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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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A Severe Buffeting. Rakanoa in the Gale. Four Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 7

As the coller Rakanoa approached the Wellington Head from Westport she signalled to the Beacon-hill Station by Morse code for medical assistance, and when the vessel reached…

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The Tuskar Head Collision. Steamer Ayrshire Lists. Three Holds Partly Filled with Water

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The steamer Ayrshire, which was beached at Holyhead after the collision with the Arcadian, has listed…

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Bicycle Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. E. A. Mooney school teacher of Pa[?]-street, East Sydney, was cycling near Goulburn, when the handle bars of his machine came off, causing him to fall heavily to the…

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Senator Mien Capsized. Leg Broken in Sulky Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 6

Senator B. D. Millen. Vice-President of the Commonwealth. Executive Council, was driving with two friends in a sunday at Burren Junction, on the north-western railway on Tuesday…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Special Train Derailed. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

The special train in California became derailed on the Rock Island line. The carriages caught fire. Five people were killed, and nine were injured, several…

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Accident to a Cyclist. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

While riding a bicycle down the main street William O'Brien was thrown heavily to the ground through running over a dog, receiving a fracture of the left thigh…

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Burning Accident. Hartley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Sylvia Shelly, second daughter of Mr. Skelly, president of the Blaxland Shire Council, was engaged cooking when her dress caught fire. She rushed outside, and her mother succcded in…

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Fatal Pea Rifle Accident. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Albert Brown, who was accidentally shot in the head with a pea rifle by a companion on New Year's Day, died to-day…

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A Pea-rifle Tragedy. "Accidental Death" Returned. Picton

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

A young man named Albert Brown, of Alexandria, who was shot in the head by a companion last Saturday with a pea rifle, died in the hospital yesterday. At the…

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Fatalities and Accidents Ptomaine Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 12

John Vaughan, a laborer, was working at M'Kenzie's timber yard, Glebe Island, yesterday, and suddenly collapsed after his lunch, which included some tinned meat. The Civil…

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A Sensational Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

Bescroit was the scene of an accident which nearly cost one young girl of 18 her life. This lady and her little sister were returning from a drive when the…

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An Inevitable Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, addressing the electors of Dundee, said the quarrel between the democratic electorates and the one-sided…

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Rozelle Drowning Case. Identification of the Body

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The City Coroner held an inquiry on Monday last concerning the death of an old man—then unknown—whose body was found floating in Rozelle Bay. As no evidence either of…

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Democracy and Aristocracy. Collision Involves Change

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, addressing his constituents at Dundee, said that the quarrel between the democratic electorate and the…

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Senator Millen Injured. Pinned Under a Sulky

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

Senator Millen, Vice-President of the Executive Council, met with a driving-accident at Hurren Junction, on the North western railway line, on Tuesday morning, and sustained a…

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Fatal Accident at Windsor. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

At the local gasworks yesterday William Brooks (65) was engaged carting coal from the station when he was jammed between one of the wheels and an obstacle. One car was torn…

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Accidental Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

LISMORE, Wednesday.-- At the inquiry concerning the drowning of Stephen Charles Reeves last week, a finding of accidental death was recorded…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Run Over by a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The folly of trying to board a moving train was exemplified at Auburn railway station on Tuesday evening, as the 8.35 train was starting for Sydney. Sydney M'Kinlay (41),…

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Accidents and Suicides. Germany's New Year's Record

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.-- Many Ice accidents occurred in Germany during the New Year festivals, 12 people being drowned…

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Pea-rifle Fatality

The Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

Roderick Farley, aged 2, living at Makimba, on the Belmore line, was fatally shot with a pea rifle yesterday afternoon, Garnet Brack, aged 11, and two other boys were out…

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