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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Fatalities and Accidents. Found Dying in the Street

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 8

George Pilgrim, an elderly man, employed as a baker at Abel and Co.'s factory, in Newtown, was found in a dying condition by Mr. Barney Waugh at the corner of Lord and King streets,…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge. Rogers.) the Paddington Bicycle Accident. Moore V. CROPPER

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 10

His Honor delivered reserved judgment in the case in which Mrs. Josephine Moore sued to recover £200 damages from John Edward Cropper, of Leichhardt; for injuries sustained through…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Wonderful Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--A passenger train travelling at high speed on the Great Central Railway met with a remarkable accident at Wembley Park on the outskirts of…

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Accidentally Drowned. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 10

A man named Towers was accidentally drow[?]ed at Lansdowne on Saturday night…

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"Drowning the Shamrock" a Sober Celebration

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 7

"We've heard her faults a hundred times, the new ones and the old, In songs and sermons, rants and rhymes enlarged some fifty fold…

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Damage in Queensland. Brisbane River Overflows. Pathetic Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 11

The floods have done great damage in Queensland, and there has been loss of life. The Brisbane River overflowed, suburban areas were covered, wharves were submerged, and there…

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Engineer Injured Fell Fifteen Feet

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. Joseph List, aged 61, an engineer, living at Wazir-street, Arncliffe, was yesterday inspecting the Central Wharf, when he slipped from the second floor, and fell a…

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Events in the North: Railway Accident at Blandford. Taree Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 739

THE railway accident which occurred at Blandford last week was of a sensational character, but fortunately little injury was suffered by the passengers. The…

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Fatalities and Accidents. an Amputated Arm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 12

Hugh-Thompson, miner, engaged at Helena burgh Mines, was yesterday, the victim of a painful accident. Thompson got under one of the locomotives running at the Helensburgh siding,…

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Invalidity and Accidents Pensions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly last evening Mr. Peters asked the State Treasurer if his attention had been drawn to the invalidity and accidents pensions' application form, and whether…

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A Painful Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 47

No matter the cause or extent of your injury—whether it be the cut of a clean knife or the jag of a rusty nail—Zam-Buk is equally capable of clean and perfect healing. Mr…

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Sensational Railway Accident—north-west Mail Derailed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 25

Passengers by the North-western mail train, making its swift way through…

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Collision at Cairns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 8

A collision recently took place in Cairns Harbour betwern the Normanby and Viligant, with the result that the Normanby's boat, which was hanging on the davits, did some damage to the Viligant's bridge rail…

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Injured Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday. Joe Giffen, the cyclist, who fell on the asphalt track at the Western Oval yesterday, and had his ear torn off is progressing favorably in the hospital…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 1

A schoolboy, Edgar Lee, aged 14 years, living in Missenden-road, Newtown, was riding into the city on an electric car this morning, and when in George- street, near the…

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Two Miners Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 8

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. -- William Young and Alfred Hawee, employed at Hardy's mine, near Waihi, were injured through an explosion of gelignite. Young's condition is…

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Accident at a Railway Crossing Woman Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Mrs. Frances Rae, 25 year's of ago, residing at Northcote was wheeling a perambulator, containing her child, at the railway crossing at Northcote, and…

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The Tamworth Drowning Case. Good Swimmer's Foolhardy Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 8

TAMWORTH, Wednesday. -- The facts regarding the sad drowning of Richard Ponsonby, on Monday evening, are now available. He had expressed a desire to swim the river in flood,…

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Boy Drowned in 2Ft. of Water

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday. -- A boy, Henry Reed, was found, drowned in about 2ft. of water, at Wynyard, yesterday…

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Road Sweepers Fight Boy's Spine Injured

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 7

Henry Dullison and another lad, who sweep the roads in the city, had a fight at the corner of George and Bridge streets yesterday afternoon. They used their brooms with which…

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