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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Drowned in the Baths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 10

Mr. Hawkins also held an inquest regarding the death of Cocil Alexander Hardy, who was drowned in Rushcutter Bay baths last Sunday. Deceased, it was stated, could swim about five yards. No one saw…

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Drowned in the Macquarie

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

TRANGIE, Thursday.—Noel, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. S.N." Austin, of Wambiane Station, was drowned In the Macquarie River. It is presented that the little chap was playing on…

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Ganger Seriously Injured

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

JUNEE,: Thursday.—A ganger named William Aldridge was run down by an engine attached to a van, between, Junee and Harefield Stations it 11 o'clock this morning. He was riding . on a…

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An Injured Head

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

MOLONG, Wednesday.--A young man, William Hayes, received a severe injury to his head while loading wheat at Garra yesterday. A pulley-hook broke and fell on his head,…

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The Wee Waa Boating Fatality

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

WEB WM, "Thursday.-The body of Gladys Chapman, one of the victims of the boating accident during the floods, has been recovered There are up signs of other bodies…

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The Wee Waa Fatality. Recovery of a Body

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 8

WEE WAA, Wednesday.--The body of Gladys Chapman, a victim in the drowning fatality, was recovered today. The others are still missing…

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Swept Off the Rocks. Young Man Drowned at Helensburgh

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

HELENSBURGH, Wednesday.--While fishing from the rocks at Waten Marlie yesterday, Stephen Heffernan, 20 years of age, whose parents have resided in Helensburgh for many years,…

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Collapse of a Crane. Two Men Injured

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

Two serious accidents occurred this afternoon, and, as a result, two men were severely injured. Ernest Wakefield, 21, residing at Day-street, Drummoyne, was working on the Harbor Trust's…

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Knocked Down by Motor-car Telephone Attendant Injured

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 7

Isaac Norman Hutchinson, SO, a telephone attendant, residing at 27 Oatley-road, Padaington. was knocked down by a motor car outside…

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Tram Gellision in Elizabeth-street. Two Passengers Seriously Injured

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

A collision occurred between two trams in Elizabeth-street, Sydney, this afternoon, when two passengers were severely injured, and many others badly shaken and bruised. The 12.5…

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Nearly- All Water. Residents Living in Trees. Acts of Heroism. Two Persons Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

MOREE, Wednesday Night.—The flood is unprecedented in its devastation. It reached its height in the town on Saturday night standing to recede shortly before midnight,…

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Washed Off the Rocks. a Young Man Drowned. Narrow Escape of Two Others

The Star · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

In full view of his father, who was strenuously trying to save him, Stephen Heffernan, 19, a miner, living at Helensburgh, was drowned at Wottohmollah, near Port…

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Motor-car Accident

The Star · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 7

At the Paddington Police Court this morning, before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., Arthur Walshaw, aged 42, driver of the motor car which knocked down and seriously injured Isaac Norman Watson Hutchison on Tuesday night,…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Coroner's Inquests

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

At an inquest into the cause of the death or Albert Holdsworth Dale, the coroner found that death was caused by suffocation by strangulation occasioned by deceased himself, and that…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 9

Mr. H. V. Hawkins, Acting-Deputy Coroner, held an inquest yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of William Goodsir, who fell out of a 16ft. sailing boat in Double…

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Tram Collision. Several People Injured. Two Taken to Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 10

The noise of two trams in collision startled passess-by in Liverpool-street about 2.20 p.m. yesterday. A tram from Bo[?] Junction, two cars, both well [?]lled, was…

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Helensburgh Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 9

CLIFTON, Thursday.--The local police have received instructions to patrol the sea shore in search of the body of Heffernan, a Helensburgh miner, who was swept off the rocks at…

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Driving Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 10

A driving mishap, in Gordon-road, Chat[?]-wood, yesterday, resulted in Arthur W[?]oks, a dealer, aged 26, living in Blue's Point-road, North Sydney, being admitted to the North…

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Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 9

A "rear" collision took place between two trams yesterday in Liverpool-street, near Nithsdale-street, while they were held up prior to receiving the signal to proceed on their…

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Harbor Sailing Fatality

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 10

The drowning of William David Goodsir, 32, a commercial traveller, which, .occurred in Sydney Harbor, near Bradley s head, on Saturday afternoon, was Inquired into by Mr. Henry 3…

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