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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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A Motor Accident. Victim's Death After Two Months

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 5

On the afternoon of November 28 Mrs. Stevens, living in Australia-stret, Camperdown, was knocked down by a motor car in Oxford-street, Woollahra. She was…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Killed by Fall of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 11

KURRI- KURRI, Thursday.--John Clements Masters, a young man, was the victim of an accident which occurred at Pelaw Main colliery on January 24, through a fail of coal. He was…

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Racecourse Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 14

While riding exercise on a Machine Gun filly at Randwick yesterday a son of the well-known trainer L. C. Want received fatal injuries. The filly was working…

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A Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 6

Whilst riding on Latty's cycle truck, Fairfield, on Friday evening last, die well known and promising Guildford cyclist, W. Cottcrill, who was training for…

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Harold Bakers Account. Fight with Drowning Women

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 9

Seen shortly after he had donned dry clothing, Mr. Harold Baker gave a short account of the exciting battle be had with the waves. "I was busy in my refreshment-rooms when i…

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Supposed Drowning. No Boats for Police. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 16

A young man named Boyd Fowler is supposed to have been drowned at Dunbible this morning. Fowler left the railway camp riding and later his horse was found near the fence…

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Vessel Cut in Two. Eleven Persons Drowned. [?]On, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 13

A steam trawler cut a vessel in two near Ol[?]ao, on the south coast of Portugal, and 11 persons were drowned…

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Gas Explosion in France. Six Killed, Twelve Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 13

PARIS, Friday.-- A gas explosion occurred yesterday at the steel works at Berguette, in the department of Pas de Calais, whereby six persons were killed and twelve injured…

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10 P.M. Edition. Drowned. Googee Sensation. Surf Bathers Carried Oat Four Lives Lost. Ten Persons Rescued After Desperate Struggle. by Two Well-known Surfers. Heroism by Harold Baker

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 9

Cooger Beach was the scene of a sensational accident about midday to-day. About that time, although the tide was only at half ebb and the waves were not very strong. yet a…

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Hunting Accident

The World's News · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 3

Fox-hunting is still a winter sport in Italy, particularly among the historic fields of the "Agro Romano,"…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Sleeplessness Causes Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 14

Thomas Compagnoni, who tea or fifteen years ago, was a well-known caterer of Pitt-street, shot himself at his residence, Rosa-street, Oatley, yesterday morning with fatal results, after…

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Mysterious Drowning Case

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 13

A mysterious drowning accident occurred at the landing place of the vehicular ferry punt at the end of Creek-street, Brisbane, when Jas Hill, Ernest Saddler, and William Martin,…

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Another Man Relieved to Be Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 7

Last night, while members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade were searching for the body of the missing hoy, they came upon evidence which leads to the belief…

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Collision at Sea. Ruahine and Beacon Grange. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 7

The steamer Beacon Grange collided with the steamer Ruahines, of the New Zealand Shipping Co., off Las Palmas. The Beacon Grange cut five feet into…

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Yesterday's Accidents. Kicked by a Horse

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 11

About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon John Mayo (son of Mr. Mayo, the well-known trainer), received a broked leg as the result of a kick from a horse he was rounding up in a paddock. He…

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Ferryboat Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 4

At about noon yesterday there was a collision between the Balmain Ferry Company's lady Carrington and the Sydney Ferry Company's Kareela. Both tvessels were travelling towards…

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Another Serious Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 4

Cable news received from London states that the Houlder steamer Beacon Grange collided with the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer…

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Found Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 7

The decomposed body of a labourer named John Nolan, aged 54, was found in Preston River, Bunbury…

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Injured on the Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 4

BATHURST, Sunday.--William Randall, an elderly railway employee, was about to charge a train with gas at Bathurst railway station yesterday afternoon when he was knocked…

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The Turn at Bradley's. Another Ferry Collision

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 4

When two or more vessels are rounding Bradley's Head, steaming in the same direction, there is dangerous risk of collision through the vessels converging. This was…

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