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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Fire at Newcastle. Enormous Damage. Estimated at £150,000. Four Men Injured. David Cohen and Company's Warehouse Gutted. Entire City Block Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--One of the most disastrous fires that have occurred in Newcastle broke out at 3 o'clock this morning in the ware house of David Cohen and Company, facing the…

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Fatal Tram Accident. a Carter Killed at Balmain

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 6

The Coroner held an inquest regarding the death of a carter named Augustus Fisher Old-field, 25, who lived in Pashley-street. Balmain. The evidence was that, as the 12.37 all-night…

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Fatalities and Accidents Run Over by a Tram. Mr. Victor Paul Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 8

A shocking tram fatality occurred at about 7.30 last night, when Mr. Victor Paul, a prominent city butcher, lost his life. Mr. Paul was coming to the city in a tram…

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Tram Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 10

BROKEN-HILL Tuesday.--The inquest into the death of John Edward Kelly, victim of the tram fatality, was concluded to-day. Evidence showed that the driver of the tram motor was…

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Motor-car Accident Police Sergeant Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 4

Early this morning Inspector Roche, of No. 2 station, received a telegram from Bowral giving particulars of a motor car accident there, in which Sergeant Nowlan, who, with Constable Pauling, was…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Rockley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 10

Miss Florrie Fitzgerald, of Stoney Creek, aged 26 years, was found drowned in a waterhole in Stoney Creek yesterday evening, about 100 yards from her parent's residence…

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A Double Fatality. Shocking Incident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

A lamentable fatality occurred at Black Bange late last evening. Mrs. Brown, an aged woman, had a child, Charles Ridding, 2 years of age, boarded out…

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Double Fatality. Woman Drops Dead. Infant Incinerated

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Near Black Range, Stawell, on Monday afternoon, a woman, named Mrs. Brown, and a boarded-out child, two years of age, met their death's. Mrs. Brown, who was…

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Second Edition. Motor-car Accident. Three Men Injured. a Sydney Police-sergeant Badly Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

Information was received late last night at No. 2 Police Station (Regent-street), or a serious motor-car accident at Bowral. Details are meagre,. and no particulars whatever are…

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Motor Car Aecident. Police-sergeant Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 6

A serious motor-car accident occurred at Bowral last night, three of the occupants of the car being injured. A telegram was received at No. 2 Police Station, Regent-street, City, early…

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General Cable News. Tram Collision in Paris. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

Through a collision of electric trams in Paris 37 persons were injured. SELLING MILITARY SECRETS. Wilhelm Mich[?]ells, a tailor at Leipsic,…

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Furious Horse Riding. Constable Knocked Dow and Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 5

At the Redfern Police Court, a young man named William Davis was prooeded against by summons on charges of furiously riding a horse in a public street, using indecent language, and…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 5 P.m.sensational Motor Accident. Near fOCS Yale.the, Car Ovebtubned. Three Persons Injured.sydney Policeman Seriously Hurt

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 7

BOWRAl, Wednesday.—A sensational mo-tor car accident occurred near Bong Bong Bridge, two miles from Mobs Vale, at about 6 o'clock last evening, as a result of which…

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Trains in Collision. Another Crashes Into Wreckage Italian Senators' Escape. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

A train from Milan to Rome, carrying ten senators, came into collision with a stationary train at Acquabella Bridge yesterday. A third train from Bergamo…

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A Sulky Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 6

TEMORA, Wednesday.—Mr. Charles Schlelbs, of Combaning, was "brought to the hospital on Tuesday Buffering from a broken, thigh. caused by being thrown from a sulky. He was…

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Curious Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 7

HAY, "Wednesday.—Mrs Alton, widow, one of the oldest residents,while watering pot plants On the verandah, fell and fractured her thigh the was admitted to the hospital in a low…

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A Buggy'accident. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 10

On Sunday morning, while Mr. High campbell, Mrs. Campbell, and Mrs. Anderson were returning from church in a sulky, the pony swerved, and overturned the vehicle. The…

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Accident to Broken Hill Express. Passengers Shaken. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

The Broken Hill express met with an accident at the Tarlee station this morning. The engine and four of the seven coaches passed the pointa entering the station, but…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 1

On Tuesday last Miss Maud Skipper, of Woodville-road, Guildford, whilst hurriedly proceeding to get a shot at a hawk hovering about the fowl runs, lost her footing on…

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Railway Accident. Broken-hill Express in Danger. No Injury to Passengers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Broken-hill express met with an accident this morning during its progress across the points at Tarlee station. A railway official allowed the points to open,…

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