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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 187

Fatalities and Accidents Shoots Himself Before His Own Door

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1909 · page 6

Frederick Losgren (35), a married man, residing at Blue's Point-road, North Sydney, shot himself dead on the footpath in front of his own door on Saturday evening. It is stated that…

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Quarryman Injured. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 8

James A. Bryant, a workman at F. Pope's quarries, on the Gib Hill, had his left hand so badly crushed between two stones this morning that it was almost severed near the…

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Motor Car Fatality. Crash Into a Fence. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 8

A serious motor-car accident occurred on Bay-road on Saturday. Three men were in the motor-car which crashed into a fence. All the occupants were thrown out. Alfred…

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Collision with a Tram. Traction Engine Leaves Its Mark

Evening News · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 8

A crash occurred in Castlereagh-street, near Park-street, Sydney, on Monday afternoon, Shepkeepers rushed out and found that the cause of the commotion was a collision between…

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Gored by a Cow. Boy Terribly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND. Monday.--Willie. Burgess (10), was gored by a cow at Louth Park yesterday afternoon, and terribly Injured. One of the animal's horns entered the unfortunate lad's…

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Effecting an Arrest. Police Slightly Injured. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 7

Another row with the police occurred to-night in the vicinity of the Centennial Hotel. A man was being arrested for drunkenness, and it is alleged he called upon his sons and…

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Tram Conductor Injured. Knocked Down by a Motor Car

The Star · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 9

While standing in front of the tram depot at Waverley last night a tram conductor, George Ferguson, 2[?], living in Cloveland-street, was knocked down by a passing…

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Run Into by a Motor Car. Tram Conductor Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 6

The Paddington police are searching for the driver of a motor car which ran into a tram conductor at the Waverley Depot on Monday night, and without waiting to see the result of…

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General News. Accident to a Grazier. a Cattle Company

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

Mr Charles White, of Barraba, sustained severe injuries last week through being thrown out of a sulky. Two of his ribs and a collarbone were broken. A cable message states that Bovril Australian Estates, Limited, has been floated with a capital of £250,000. An earlier message stated that several of…

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Law. Monday, March 29. the State Courts. No. 1 JURY. Before Mr. Justice Cohen and a Jury of Four Maimed Fingers. Accident at a Tin Punch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 8

Evidence was further heard in the action brought by Walter. Thomas Comber against Arthur John Scott (trading in the name of S. T. Leigh and Co.), printer and box manufacturer, to…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Poisoned by Disinfectant

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 3

Winifred Campbell, recently an employee at the Printers' Arms Hotel, Darlinghurst, died at St. Vincent's Hospital on Sunday from tho effects of swallowing some disinfectant…

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Drowned in Darling Harbour. Body Found Floating

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 9

At about 9 o'clock last night some wharf-labourers on Messrs. Huddart and Parker's wharf, at the foot of King-street, city, noticed the body of a man floating close to the…

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Drowned in Darling Harbor. the Body Identified

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 6

While some men were on the wharf at the foot of Margaret-street on Tuesday night; they heard a splash, as if some one had fallen into the harbor. On-looking over the wharf they…

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Runaway at Singleton. Woman Dangerously Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 4

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—An exciting runaway, occurred yesterday in John-street. Two horses, in a creamery waggonette, took fright at the butter factory, South Singleton…

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Fatality at Cyanide Works. an Overturned Truck. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 14

An accident, resulting in the death of James Campbell, occurred at the Bodangora cyanide works. Campbell was engaged with a number of other men trucking sand, and as his was…

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Vehicle Overturned. a Woman Injured. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 10

Two horses attached to a van bolted from the Central Co-operative Butter Factory this morning, and galloped along John-street, which was lined with vehicles. A vehicle and horse…

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Verdict for Bryant. Monty Andrews' Wrist Injured

Referee · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 7

Monty Andrews and Bob Bryant met for the first time at the Gaiety last night, and attracted a full house. Both stripped in splendid fix…

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Accidental Death

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 6

Af the Water Police Court this morning, Mr. S. Hawkins, P.M., held an inquiry into the cause of death of an old man, named John Goleman, 538' Bourke-street. Sydney, who fell…

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Accidentally Killed

The Star · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 10

The Coroner yesterday recorded a verdict of accidental death in connection with the case of the man Thomas O'Halloran, 55, a laborer, who was knocked down and killed by…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Body Found Floating

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 13

Some laborers working at Huddart Parker, and Co.'s wharf last night discovered the body of a man floating in the harbor. They secured a boat and recovered it, and after vainly…

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