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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

4,325 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 217

A Constable Stoned Larrikinism at Alexandria Officer Badly Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 1

A rather serious outbreak of larrikinism occurred in the Redfern district Last night, a police officer being seriously injured in attempting to effect an arrest…

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The Luck of the Golden Mile. Two Men Injured; Another Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The mines of the Golden Mile kept up their reputation for accidents to-day, when two occurred. The collapse of a staging was the cause of…

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Struck by Lightning. Killed While Fencing a Child Injured Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

About 3 p.m. on Saturday, Edward WilHams, aged between 40 and 50 years, a resi dent of the district, was killed by lightning at Werris Creek, near Illewong, while…

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Shooting Accidents. [?]Nee[?] Monday[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

W. E. Clare, who served in the Zulu and Boar wars, met with a serious accident on Saturday while [?] at the local rifle [?] when [?] from a bullet strock him [?]…

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Drilled Through the Body. a Remarkable Accident. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

On Saturday evening a young man named Harry Floyd, working in Baker's Creek mine, met with a very serious accident. While in a stooping position a steel d[?] about four…

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The Railway Accident, Inquest on the Victim. Cause of Derailment a Mystery. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

The inquest on the body of the late Mrs. Emily Morris, the victim of the Stanwell Park railway accident, was resumed to-day before the Deputy Coroner and a jury…

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The Bowral Motor Accident. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 8

The victims of the recent motor car accident are making satisfactory progress at the local hospital. Sergeant N[?] has had periods of consciousness, and reports of his…

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A Singular Coincidence the Cootamundra Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

The Stanwell Park accident, singularly, enough, occurred on the twenty-third anniversary of the Cootamundra disaster, one of the most notable railway accidents on record…

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[?]Stanwell Park Accident Evidence at the Inquest the Line Declared to Be in Cool Order Wollongong

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

The inquest into the death of Emily Morris, who was killed in Saturday's railway accident at Stanwell Park, was resumed this morning before the Coroner Mr. W. A. Roes…

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Stanwell Park Accident. Inquest on the Victim Condition of the Line

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--The Inquest on the body of Mrs. Emily Morris, the victim of the Stanwell Park railway accident, was resumed at Wollongong Courthouse this morning, before the…

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Motorists in Difficulties. Accident Near Cooma

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 8

COOMA, Monday.--A motor-car accident, which fortunately was unattended by serious consequences, occurred on Saturday at the crossing of the Umerella River, on the…

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Drowned While Picnicking

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The police at Charleville, after several days' dragging, discovered the body of Arthur Mutter, aged 20, who was drowned in Ward River, on Sunday week, while…

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A Steward Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

A man named John Evers, 46, steward, and native of Germany, whilst standing on the North Stockton ferry wharf last night, by some means lost his balance and fell into the…

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Drowned at North Stockton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A German steward named John Evers, while standing on the ferry., wharf at North Stockton, late last night, lost his balance, and fell into the water. He…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

About noon on Sunday, a State boy named Stanley Jacobsen, 19, living at North Ryde with his guardian, William Handcook, a storekeeper, and Horace…

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Accident at Bondi Junction. Man Terribly Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 5

A man named Harrington, residing in Bondi-road, Waverley, was alighting from a tram, which had just arrived from the city at the Bondi Junction, about 5.30 this evening, when…

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Wharf Laborer Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 3

Walter Brooks, a wharf laborer, residing in Shepherd-street, city, broke his left leg this morning, and was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil. Ambulance. While unloading cargo…

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Lighthouse Habitues Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The steamer Governor Musgrave, which returned yesterday from a visit to the lighthouses on the coast, reports that Mrs. Ruckett, wife of the keeper of Althorpe's…

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Collision with a Lamp-post

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

George Thorncroft,, an old man, lately residing at Campsie, was driving along Trafalgar-street, Petersham, in a sulky yesterday, morning, and while attempting to pass another vehicle his…

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Fatality at a Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

An inquest on a young man named George Butters Sayers, who was killed at Hainault mine yesterday as the result of being caught in the belting…

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