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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 187

Fatal Ending of Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 March 1909 · page 2

James Thompson (62), who was removed to Sydney Hospital on Friday night on account of being injured by a train at Sydenham, died at that institution yesterday morning…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 March 1909 · page 7

Sydney Grane, 35, residing at 120 George-street, Waterloo, fell down a flight of stairs at his residence yesterday and fractured, his skull. The Civil…

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Drowned at Bondi

The Star · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 4

The body of Frank H. Lang, 35, a commission agent, who had been on a visit to Sydney from Auckland, was washed up on the beach at Bondi yesterday. Deceased…

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Hargraves Coach Accident. Several Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 5

HARGRAVES, Saturday.--The coach accident here yesterday was more serious than was anticipated. Besides having his nose broken and ankle dislocated. Driver Sprati's…

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Farmer Drowned. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon as George Howard, a middle-aged farmer of Chinderah, was returning from Tweed Heads in a sailing boat it capsized, and Howard was drowned. The body…

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Drowned in the Breakers

Evening News · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 6

The body of a man named Frank H. Laing, 36. described a[?] commission agent, from Auckland, New Zealand, was found in the breakers at Bondi, close to the "Boot," on…

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Fatal Boat Accident. Southerly Upsets Eighteen-footer. One Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 8

An eighteen-foot sailing boat capsized in Botany Bay, near Yarra Bay beach, yesterday morning, with six men on board, one of whom, Bert Martin, was drowned. The remaining…

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Centennial Park Fatality. Cyclist Charged with Manslaughter

The Star · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 12

At the Darlinghurst Criminal Court today, before Judge Rogers and a jury, Ernest Edward Braden, a youth, was indicted on a charge of having feloniously slain Charlotte…

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Capsize of a Sailing Boat. Youth Drowned in Botany Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 4

As tho result of the capsizing of a sailing boat in Botany Bay, yesterday morning, Bert. Martin, a youth, residing at Cook-street, North Botany, was drowned, and five others came…

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Mail Coagh Capsize. Driver Severely Injured. Hargraves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 7

As the mail coach from Mudgee to Hill End was descending the Sugarloaf Mountain to-day the pole horses fell, causing the coach, which contained five passengers—two ladies and three…

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Railway Smash. Shunting Accident in Sydney Yard

Evening News · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 6

An accident that might easily have had a more serious "result occurred in the Central Railway Yard, Sydney, shortly after 5.30 p.m. on Sunday. A set of pick-up cars collided with…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Woman Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 8

Alice Franklia, 49 years of age, a cook, employed in York-street, was attempting to cross the Bellevue Hill tramline in Bourkestreet, city, on Saturday night, when she was…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Killed in the Street

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 6

Alice Franklin, 49 years of age, and employed as cook in York-street, City,was knocked down by a Bellevue-hill tram in Bourke-street on Saturday night. She was picked up in an…

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Bondi Beach Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 6

Further light, has been thrown upon tho death of Frank H. Laing, whoso body was found on Bondi Beach on Sunday. Mr. Alfred Allen writes to say that it was he who brought the…

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Drowned in the Surf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 8

The facts of the recovery of a corpse from the surf at Bondi on Sunday, as narrated by Mr. Alfred Allen, are that while swimming a good way out beyond the break of the waves…

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Drowned in the Baths

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 4

Moses Squires, 64, a patient at Callan Park Asylum; was found drowned in the baths attached to the institution on Monday. He was employed as a rule in die garden, and was seen…

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Drowned at Chinderah. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 8

The body of George Howard, who was drowned on Friday at Chinderah, was recovered yesterday…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Drowned in the Tweed. Two Lives Lost at Murwillumbah

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 6

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.--Two drowning fatalities have occurred in the river here. While George Howard was returning from Tweed Heads in a sailing boat on Friday, it capsized…

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A Harbour Collision. Warship and Merchantman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 7

A collision between the German cruiser Condor and the steamer Komura, belonging to the fleet of Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co., occurred just off Mort's Dock on…

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A Street Collision. Cyclist Awarded Damages

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 5

An action for damages for alleged negligent driving, whereby it was contended an accident was caused, and a young man severely injured, was beard before his Honor Judge Schools in…

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