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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Kadina-emerald Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Marine Board yesterday considered the shipping inspector's report in connection with the collision of the steamer Kadina with the steamer Emerald on Saturday…

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The Lady Jane Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 15

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Minister for Mines received a telegram from the mines inspector at Chillagoe, who was despatched to Mungana after the accident at the Lady June mine to the effect that when the level…

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Drowned in a Tank. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

A sad fatality occurred about four miles from Cootamundra on Saturday, when tho 2[?] year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Renchan, of Temora-road, was discovered drowned…

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A Clergyman Injured[?] Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

An accident occurred to-day at Franklin to the Rev. L. E. Bennett. While he was liberating a foal from a wire fence, in which it had become entangled, the animal kicked…

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MARINE. (Before Judge Murray and Assessors). Collision with a Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 14

Addresses were concluded in the inquiry into the collision of the Kooyong with the Pyrmont wharf on February 19, the damage to the steamer being set down at £500…

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Train Accident at Stanwell Park

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 8

At 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday a coal train left Scarborough for Sydney, and on the bead before entering Stanwell Park Station, the engine and three trucks were derailed. Some…

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Accident at a Mine. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 9

The Chief Inspector of Mines has received a wire giving particulars of the recent accident at the Lady Jane mine, Mungana. The wire states that a second fall of ea1rth cut…

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Toronto Tram Accident. Toronto

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

Late on Saturday night a son of Mr. Reid, solicitor, Newcastle, was returning home by tram to Fassifern on the old horse tram, and a fish truck was doing duty for the…

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A Narrow Escape. Accident at Stanwell Park. Coal Train Derailed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 9

Passengers travelling by the 1.40 train from Nowra to Sydney yesterday had a providential escape from a serious accident. The passenger train is due at Stanwell Park at 4.26…

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Aeroplane Accident. Mr. W. Wright's Fall. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 9

Owing to a propeller becoming entangled in the starting machine of Mr. Wilbur Wright's aeroplane, it was thrown to the ground and damaged. Mr. Wright and…

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Accident to a Fireman. Wyong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

The fireman on the Sydney-Glen Innes mail train met with a serious accident at Ourimbah on Monday night, eausing the train to be delayed half an hour…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Child Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

BALLINA, Monday.--Sam Hamilton, a dairy farmer at Newrybar, was driving a cart, when his little boy fell over the dashboard. The horse put a hoof on the child s stomach. The…

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Motor Cars in Collision. Two People Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

Two motor cars came into collision to-day near White's Corner, between Black Rock and Beaumaris. One car was hired by Mr. James Davies, secretary of the Commercial…

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Schoolboy Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

A schoolboy named Horace Donald Shalder, 10, was drowned in the baths at Clifton Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. He was present at the annual picnic of the scholars of the…

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The Surf Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death from drowning was recorded in the case of William Thomas Flowerdew, 31 years, photographer, who met his death whilst bathing in the surf at the ocean beach, Manly…

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School Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

Horace Stalder (8), a school boy, residing at 62 Railway-street, Petersham, was drowned at Clifton Gardens, yesterday afternoon. The lad, woth other boys, was attending a school…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Drowned in the Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

An inquiry was hold at tho Manly police station yesterday concerning the death of William Thomas Flowerdew, who lost his life in the breakers at Manly on February 24…

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Drowned in the Macdonald

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

WINDSOR,Wednesday.--As the trading steamer Warragamba was on her way from St. Albans to Wiseman's Ferry, a few days ago, an old man, Alexander George Cross, 71 years of…

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The Manly Drowning. Surfers' Misdirected Energy

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquest at Manly on Wednesday afternoon into the death, of William Thomas Flowerdew, 30, who was drowned at the Ocean Beach, Manly, on February 24…

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Station-manager Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

DENILIQUIN, Wednesday.--George O. Smith, manager of the Bundyulumblah station, was found yesterday lying on the road to the station. It is supposed that Smith was driving over the…

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