Fatalities and Accidents. Railway Accident at Burwood
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 10
Henry Hoffman was standing on the platform of a train at Burwood station yesterday afternoon, when he overbalanced and fell on to the opposite line. A train from Sydney came into…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4
As the George-street tram was pushing the Commercial Bank on Friday, midday, a horse attached to a sulky with driver on board, became frightened and…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 1
The bodies of George Cree and James Stark were recovered this morning at Heddon Greta Colliery, the former at 4.20, and the latter at 8.20…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 7
After hearing further evidence in connection with the mishap to the ferry steamer Brighton on Saturday week, the Superintendent of Navigation…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 11
Late last night a man named Joseph Mason was taken by the Civil Ambulance to the Sydney Hospital, Buffering from wounds in the head and minus several…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 11
The recent enquiry by a railway board of of officers, which Investigated and reported on the late Stanwell Park derailment and fatality,' deserves public attention…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 12
The inquiry into the death of lire. Emily Morins, by the train accident at Stanwell Park on Anniversary the, was concluded on Monday, when the following verdict was returned :—…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 8
A magisterial inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court on Saturday by Mr. Stephen Murphy, P.M., Acting City Coroner, touching the death of Thomas George Witheridge,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 8
HOBART, Sunday.--A young man named Dorman, aged 22 years, was capsized out of a boat to-day and drowned. When found he was was standing erect in the water…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 1
The Newcastle to West Maitland train, which left the former place at 9 o'clock this morning, ran over and killed a fettler named Ernest Clarke between Sandgate and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 8
The body of James Stark, the second victim of the Heddon-Greta disaster, was recovered last night…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 4
A sad case of drowning occurred at Prospect yesterday afternoon, when a lad was drowned in the Emu Gravel Company's dam, which adjoins their quarries at Prospect. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Road to Newport. Accident to a Cyclist. His Claim Foe Damages
Evening News · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3
Before Judge Rogers, in tie Sydney District Court, this morning. Horace Morrell, of 87 Queen-street, Woollahra, an infant, by Elsie Harpe, his next friend, claimed £50…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 11
Sir,—The recent inquiry by our Railway Board of Officers which investigated and reported on the late Stanwell Park derailment and fatality I think demands some public…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 8
A telegram received by the Superintendent of Savigation, Captain Newton, on Saturday, stated that the steamer Frienship, which grounded on the Spit on the Friday, was still leaking, although the inflow…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 8
Also in The Australian Star
A man named George Knight, while fishing from the Watson's Bay cargo wharf, over-balanced and struck the rocks 12ft below. First aid was rendered by the master of the port…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 8
Elizabeth Brown, an old lady, lately residing at High-street, North Sydney, died at the Royal North Shore Hospital from injuries received through a fall from a ladder, while hanging…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 8
On Sunday afternoon a drowning accident happened at Prospect at a dam at the rear of the Emu Gravel Company's quarry. A lad named John Smith, 16, son of the licens[?]…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 8
The shipping inspector's report regarding the preliminary inquiry respecting the collision between the steamer Wyandra and the dredge barge Pumba, in the Brisbane River,…
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