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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Our Tramways. Twenty Years' Growth. Splendid Records. Freest From Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 4

Speaking at the opening of the Ab[?]rcrombie-street tramway on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Catts, M.r., who is secretary of one of the largest of the railway and tramway…

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Tram Accident. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 6

A man named Betyhunl fell oft a moving tram-car, at South Broken Hill this afternoon. The wheels passed over his foot, crushing it severely. Betyhunl said he was…

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Boy Accidentally Shot at Botany. "A Tan on Fires-arms."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 10

At the Coroners Court on Saturday on inquiry was held into the circumstances attemding the death of William James Parker (15), lately residing at Bay-street, North Botany, who was killed in Coward-street, Botany,…

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Train Off the Line. Accident Near Harden

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

HARDEN, Saturday.--A train ran off the line seven miles from Harden, the engine, three trucks, and a suburban carriage leaving the rails and tearing the line up for about a chain…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Killed by a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 8

Frederick William Clarke, a single man,employed as a laborer, and residing in King-street, Newtown, was knocked down by a train and kills of near Stanmore station at about 4.15 on…

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Surf Bathing Fatality. Young Woman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 7

About 6 o'clock yesterday morning a young woman named Lurlino Potter, 20, residing with her parents at Chesterfield-parade, Waverley, was bathing in the surf at Little Coogee, in…

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Drowning Accidents. Crookwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

Selby Macdonald, a young man, was drowned yesterday while driving from Bigga to Crookwell, at a crossing near Yarranoo, about 10 miles from Crookweel. The vehicle, which…

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Fatality at Little Coogee. Lady Drowned While Bathing. Body Carried to Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 7

Lurline Potter (29),. a late resident of Chesterfield-parade. Waverley, was drawn out to sea by the current at Little Coogee yesterday morning, and drowned. Miss Potter, in…

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Motor Car Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

James Gillio, an elderly man, described as a peanut vendor, who was knocked down on Thursday last by a motor car (belonging to Mr. James M'Loughlin, of 51…

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A Great Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 6

The loss of the steamer Republic, of 15,000 tons, is a reminder that size is not a safeguard against loss, even in these days of divided compartments and water-tight…

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Drowned in the Tamar

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Monday.-- Charles Gordon (20), driver, was drowned in the Tamar off Pig Island on Sunday through the upsetting of a dingey…

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Collision at Sea. Remarkable Rescue Work. Excursionists and Emigrants. Help Summoned by Ether- Gram. a Courageous Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.---It now transpires that the vessel which collided with the Republic off Nantucket Island was the steamer. 1 Florida, which was completing her voyage,…

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Driving Accident at Tilba Tilba

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

TILBA TILBA, Tuesday.—A peculiar accident occurred to three young men coming home from Cobargo, where they had been spending the evening. The party consisted of Messrs…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Suicide at St. Leonards

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 8

Albert Edward Newth, a clerk, aged 40, recently residing at Beecroft, committed suicide by cutting his throat in the lavatory at the St. Leonards railway station yesterday afternoon…

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Accident to a Farmer. Kangaroo Valley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. M. M'Inerney, a dairy farmer, met with a serious accident on his farm on Saturday afternoon. It appears that he was engaged in drawing feed for the cows, and the bullocks…

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Two Girls Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 10

BALRANALD, Tuesday.--A sad accident occurred here this evening. A party were Ashing in the Murrumbidgee, and one of them, Doris Studdert, aged 10, who was fishing from a log,…

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The Indralema in Collision

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 6

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association, this morning received a cable from London, stating that the steamer Indralema had been slightly damaged by collision. No details…

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Two Girls Drowned. Balranald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 8

A sad fatality occurred this afternoon, when Doris Studdart, aged about 16, and Eisie Buist, aged about 15, were drowned in the Murrumbidgee whilst bathing. Both bodies were…

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The Steamship Indralema. Damaged in Collision

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 5

The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association have received a cable from London stating that the steamship Indralema from Australian ports has been slightly damaged…

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Two Girls Drowned. While Bathing at Balranald

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Balranald yesterday afternoon, when Doris Studdart, aged about 16, and Elsie Buist, aged about 15, were drowned while bathing off a sand bank in the…

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