Fatalities and Accidents. a Fall Downstairs
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 14
Margaret Avery (57), residing in Harrington-street, Miller's Point, was going upstairs early yesterday morning to awaken one of her sons, when she slipped and fell a distance of about…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 14
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The Coroner conducted an inquiry into the death of Leon Johnson, a middle-aged man, who died at Port Adelaide Hospital on Wednesday as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Week's Miscellany : Compilation of the News of the World. Clan Ranald Wrecked—40 Drowned
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 12
One of the most terrible shipping disasters in the history of South Australia, resulting in [?] loss of life, occurred late on Sunday night in St. Vincent's Gulf. The big oversea…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 11
Thomas J. Adama (50), dealer, residing at 721 Harris-street, Pyrmont, was yesterday morning melting down an old metal pump when on explosion took place as a…
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Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5
BUNDARRA, Monday,—A young man named Johnson, 25, was accidentally drowned in Abbington Creek on Saturday. Johnson, who had been ringbarking all day, went in for a swim…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
MUNDOORAN, Saturday.--Whilst Mr. Steve Minehell was riding ills own horse, Braeburn, in the Forced Handicap at Merrygoen yesterday, the animal caused his rider to collide with…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5
Two tram conductors, named Wm. Jenkins and Joseph Barclay, the former living at Wallsend and the latter at Wickham, were admitted to the hospital to-night, suffering…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
A fireman on board the steamer Courier discovered the body of an unknown man suspended, head downwards, between two hawsers on the Queen's Wharf. Both hands of…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
Thomas J. Adams, a marine dealer, residing at Harris-street, was melting, an old pump in an open lire on Saturday morning, when it exploded and threw a shower of blazing matter…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 7
While melting down an old metal pump in an open fire at his residence, 71 Harris-street, Pyrmont, on Saturday, Thomas Adams, 50, a second-hand dealer, was severely burned…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
While Mr. and Mrs. Gaffney, of Upper Bara, were returning home in a sulky they pulled up a few miles from Lue, to talk to some men who were clearing. One of the men, pointing…
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Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5
A tram and a van collided in Pitt-street near Hay-street this afternoon, and two men, Peter Smart, 40, a dealer, and W. J. Love, 27, a carter, received injuries which necessitated treatment…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 6
While bathing in the surf at the northern end of Coogee beach yesterday afternoon, Jack Carison, aged 11 years, was washed out beyond his depth…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
While looking down a lift-well in a city establishment yesterday morning Albert Speering, 14, residing at 488 Bourke-street, Surry Hills, was struck by the ascending [?]…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
MUNDOORAN, Saturday.--At an inquiry today, by Mr. T. P. Manus, it was found that Stove Minchell was accidentally killed, owing to his horse. striking a tree. His remains were…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
A lad named Jack Carlson (11) was seen to be in difficulties when bathing in the surf at the northern end of Coogeo beach yesterday afternoon, and a girl named Laurine Anderson went…
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Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4
HAY, Tuesday.—A young man named Percy Nicol, about 19 years of age, son of Mr. Andrew Nicol, tailor, was accidentally drowned, while bathing last night. Nicol, who was a…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 8
About 12 o'clock yesterday two men, Peter Smart, horse dealer, residing at Blighwood, Turramurra, and William J. Love, 27, carter, residing at 43 Cooper-street, Waterloo, were…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 8
On Saturday morning a young man named Edwin Johnstone, 23 years old, a resident of Yarrowyck, about 35 miles from Armidale, went to a creek to bathe with his brothers. He…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 5
While melting down an old metal pump in an open fire at his residence, 71 Harris-street, Pyrmont, on Saturday, Thomas Adams, 50, a second-hand dealer, was severely burned…
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