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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

4,325 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 217

Fatalities and Accidents. Man Killed at Homebush

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 10

At 9 o'clock last night the police found the body of a man lying on the railway line near the Homebush station. It was severely cut and bruised and had evidently been stuck by a…

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A Chinese Drowned Hay

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 15

While bathing in the Lachlan River at Whealbah Tommy Yook, a young Chinese, employed on Gunbar Station, was drowned…

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Casualties Two Seamen Injured

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 1

Two seamen, named Chas. Silverton and Frederick Gray, engaged on the coastal steamer Wauchope, met with a serious accident on board that vessel yesterday. They…

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Railway Accidents and Their Prevention

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 5

Heading is quite right in his criticism of the constitution of the board for investigation of railway accidents, etc., and when one realise that this consists…

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Aeronaut's Sensational Accident Melbourne

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 1

Alphonse Stewart, the Canadian aeronaut, made his third balloon ascent from the Exhibition Grounds to-day, under sensational circumstances. While filling his balloon…

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A Driving Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 7

A horse attached to a sulky bolted in Marrickville-road, near the railway station, on Friday evening. The occupant, Mr. Christian Icke, who was driving home from business,…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 6

HAY, Saturday.--A young Chinese, Tommy Yook, well-known in the Hay district, was accidentally drowned in the Lachlan River. It…

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Heddon Greta Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 8

The adjourned inquiry into the deaths of James Stark and Georgy Percy Cree, killed by a fall of coal in the Heddon Greta colliery on February 14, was concluded to-day…

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Railway Laborer ' Injured

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 4

Thomas Clancy,28, a railway laborer residing in Crown-street, Surry Hills was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital by the Civil Ambulance this morning suffering from severe injuries to…

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An Extraordinary Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 8

Phillip Mannallick, a miner, died in Bendigo Hospital to-day from injuries sustained by him whilst at work at the Goldfields Mine South yesterday, as the result of a most…

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Injured by a Mast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 8

At about 9.35 a.m. on Saturday Charles Laverton, 26, seaman, and Frederick Gray, 24, seaman, were engaged unloading a heavy mast on Allen Taylor and Co.'s wharf, Blackwattle…

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Inquests. Kurri Kurri Fatality. "Every Precaution Taken."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 5

KURRI KURRI, Saturday.--The inquest on the victims of the Heddon Greta fatality was resumed and concluded in the Court-house to-day, when general evidence as to the working of the…

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Casualties. Injured by a Derrick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 8

At about 9.35 a.m. on Saturday Charles Laverton, 26, seaman, and Fredk. Gray, 24, seaman, were engaged at a derrick, unloading cargo on Allen Taylor and Co.'s wharf,…

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An Aeronaut's Fall. Accident in Melbourne Cemetery. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 7

A balloon ascent at the Exhibition Building yesterday was responsible for an unexpected sensation. Alphonse Stewart, the French Canadian aeronaut, fell in Melbourne general…

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Storms in Britain a Devastating Gale Wholesale Wreckage Some Starling Accidents London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 1

'A gale, by which an immense amount of destruction was wrought has been raging in the Midlands, in the north-west of England, and in Ireland…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Sudden Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 6

John Webb, 52 years of age a well-known resident of Marsden-street, Parramatta South, who had been in indifferent health for some considerable time, went out on to the front…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Drowned in Waterholes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 4

PARRAMATTA. Monday.--A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. E. L. Maitland, D.S.M., Parramatta Coroner, at the Parramatta Courthouse on Monday evening, touching the…

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Drowned While Fishing Boat Accident on the Hawkesbury. Brooklyn

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 7

While Messrs. T. M'Peak, J. Buckley, O. Curtis, and Sid Green were fishing at the Hawkesbury yesterday the boat upset, and Sid Green, of Victoria-road, Marrickville, was…

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Railway Employee Injured Goulburn

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

James Lean, sen., met with a severe accident at the Goulburn railway workshops this morning. He was working a steam hammer, when a piece of iron flew out, causing a gash…

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Collision in Brisbane River. the Bombala and a Dredge Barge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A series collision occurred in the Pinkenba reach of the Brisbane River this morning, between the steamer Bombala, inward bound from Sydney, and the dredge…

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