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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

3,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 187

Street Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

On Sunday afternoon a horse and sulky driven by Mr. Herbert Allworth, of Westmoreland-street, Forest Lodge, came into collision with a tram-car in George-street West. In…

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Two Sisters Drowned Sad Accident at Wyalong

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

WYALONG, Tuesday.—A drowning fatality, occurred this morning. Two sisters. Winnie and Ethel, 15 years and 12 years respectively daughters of Mr. Thomas Griffiths, a well-known…

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Collision Off Garden Island

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 12

A collision which resulted in the death by drowning of a number of the crew of the H.M.S. Encounter occurred off Garden Island early…

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Collision in Darling Harbour

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 12

About 9 o'clock last Tuesday morning a collision occurred between the Illawarra Company's steamers Moruya and Peterborough, but fortunately…

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Collision with a Horseman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

PARKES, Monday.--At 1 o'clock to-day, Aid. Westcott, while riding a bicyele in the main street, collided with a horseman, sustaining severe concussion of the brain, and being…

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Another Collision. an Impetuous Crowd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 7

After the midday picket change the large crowd which had witnessed the ceremony made for the Courthouse with a view to hearing the cases. The space allotted to the…

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An Injured Constable Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 1

Constable Cornell, who sustained severe injuries to his head in an affray with three men in St. Kilda-road on Sunday night, still lies in the depot hospital in a serious…

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Buried in Debris a Laborer Seriously Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

A serious accident occurred this afternoon at some pottery works at Strawberry Hills. George M[?]gor, laborer, aged 56 years, living in Petersham, was working in…

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Casualties. Fall Over a Bridge. Child Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

John Roberts, aged 7 years, living with his parents in Shepherd-street, Redfern, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon in a serious condition. It…

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Church Roof Collapses. Forty Killed and Sixty Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The roof of an old church collapsed yesterday at Nax, Switzerland, during service. Forty of the villagers who were…

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Peculiar Accident to Goods Train

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—While a goods train was running between Wallerawang and Lithgow, aided by a push-up engine, the back portion of the brake van by some means got upon…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

A serious shooting accident occurred at Ura[?]ba yesterday. Two youths, W. T. Stoker, 17, and Alfred Stoker, 10, were out with firearms, and the former reported that the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Killed by a Fall of Clay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

George M'Gregor, a laborer, 56, residing at Andreas-street, Petersham, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from injuries received at Goodlet and Smith's…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 10

WYALONG, Tuesday.--This morning two sisters. Winnie and Ethel Griffiths, aged 15 and 12 years respectively, weren drowned whilst bathing in the railway tank…

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Mine Manager Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 10

Early this afternoon a doctor was escorted on to the Proprietary mine by two mounted constables, and the fact aroused a score of reports as to shooting accidents and injuries…

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Drowned in a Dam. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 10

Nicholas Hocking, aged 8, was drowned in the Proprietary dam yesterday afternoon, while bathing, with other boys. He sank in 5ft of Water in a few minutes…

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Drowned in Railway Tank. a Double Natality. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 9

Two girls, one 12 and the other 15 years old, daughters of Mr. T Griffiths, the Warden's' ba[?]iff, Wyalong, were accidentally drowned while bathing in the railway tank this…

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Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 7

While Michael J. Finigan was this morning working on board the German steamer Heidelberg, which is lying in the stream, he met with an accident which caused internal injuries…

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Accident in Clarence-street. a Clerk Crushed to Death

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 6

About 11 o'clock this morning a lift accident occurred at Messrs. W. W. Campbell and Company's furniture warehouse, 249 Clarence street, city, which resulted in the death of a…

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Fatal Driving Accident Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 6

William Cropley, a traveller for Kitchen and Sons, was thrown out of a sulky yesterday, and had his skull fractured. He died in the hospital this morning…

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