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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 187

Drowned in the Baths. Schoolboy's Death

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

Horace Donald Shalder, a schoolboy, aged 10 years, lately living in Railway-street, Petersham, was accidentally drowned in the swimming baths at Clifton Gardens yesterday…

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Injured by Lightning. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

During the recent storm Mrs. T. G. Austin, a resident of [?]-street, was struck by lightning. She we standing on a verandah when a flash came and she fell to the floor…

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Manly Surf Fatality. Evidence at the Inquiry

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

The City Coroner, Mr. Murphy, to-day held an inquiry upon the body of William Thomas Flowerdew, 39 years of age,who met with his death on the Ocean Beach, Manly,…

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Attacked by Ants Injured Man's Predica[?]ent. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

G. O. Smith, manager of the Bundy Ul[?]mbla station, was brought to tow[?] by motor yesterday afternoon, suffering from a fracture of the right arm, dislocation of [?] left wrist, and…

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Heavy Snow in Britain. Ice Accidents in Berlin

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—There have been heavy falls of snow in Great Britain and on the Continent. Fifty accidents caused by slipping on the ice…

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Accident in the Harbor. Demurrer-case in Full Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

In the Full Court this afternoon judgment was given on the point raised in the case James William Russell v. A. Jorgensen, an action in which the plaintiff, by his next of…

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Law. Wednesday, March 3. the State Courts. Banco. Before the Acting-Chief Justice. Mr. G. B. Simpson Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring.) a Harbor Accident. Demkurrer to a Defendant's Plea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 8

Arument was heard on a demurrer raised by the Plaintiff to the defendant's second plea in an section for damages, in which James William Russell was the plaintiff, and A. Jorgensen the…

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Law Report. in Banco. (Before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring.) a Harbour Accident. Question of Contributory Negligence. Russell v Jorgenson

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

Mr. L. Armstrong and Mr. O'Reilly, instructed by Mr. H. Richardson Clark, appeared for the plaintiff in support of a demurrer to defendant's second plea; and Mr. E. M…

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Drowned in a Drain The Leichhardt Fatality. Coroner's Verdict and Rider

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

The City Coroner this afternoon held an inquest upon the body of Mary Ann Taylor, 63, a married woman, who met Her death by bolus washed into a storm-water channel…

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The Indralema Collision

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

Further particulars have been received at Sydney by the Sydney Marine Underwriters from London regarding the collision which caused slight damage to the steamer Indralema at…

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Fatalities and Accidents. an Injured Spine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

A storeman, at the Central Wharf, Miller's Point, named J. Corbett, who resides in Bathurst-strect, city, was seriously injured while at work yesterday afternoon by a bale of wool…

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Leichhardt Fatality. Coroner's Advice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday upon the body of Mary Ann Taylor, who was drowned in a stormwater channel on February 27. A finding of accidental death was…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

FORBES, Thursday.--The seven months son of Henry Allen, of Sand-hills, crawled off the verandah into a tank of water this morning at his father's residence, and was deowned…

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Leichhardt Drain Fatality. the Coroner Speaks Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. Stephen Murphy) yesterday afternoon held an inquiry concerning the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor (65), who was drowned by being washed into a stormwater channel in Halloran-street,…

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Drains As Death Traps. the Leichhardt Drowning. Remarks by the Coroner

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

The circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Mary. Ann Taylor, 65, who lately resided at 35 Halloran-street, Leichbardt, formed the subject af on inquest at the City Coroner's Court…

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Collapse of a Wall. Two Laborers Injured

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

Portion of a wall of an old building, known as the City Hall, in Elizabeth-Street, Haymarket, collapsed this morning. Four laborers, among whom were John Devine and John Wren, were…

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Severe Weather in Europe. Numerous Ice Accidents. London, March. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

There has been a heavy fall of snow in Great Britain and on the Continent. Fifty accidents occurred in the streets in Berlin, owing to the ice…

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Fatal Coach Accident. Collarenebri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

While passing up the main street yesterday the horses in a coach from the train terminus bolted. A well-known resident of Wee Waa named Edward Mellon was thrown out,…

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Accidents

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

George Brown, cook on the s.s. Warrimoo, fell over a bucket on his steamer this morning and sustained a severe gash on the forehead, necessitating his removal to the Sydney…

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Mistake in the Engine-room. the Accident to the Kooyong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

The collision of the steamer Kooyong with Pyrmont Wharf, Darling Harbor, on the evening of February 19, when she was outward bound from Howard Smith and Co's. wharf for…

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