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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

4,325 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 217

Braybrook and Its Aftermath. Adding to the Roll of Injured Departmental Action and Criticism. Alleged Blunder in Signals. Six Officials Relieved of Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The feelings of horror at the appalling Braybrook. Junction railway catastrophe, and of deep sorrow for its victims, were to-day succeeded in the public…

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Melbourne Disaster Inquiry Preparations. Mr. Tatt's Lucid Statement. Where the Failure Occurred. Six Men Suspended. Additional List of Injured. World-wide Sympathy. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 9

Sorrow over the calamity which occurred on Monday night, the most awful event in connection with the history of our railway system, is unabated. Never, one may safely say,…

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A. J. C. Carnival Autumn Meeting All-aged Stakes Day Rotorua Killed Two Jockeys Injured. Fountain King Again Successful. Kuban Wins Easter Stakes. Cumberland Stakes Annexed by Poseidon

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 6

The autumn meeting of the A.J.C. was continued at Randwick yesterday in perfect weather. The third day is considered the "off day" but the attendance was very good…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 14

No holiday is without its accidents. After a day devoted to pleasure the newspapers are simply filled with accounts of misadventures. This year, unfortunately, the minor…

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The Bondi Tram Accident

Evening News · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

An "Evening News" reporter this morning made inquiries as to what steps had been taken by the tramway officials in connection with the tram accident at Bondl on Monday…

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A Motor Accident Chauffeur on Trial

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 8

At the Quarter sessions yesterday, before judge Rogers and a Jury, James Jones, chauffeur, was charged with furiously driving a motor car, and trough this act and…

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Frequency of Railway Accidents Public Becoming Nervous Is the Railway Department Disconcerted?

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 5

There is little doubt that the frequency of accidents on the New South Wales railways of late, coupled with, the appalling disaster in Victoria, has made the travelling public…

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Sensational Accident a Crane Tiles Three Horses Killed Electrocuted on the Spot

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 7

A sensational accident happened at 4.30 p.m. yesterday at the corner of Liverpool and Castlereagh streets. A huge arm of a derrick, forming part of a crane, which was…

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Bondi Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

One of the two ladies seriously injured in the Bondi tram accident was the well-known astress, Miss Austen Elliott wife of Mr. Alfred Woods. Mrs. Woods fives at No.9…

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Peculiar Accident Woman's Foot Badly Crushed

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 7

Mrs. Elizabeth, Carter, aged 54 years,living at No. 40 West Moreland-street, Glebe, met with painful injuries in a peculiar way yesterday. She wan sitting on the Jetty…

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Engine and Tender Derailed. Accident at Bourke

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 5

BOURKE, Wednesday.--The engine and tender prepared to take out the mail train this morning ran off the line while shunting, previous to starting time. It being impossible to get the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Woman's Foot Crushed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 8

Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, residing at 46 Westmoreland-street, Glebe, was sitting on the edge of the jetty at Parsley Bay yesterday morning, when a steamer ran alongside and crushed her…

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How Accidents Are Caused. an Expert's View

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A gentleman, who has expert knowledge of the working of railway systems, both in this country and in England, has made the following remarks in reference to…

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Another Railway Collision

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

The Adelaide express reached Ballarat (Victoria) an hour late on Wednesday owing to a mishap at Murray Bridge. At the latter place the train was divided. In shunting the second…

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An Inventor Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 7

Some interesting circumstances are related by the Minister for Education, Mr. Sachse. concerning one of the victims of the railway disaster George Smith Morrison, of Northcote,…

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Railway Accident at Penrith. Two Persons Injured. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 8

A painful accident occurred near the distant signal at the Penrith railway station at ten to 7 to-night. Inspector Dews and Gange Pulman had just arrived by ballast train at…

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Another List of Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Hawkeswood, the claims agent of the Railway Department, has received notifications from 43 additional persons that they had been injured. He expects that…

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Condition of the Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 8

The reports from the metropolitan hospitals to-day regarding the condition of the sufferers from the calamity, who are now undergoing treatment, are upon the whole…

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Further List of Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 7

The names of additional persons who were injured in the railway disaster continue to filter into the Railway Department. As Indicated to-day, this notification is tantamount…

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Bock Falls on Miner. Accident at Balmain Colliery. Injured Man Carried a Mile Underground

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

Henry Ballam, a miner, employed at the, Balmain Colliery, met with a serious accident, while at work about half-past 6 o'clock this morning…

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