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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Ferry Boats in Collision. Serious Accident Narrowly Averted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

Great excitement was caused on the harbor yesterday afternoon, when the steamers Manly, of the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Co., and Lady Rawson, of the Balmaln Ferry Co.'s…

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Injured While Shunting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

MOLONG, Tuesday.--While assisting in breaking down trucking in the Manildra railway yard yesterday a junior porter, Ernest Rudolph Anhl, was badly, hurt, tho ball of his foot being burst…

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A Jockey Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.--Early yesterday morning the well-known jockey, G. Clack, sustained a rather serious injury, while exercising a horse at Warwick Farm, through the animal…

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Jockey Injured. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

While exercising a horse at Warwick Farm yesterday morning a jockey, George Clack, met with a serious accident. It appears that the horse fell and rolled on him. Medical…

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Harbour Collision. Manly and Lady Rawson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

A collision, which fortunately was not attended with serious damage, occurred at about 6 o'clock last evening off Bradley's Head between the steamer. Manly, belonging to the…

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To-day's Inquests. the Bondi Baths Fatality

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

The Acting City Coroner (Mr. S, Murphy) held three inquests to-day. Concerning the death of James Kelman Thompson, 60, commercial broken, at the…

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Casualties. Between Waggon and Tank. Carter Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

At about 2.30 p.m. yesterday, at the Central Wharf, Alfred Ellis, 33, carter, in the employ of John Melloy, carrier, and living in Arundel-terrace, Forest Lodge, while turning the…

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Anqther Railway Smash. at Sydney Station. Two Carriages Telescoped. an Employee Seriously Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

A railway smash occurred at the Sydney Railway Station this morning, with the result that an upholsterer, a railway employee, was seriously injured, and a guard's van and a…

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Accident to Dr. Goldwin Smith

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

LONDON. Tuesday Evening.—Dr. Goldwin Smith, now a resident of Toronto. Canada, fell, breaking one of his thighs. His condition causes anxiety…

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The Accident to the Eden. Ran Ashore at Cape St. George. Marine Court Inquiry. Master Held to Blame

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, with Captains C. Taylor and J. B. Carpenter as assessors—commenced an inquiry in the Sydney District Court this morning into the…

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Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

Chas. Dalton, aged 13 years, and living in Great Buckingham-street, Redfern, was attempting to cross the road near the corner of Castlereagh and Campbell streets last…

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Katoomba Railway Accident. Mischievous Boys Blamed. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

It ts rumoured that the railway accident on Saturday night was the result of mischievous boys putting stones on the line. The matter is in the hands of the police, who are…

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A Death Trap. the Stadium's Two Roped Ring. Boxers Frequantly Falling Through. Danger of Serious Accident Happening

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

It is darned little use closing the sta[?] door after the pony has escaped, and similarly it is poor, consolation to the man who meets with serious injury, or…

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Motor Party Blown Up. Blasting Accident on a Road

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Reuter's correspondent reports that disregarding a warning that blasting operations were proceeding on a private road at Phoenix,…

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Derailed. the Katoomba Accident. Apparent Attempted Train-wrecking

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--With regard to the derailment of the train popularly known as the "fish" train, the belief is gaining ground that a malicious attempt was made at train wrecking…

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Fatalities and Accidents Scalded to Death by Poison

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A fatal accident occurred this afternoon in James Wilson's engineering. Works, Elizabeth-street. A young man, Horace Reed, residing at Mitchellton, near…

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Victorian Railway Accident. Three Men Killed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 15

A railway accident occurred at Beaufort Station, Victoria, early on February 5, resulting in the deaths of the engine-driver and fireman, named respectively Coward and…

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Railway Accident at Beaufort (Vic.)—three Men Killed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 15

A View of the Wrecked Engines at Beaufort, from the track. Another View of the Railway Smash. The X in the centre of the picture marks the position where Fireman Gillard was pinned…

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Bondi Baths Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 8

An Inquiry was held yesterday, into tho circumstances attending the death of James Kelman Thompson (60), a commercial broker, who was killed at the Bondi Baths on Saturday last…

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The Harbour Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 8

A preliminary departmental inquiry will be held today by the Acting Superintendent of Navigation regarding the collision which occurred on Tuesday evening off Bradley's Head, between the Mauly ferry steamer…

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