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Accidents, 1907

4,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 209

Drowned at Tamarama Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 10

The death of George Baker, the young man who was drowned at Tamarama Bay near Bondi, on New Year's Eve, and whoso body was washed up at Bronte Beach on Sunday, formed the…

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Wharf-laborer Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 10

A wharf-laborer, William Jeffries, who lives in Crown-street, Woolloomooloo, was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering front a fractured kneecap. He was loading wheat on…

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Casualties and Fatalities. Street Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 10

An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday concerning the death on New Year's Day of Thomas Aunla, a seaman. Deceased, who had been drinking, was found…

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A Wharf Labourer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 10

While carrying timber on board the steamer Allinga at Darling Harbour yesterday afternoon William Jeffries, a wharf labourer, slipped and fractured a kneecap. The Civil…

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Darling Harbour Burning Accident a Fatal Termination

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 1

The young girl Mildred Matthews, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last evening suffering from severe burns, expired at ten minutes past 9 o'clock this morning. The…

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Knocked Down by a Tram an Oxford-street Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 7

Mrs. Creighton, a resident of Bourke-street, Surry Hills, had a very narrow escape from being killed in Oxford-street yesterday. She was crossing the roadway near Mark…

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Racing Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 14

Eight persons were injured in the course of some motor-car races at the Point Breeze track at Philadelphia on November 24. When rounding the sixth lap of a 50-miles race a 60 h.p. car crashed through a railway fence…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Soldier's Terrible Fall. Over Bondi Cliffs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 10

The circumstances surrounding the death of John Maxwell (37), a gunner, whose body was found on the rocks at Bondi on Saturday night, were investigated by the City Coroner yesterday…

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Accident on the Railway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

A very peculiar accident happened at the Granville railway station on Friday afternoon, when the rear carriages of two trains—the 4.30 from Sydney to…

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Middle Harbour Drowning Fatality . the Coroner's Verdict

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 6

The City Coroner yesterday held a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Charles Theodore Clifford, who was drowned at Middle Harbour on…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 8

An inquiry was held by the City Coroner yesterday in connection with the death of Charles Theodore Clifford, 18, who was drowned at Middle Harbour on Sunday…

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Drowned at Middle Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 6

The inquiry concerning the death of Charles Theodore Clifford, 18, who resided in Victoria-street, Chatswood, and who was drowned on Sunday at the head of Middle Harbor, was held…

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Drowned at a Picnic

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned at the inquest on the body of Charles Theodore Clifford, 18, lately residing in Victoria Avenue Chatswood who was drowned in…

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Fatalities and Accidents. an Old Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 6

A resident of Abercrombie-street, Redfern, Elizabeth Castelle, aged 74 years, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a fractured left thigh…

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If You Are Drowning? How to Be Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 5

The president of the Life and Danger Saving Society of Perth (W.A.), Mr. F. Lyon Weiss, is issuing, gratis, practicable advice in life-saving as a seasonable. New Year's card, which runs as…

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A Street Fatality. Woman Knocked Down and Killed. a Driver Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 8

The City Coroner held an, inquest yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ellen Margaret Talt, a middle-aged woman, who died in Sydney Hospital on January 5 from…

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Sad Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

to automobile resulted in painful injuries to occupants, but Dr. SHELDON'S MAGNETIC LINIMENT quickly healed all wounds. Obtainable everywhere, 1s 6d and 3s.—Advt…

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Fatal Sulky Accident. Driver Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 8

The circumstances connected with the death of Ellen Margaret Tait, on the 5th instant, as the result of injuries received through being knocked down by a horse and sulky, formed…

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Accident in a Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 8

While J. H. Cocks and Frederick Martin, miners, were barring down at the 800ft lovel in North Mine this morning, a rock fell on them. Cocks sustained a compound fracture…

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Sensational Driving Accident. Dungog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 8

While driving to Dungog yesterday, Mr. G. S. Waller, of Wallarobba, president of the shire council, accompanied by a little boy, had an unpleasant experience. Crossing a…

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