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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

4,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 209

Fatalities and Accidents. a Boy Scalded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 8

William Graham, aged 15, a resident of Cottemham-street, Glebe, was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from severe scalds about the chest and arms. Graham was…

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Steamers in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 10

Keen competition between the river and channel steamers led to a collision between the Ivy and the Huon at Long Bay jetty yesterday. Both steamers were calling at the…

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A Chinaman Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 1

At about 5 o'clock this morning a Chinaman, whose name is unknown, fell down stairs at his residence in Wexford-street, and sustained concussion of the brain. The Civil…

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A Jockey Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 4

NARRARRI, Wednesday.—While exercising on the racecourse this morning a young man named Broad was thrown from the racehorse Willow, owned by Mr. Gray. He was…

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An Engineer Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 10

George Ohlsen, an engineer, residing at Dux-ford-slret, Paddington, was knocked off a tram in George-Street yesterday through being struck by an iron standard, and bad his right…

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Peculiar Drowning Case Fatal Set of Teeth

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

"I noticed a toothpaste firmly fixed in the deceased's throat," said Constable Gleeson in the Melbourne Morgue on Monday during the hearing of an inquiry concerning the death…

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Fatality at Surry Hills. a Mans Neck Broken

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 4

About 11.15 last night John M'Gaughey, 41, a laborer in the employ of the City Council, was found dead at his residence, 3 Mackay-street, off Smith-street, Surry Hills, and a…

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Fall From a Moving Tram. Country Visitor Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 5

A man named Andrew Bishop, 57, a resident of the Paterson River district, who is on a visit to Sydney, fell off a tram in King-street, City, this afternoon. He attempted to alight from…

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SECOND EDITioii Fatality in Surry-hills. Sudden Death of a Resident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 8

Early this morning the police received a report that John McCaughey, a middle-aged man had been found dead at his residence in Mackey street, Surry-hills. The deceased's daughter…

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In the Early Morning. Two Serious Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 6

While engaged in clearing-up operations on board the collier Mount Kembla, lying at Darling Island Wharf, at 4 o'clock this morning, a sailor named Charles Lindeman, 48, fell 40ft down the…

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The Accident to the Herga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 10

An examination was made yesterday of the machin ery of the steam collier Herga, which broke down off Bondi on Monday night, and was towed back to po[?]t by the steamer Peterborough. It appears that the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Concussion of the Brain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 10

Allen M'Innes (55), a wharf-laborer, was taken to Sydney Hospital yesterday by the Civil Ambulance and Transport Corps, and admitted for treatment with concussion of the…

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A Burning Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

Last week, Mr. William Allport, a member of a very well known old Parramatta family, met with a painful accident at his sisters' residence…

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Casualties. Street Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 8

The inquest on the body of Olive Elizabeth Graham, five years of age, who was killed on the 2nd instant by being run over by a waggon near the intersection of Redfern and…

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Old-age Pensioner Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 6

MOUNT DRYSDALE, Wednesday.--The body of Mrs. O'Hearn, an old-age pensioner, who has been missing since Monday has been found by the police in Drysdale Company's tank…

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Country Visitor Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 6

Andrew Bishop (57), who lives at Woodville, on the Paterson River, fell off a tram at the corner of King and Pitt streets yesterday, and received such injuries that he was admitted to…

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A Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 8

Catherine Flannagan, 65, residing in Redfern, was walking through the railway subway on Tuesday night, when she slipped and fell. She procee[?]ed home, apparently but…

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A Chinaman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 8

At an early hour yesterday morning Yet Gob, a Chinaman, resident in Wexford-street, was found lying at the foot of some stairs, down which he had fallen. The Civil…

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Fatality in the Bush. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 8

Late yesterday afternoon, T. J. Mooney, second son of Mr. T. F. Mooney, of Wollamundry, was found lying seriously injured in one of the Wollamundry paddocks. He went…

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The Parramatta Asylum Another Staircase Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 3

Another tragic piece of evidence as to the gross unsuitability of the old "George-street" (Parramatta) Asylum buildings for the purposes for which they are used was shown in…

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