…

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Railway Fatality. a Man Run Over. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 7

A miner named Robert Fenwick, aged about 33, was killed on the East Greta railway last night at Hoddon-Grota. Fenwick, whe was a resldent of Heddon-Grota, left Kurri…

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Death in the Lookingglass Fatal Burning Accident While Doing Her Hair

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 5

The death has been reported to the Coroner of a young woman named Alma Noreen King, aged, 19, who resided with her parents at Abattoir-road, Balmain…

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