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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Collision in Port River Adelaide Several Vessels Lose Moorings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Monday.--In order to clear a lighter attached to a tugboat, the steamer Karoola, outward bound for Vest Australia, on Saturday afternoon steamed past No. 1 Quay…

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The Villepreux Collision. Engine Driver Sentenced. Paris, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9

The driver of the Paris-Glanville express, which came into collision with a slow train at Villepreux in June last, has been sentenced t[?] two years' imprisonment…

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Hung by the Neck. Machinist Severely Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 6

To be hung by the neck, entangled in rapidly-moving belting, and to escape alive was the experience this morning of George Puff, a youthful machinist of 17 years of age…

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Stage Realism. Actor Nearly Drowned. Caught Like a Rat in a Trap

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The performance of "The Gay Grisette" by Clarke and Meynell's Comic Opera Company at the Theatre Royal tonight was invested with an amount of stage…

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Mexican Revolt. Big Engagement Imminent. Rebels Derail Federal Train. Many Soldiers Killed and Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Sunday Afternoon.--The insurgent force which was despatched yesterday to lay an ambush for the Federal troops advancing towards Juarez, pulled up…

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Accident to a Mine Labourer. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

A. Murphy, a labouror on the Central mine, had one of his legs broken last night through a tank falling off a truck His mate in endeavouring to rescue Murphy was bruised…

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Shooting Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

A shooting accident occurred near Roma on Saturday. It appears that William Clark, aged 19 years, who, with his mother and sister, aged 11, was living seven miles down the Bungil…

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A Peculiar Accident. Moorings Parted. Five Vessels Affecte[?] Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9

A curious effect of the displacement of water by a deeply-laden vessel passing down the Port Adelaide River was instanced on Saturday afternoon. The Karoola, bound for…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Ratal Fall From a Chair

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8

James Gildea, aged 33, a blacksmith, died in the North Share Hospital yesterday in peculiar circumstances. On January 29 he was sitting on a chair in the kitchen at his home in…

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Railway Accident in France. Express Driver Sent to Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

PARIS, Sunday Afternoon.--The driver of the Paris-Greville express, which, on June 18 collided with a slow, train at Ville Preux, causing great loss of life, has been…

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Machinist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10

About 8 a.m. yesterday Georgo Puff a machinist, aged 17, was working at Birdsall Bros.' leather dressing' works in Beresford-street, "North Botany, when he got jammed…

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Boy Drowned. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 11

Wh[?]st swimming in the river at North Fremantle yesterday, a boy named Hubert Kerwood was caught in the current and drowned…

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Drowned in the Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 58

Over city and suburbs of Melbourne (Vic.), on February 5 a monsooual thunderstorm raged, and during the 65 minutes the downpour lasted the official guage registered 137 points. The…

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Railway Collision. Six Persons Killed. Passenger Roasted to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 9

VANCOUVER, Tuesday.--A passenger train on the Grand Trunk Railway, struck a light engine near Paris, Ontario. The train was derailed, some of the…

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Two Children Poisoned. Shocking Fatality on a Farm. Inverell

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7

A sad poisoning accident occurred at William Cameron's farm, near Wallangra, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Cameron was at home with three children, who found strychnine in…

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At Broken Hill Many Sheep Drowned. Mail Coach Carried Away

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--A heavy thunderstorm broke over the city at 1.30 p.m. to-day. The rain poured down in torrents. Three-quarters of an inch fell in 20 minutes. The…

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A Grazier Killed. Tram Accident at Paddington. the Cost of Politeness

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7

The [?] the tram scc[?] donald [?] into…

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Shot in the Eye. Pea Rifle Accident. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 11

During Monday afternoon a boy named Davis, aged about 10 years, was shot in the eye with a bullet from a pea rifle, with which he and his brother, about 20 years of age, and…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Lysol Drunk by Mistake

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10

James Macquarie Gaul, compositor (34) died in the Balmain Hospital yesterday afternoon as the result of drinking lysoi in mistake for whisky.. Deceased lived at 78 Phillip-street…

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Brickworks Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10

Charles Hadley, a laborer at the Astral Brick Works, St. Peters, was pushing a truck of bricks yesterday afternoon, when the truck capsized and fell on him. His head was struck…

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