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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

4,325 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 217

Murrurundi Collision. Station-master Examined. Vagaries of Signals. Defective or Neglected? (From Our Special Reporter.) Murrurundi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 14

The commission appointed to inquire into the collision at Murrurundi continued its sittings this morning, before Mr. E. H. Wilshire (chairman) and Professor Warren and…

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Accident to Mr Fisher

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 6

Mr Gilmour, representing Messrs Foley Bros, of Sydney, just after leaving Mr Earp's place of business at about 3 p.m. this Friday, found an old…

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Marvellous Escapes. In a Railway Accident

The World's News · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

In view of the recent railway accidents in Australia our readers will be keenly interested in the illustration on this page. It is that of the wreckage of the train running on the Great…

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Sensational Coach Accident. Brakes Insufficient. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 13

A sensational coach accident occurred on the Moo-Walhalla road to-day. At the approach to Cobb and Co.'s stables at Tyers, 12 miles from Moe, to reach which an incline two…

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Accident on the Britannia. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 13

Two deaths have occurred on the battleship Britannia through the bursting of a boiler tube while the vessel was voyaging from Queensferry to Portsmouth…

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Exciting Harbour Accident. Hauled Up Feet First

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 12

A sensation was created among the passenggers by the R.M.S. Ormuz on arrival here yesterday afternoon from London owing to a boating accident of an extraordinary…

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Our Railways Accidents and Their Causes Care of the Engine "Take It, or Someone Else Will" Iii

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 1

The mere tyro in mechanics knows that expert supervision is a disthretly more Important factor in the satisfactory operation of fast-running machinery than actual…

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The Accidents of History

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 12

The unveiling of the Yorkshire Society's memorial tablet attached to the statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park on Thursday was made the occasion for some glowing…

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The Murrurundi Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 13

As anticipated, the board appointed in connection with the Murrurundi railway accident completed the taking of evidence yesterday afternoon, and all that now remains is the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Found Hanging

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 14

An inquest was held by the City Coroner (Mr. S. Murphy) yesterday afternoon regarding the death of John Ambrose Davis, lately residing in Cromwell-street, Croydon, whose body was…

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The Pyrmont Bridge Fatality

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 4

The Acting City Coroner, Mr. S. Murphy, held an inquest at the Coroner's Court yesterday, concerning the death of Walter Alexander Smith, civil engineer in the Public Works Department…

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Pilgrims Killed in Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 12

Twenty-eight pilgrims have been killed in a railway collision at Cargantua, Mexico…

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Serious Coach Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 12

A sensational coach accident occurred on the Moc-Walhalla road (Vic.) on Friday. At the approach to Cobb and Co.'s stables at Tyers, 12 miles from Hoc, to reach which an incline two…

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Terrible Tram Accident. Seven People Killed. Car Precipitated Over Embankment. London. Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 7

An electric tram-car, while descending a hill at Bournemouth, England, got out of control, and was precipitated over an embankment twenty feet high…

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A Peculiar Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 12

Mr. W. Smith, of Comobella, Wellington district, met with a peculiar adventure. He was driving along a road, when a cat jumped from a tree on to the horse's luck. This frightened…

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An Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 8

The Playbill—Charis colt Call Boy fell at the half-mile post in the Youthfull Staked yesterday, and his rider, P. Kuhn, had a small bone in his left hand broken…

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Our Railways Accidents and Their Causes an Old Railway Employee's Opinions

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 8

"I am very pleased to see the 'Star' taking up the question of the management, or should I say mismanagement, of our railways," said one of the oldest drivers in the…

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Football Accident

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 May 1908 · page 3

During a football match on the Chatswood Oval yesterday afternoon, a carpenter named Charles Wood, residing in Edward-street, Woollahra, collided with another…

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Seaman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 8

A seaman named George Grace, on the steamer Aranmore, fell down the vessel's hold on Saturday, and sustained serious injuries to his head. He was admitted to the hospital…

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Injured at Football

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--E. Clark, whilst playing football for Helensburgh yesterday against Balgownie, had his kneecap dislocated through receiving a kick from another player…

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