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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Knocked Down by a Motor Car. Accident at North Sydney. Chauffeur Committed for Trial

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 10

William E. Burcher, 23, an engineer, was charged at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday with that, oh January 20, at North Sydney, he by the negligent driving of a…

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Fatalities and Accidents. a Blow on the Head

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 8

Alfred Ernest Gay, a carter, was driving a dray along Canterbury-road, Petersham, last night when helmet a man, also driving a dray. The two men pilled up and began a…

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Serious Railway Accident. Train Derailed at Katoomba. Lines' Badly Torn Up

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 6

KATOOMBA. Thursday.--One of the most serious railway mishaps that has occurred on the Western line for some time took place this afternoon at about 5.45 o'clock, within 80 yards of…

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Tram Collision. Four People Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 13

Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning a tram bound for Circular Quay from Botany, pulled up at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets, and another car from Zetland crashed…

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City Tramway Collision. Four People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 13

Four people were hurt in a tram collision at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets at a few minutes past 10 a.m. yesterday. An Alexandria tram was standing at the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Coal-lumper Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 21

While working on the steamer Den of Airlie, at Walker's Wharf, yesterday, a coal-lumper fell overboard, and was drowned. The Water Police dragged the spot until midnight, but…

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27 People Drowned

The World's News · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 13

Twenty-seven persons lost their lives in a bridge disaster near St. Petersburg. A small wooden pontoon bridge spans the River Pipret at the village of…

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Wharf Laborer Injured

The Star · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 10

A serious accident occurred to John Tyne, a wharf-laborer, shortly after midday today, as a result of which he is now at the Sydney Hospital. Tyne, who is 50 years of age, was working in the hold of the…

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Child's Escape From Drowning. Rescued by Policeman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 13

A number of children were playing on the shore of Lady Robinson's Bench yesterday, when Edward Law, aged 3, who had been taken for the day from his home at Belmore,…

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Wharf Laborer Terribly Injured

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

John Tyne, 60, a married man, residing at 15 Barcom Place, paddington, and a wharf laborer, while working in the bold of the steamer Essen at Circular Quay this afternoon received…

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Railway Accidents. on Blue Mountains. Engine Derailed at Katoomba. Collision at Leura. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 13

A coal train was coming into Katoomoa station yesterday when the engine jumped the points right off the line. The wheels were burled up to the axle. Three trucks with…

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Sleeper-cutter Injured. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 11

Mr. C. Longhurst, whilst engaged in sleeper-cutting at Killabakh (about nine miles from Wingham), met with a painful accident on Wednesday morning last. His brother and…

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Wharf-labourer Drowned. Working on the Den of Airlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 14

A non-unionist wharf-labourer, who had given his name as Simpson, and his address as Ruthven-street, Waverley, was drowned yesterday while unloading coal from the Den…

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Fall From a Roof. Plumber Severely Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 11

A young man named Harry Martin, met with a serious accident in Hunter street this morning. He was engaged is a plumber in the employ of Mr. H. C. Sneesby…

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Police Sergeant Injured. Thrown From a Horse. Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 11

On Wednesday night Sergeant Woods was on duty at the Quipolly ball, and when about to come home met with a nasty accident. He was getting on a horse when the animal gave…

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A Dangerous Mine. Three Men Collapse. One Badly Injured. Collarenebri

The Star · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 10

A miner named stevens at the Lightning Ridge opal field yesterday went down his shaft 50ft. deep, and on reaching the bottom found foul air. He signalled his mates to…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three Men Killed. Fireman's Agonising Death. Pinned for Hours

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A railway accident occurred at Beaufort Station early this morning resulting in the deaths of the engine driver and fireman, named respectvely Coward and…

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Shocking Bathing Accident. Man's Neck Broken

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 9

At the Bondi Baths, Bondi, this afternoon, a middle-aged man, whose name could not be ascertained, broke his neck while diving from a springboard. The man was a long time…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. the Accident to the Muniara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. Curtis, of the Crown Law Department, appeared for the Superintendent of Navigation; Messrs. J. R. Baxter Brace and Co. for Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., owners of the…

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Railway Accident

The Star · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 10

A printer, George Waldredd, residing in Burton-street, City, was travelling to Tempo in the 12.33 train from Sydney today, and when Hearing the Sydenham station he fell from the platform of the car on to the…

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