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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

4,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 209

Severe Burning Accident. Campbelltown

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

Mrs. Harold Recve was very severely burned to-day through her clothes catching alight at a fire. Mr. T. H. Reeve, her fatherln-law, in extinguishing the flames, was, also…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Terrible Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 6

An inquest concerning the death of Henry Brooks (31), a sugar-holler, who died from injuries received through falling into a tank of boiling water at Poolman Brothers' Sugar…

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Sad Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Two brothers, named Shanahan, who had not seen each other since childhood, met at Yarrawonga recently, and were having a fortnight's holiday together…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 6

PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--The body of Joint Olsen, boat proprietor, who disappeared on Sunday night, was found in the Swan River this morning, with his hands tied behind his back,…

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A Harbour Collision. Port Jackson and Wauchope

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 4

At about noon yesterday a collision occurred off Dawes Point between the steam tug Port Jackson, belonging to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, and the coastal passenger steamer Wauchope,…

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Another Bomb Outrage. Sevastopol Commandant Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--All attempt was made on the life of General Neplinieff,.Commandant of Sevastopol, while he was driving through the town…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Painter's Fatal Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 6

An inquest was conducted by Mr. Meares, P.M., Coroner, yesterday, concerning the death of William Fairfield Crickmay (56), a painter, who resided at Amy-street, Erskineville, and who was…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 10

KYOGLE, Friday.--Mr. K. H. Maiden, of Mullumbimby, had a narrow escape from drowning here on Monday. He was out inspecting stock, and in attempting to cross Iron Pot Creek, was…

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Injured Forehead

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

At the Parramatta District Hospital on Wednesday morning Humphrey Taylor (a youth 17 years of age) had to receive surgical attention in respect of an…

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Fatality at Parramatta. An Asylum Inmate Falls Downstairs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

On Wednesday morning another fatality was reported to the Coroner from George street Asylum, Parramatta. It appeared that about 5 o'clock on Tuesday…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Suicide at Newtown

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 10

An inquest concerning the death of James Creighton Ellis White Liddle (50), a master butcher, which occurred on Wednesday last, was held yesterday. Liddle, who lived in…

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A Melbourne Fatality Melbourne

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 1

William Smith, 13, stepped out of a baker's cart in Alexander-road, North Melbourne, while in motion, and fell on his head. He fractured the base of his skull and died while…

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Blue Anchor Liner in Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 12

The Blue Anchor steamer Geelong, 7954 tons, from Sydney, came into collision with the Norwegian steamer Frogner, 1127 tons, off Beachy Head, Sussex, in a fog. The Frogner sank, and…

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A Child Drowned. Newcastle

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 1

William Davis three years of age a son of Mr. Louis Lovel Davis of New Lambton whilst playing on a vacant allotment near the public school today fell into an old…

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Newcastle News. Child Drowned in a Well. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 7

Whilst playing on vacant land at New Lambton a child named William Davis, aged three years, fell into a well, and was drowned. He was a son of Mr. Louis…

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The Romance of Great Inventions by Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 5

It is to an accidental invention made by an Italian chemist named Sobrero. 59 years ago', that the "world of to-day owes a surprisingly large proportion of the…

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Last Night's Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 7

Francis McGuire, laborer, residing at Manly, fell while, getting out of a tram, and fractured his skull. He was admitted to the Sydney Hospital for treatment, but…

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Child Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 8
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William Davis, aged 3 years, son of Mr. Louis Lovel Davis, residing at New Lambton, when playing yesterday on vacant ground near the Public school, fell into an old well…

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Young Woman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The body of Evelyn Dickson, 28, was found on Brighton Beach yesterday. The young woman escaped from a private asylum early in the day. The body, which…

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