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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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IS MgVEA Side-stepping Sam Langford? Is the Yarn About McVEA'S Injured Arm a "Joke?" MeVea Demands a Big Bonanza for a Return Baille. Magnificent Mag Refuses to Sparkle Up. a Breach of Contract Alleged. Litigation Likely to Ensue

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 6

From what "Sportsman" can hear, there is trouble in the camp of the coon bruisers who have recently invaded Horsetralia. Since the last fight between the…

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Boy Drowned. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 13

An eleven-year-old son of Mr. George Dew, Upper Macleay, was drowned yesterday while bathing…

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Collision with Train. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 10

At Wattamondarra Mr. Houton's team of horses, attached to a wheat waggon, was passing through the railway gates when a goods train from Cowra to Harden collided…

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An Infant Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 13

Dorothy Emma Waugh, a year and nine month old, was found drowned in a few feet of water at the old baths, on the bank of the river at Innisfail. The little girl…

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Drowned in the Murrumbidgee. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 13

A girl, 9 years old, daughter of Mr. William Robinson, dairy farmer at Gobbagumbaline, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, on Tuesday evening, about dusk. The child,…

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Cartridge Explosion. Little Girl Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 10

Matilda Woods, aged 7[?] residing at 9 Henrietta-street, Chippendal[?], yesterday managed to obtain possession of a blank cartridge, and in company with a little boy tried to open it…

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Five Horses Killed. Collision with a Goods Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 9

YOUNG, Wednesday.--While a goods train, from Cowra to Harden was passing through the railway gates at Wattamondara, it collided with a team of horses. Five horses were killed, and…

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What Drowning Is Like. Not a Peaceful Death. Resuscitated Boy's Emotions

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

While a number of men and women were bathing in the Parramatta Park yesterday a, man whose name is unknown, noticed a lad, Cecil Piatt, suddenly sink in…

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Electrocuted. Fatality at Long Bay. Futile Attempts at Rescue

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 1

While working, on the Long Bay sewer extension early this morning, Benjamin Jones, 25 years of age, who lived at St. John's-road, Glebe, was electrocuted in full view of his…

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Walked Into the Surf. Old Man Drowned at Coogee

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 8

A peculiar, surf tragedy occurred at Coogee shortly before noon to-day, an old man, John Bannon, who was employed at M'Grath's stables, in Doncaster-avenue,…

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Over an Embankment. Mishap to Canadian Express. Twenty-seven Passengers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

WINNIPEG, Tuesday Evening.--The Canadian Northern Company's Edmonton-Winnipeg express came to grief to-day at Cole, Saskatchewan, the engine leaving the rails and…

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Heroic Marist Sister Drowned at Sea. She Gave Up Her Life for Her Charges

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 29

When Bishop Donrere, Vicar Apostolic of the Now Hebrides, arrived in Sydney on Monday from Europe, he was handed a big bundle of correspondence by the Rev…

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Electrocuted. Accident at Long Bay. Sewer Miner Killed in a Tunnel. Driller's Awful Experience

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6

An accident occurred in one of the tunnels of the Long Bay outfall sewers off Boanchamp-road, Matraville, early this morning, one man being electrocuted through a short circuit…

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Dockyard Accident. a Laborer Crushed

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6

A laborer, Charles Gray, who lives in Playfair-street, Miller's Point, met with a had accident at the Government dockyard at Cockatoo Island this morning. He was…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Sudden Death at Newport

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 8

A middle-aged man, Frederick Arnold Horning, a farmer, was found dead at his camp, Newport, at about 5 a.m. yesterday by Robert [?]olin Sinclair, living near-by, who went to…

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Fatalities and Accidents Coogee Drowning Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

The drowning of a man, John Bannon (57), is reported from Congee. Bannon, who was partially dressed, went in for a swim off the northern end of Coogee bank at about…

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Drowned at Wagga

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

At the inquest held at Wagga concerning the death of Hopetou[?] Robinena, 10, who was drowned in the Murrumbridges on Tuesday, it was disclosed that a number of children were…

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Drowned in Three Feet of Water

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 2

A drowning accident occurred at Pialba, Queensland, on Saturday evening. James MacDonald, a general merchant, of G[?]mpie, accompanied by…

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Drowned at Coogee. a Man's Peculiar Conduct

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

John Bannan, 57, a gardener, was drowned in the surf at Coogee Bhortly before noon yesterday. He was seen to enter the water almost fully dressed at the northern end of…

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Campbell-st. Fatality. Death of Sen Gong. Verdict of Manslaughter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

At the City Coroner's Court yesterday the Acting City Coroner (Mr. H. S. Hawkins) conducted an inquest regarding the death of Sen Gong, a Chinese, who was fatally…

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