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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Young Man Drowned. Morning Bath and How It Ended

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 5

CASINO. Monday.—A drowning accident occurred here yesterday in the river near the [?] swimming place the victim being a young man named Robert Dunlop, a Scotsman who…

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The Sydney Juggernaut. Another Footboard Accident

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 1

A middle-aged man, believed to be David Paxley, who is supposed to be a recent arrival in the city from Tamworth, met with a fatal accident on Saturday night, and the…

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A Midnight Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 13

The death occurred on Friday afternoon at the Sydney Hospital of Edward Henry Goggins (12), laborer, of Bulwarra-road, Ultimo: Goggins was admitted to that institution on…

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Fatalities and Accidents Fatal Fall From a Footboard

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 13

About [?] on Saturday night David Baxley was tiding on the footboard of a tram bound for Leichhardt. When near Goulburn-street. Baxley fell of the tram on to the…

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Cart and Tram Collision. a Passenger Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

A horse in a cart which was being driven across George-street from Park-street became unmanageable this morning, and as a result the cart collided with a tram bound…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 14

GRENFELL, Monday.--Thomas Hawkins, a late arrival from England, aged 35, was drowned' at Inglevale. Station, whilst bathing yesterday morning. At the inquest this morning a…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Remarkable Accident. Gas Tank Bursts. Girl Drowned and Many Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Monday Evening.—A remarkable accident occurred in connection with the gas plant of the town of [?]keston, in Derbyshire. The pressure on one of the great tanks…

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Immigrants Drowned. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 9

Thomas Hawkins, an immigrant, aged about 35 years, who has no relatives in this country, was drowned in a dam on Inglevale about nine miles from Grenfell, yesterday afternoon…

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Young Englishman Drowned. Plucky Rescue Effort

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

CASINO, Monday.--A young man, Robert Dunlop, 22 years of age, who came from England two years ago, was drowned near the Casino Swimming Bath yesterday morning. Courageous…

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Sydney Man's Exciting Adventure. a Woy Woy Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 14

Mr. J. S. Spurway, one of the prominent officials in the Government Tramways Department, had an exciting adventure on Sunday night near Woy Woy. Mr. Spurway, who had been…

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Tram and Cart. Public Instruction. Collision in George-street. Two Men Injured. Last Year's Work. Proposals for the Future. Continuation and High Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

A sensational collision occurred at the intersection of George and Park streets City, this morning. A cart was being driven along Park-street towards George-street, by Mr. Two new departures in the operations of the Department of Public Instruction were made during the year just closed—the initiation by Mr. Beeby of a continuation school system, and…

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Cycling. Record-brewer's Trials. Adverse Weather and a Collision

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

Richardson, the Victorian motor cyclist, had adverse weather during his attempt on the 34-hour motor cycle record. Still, he added six [?] to the previous [?] of [?] miles…

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Colliery Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

It is a fair preposition that those who reap the profits derived from working coal mines should bear all the cost of providing appliances for re[?] work in case of accidents…

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An Unexplained Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

A train on a country line (not in New South Wales, of course) that is usually late, was reported on time at a certain Junction the other day. The…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Falls From Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 14

A tram conductor, Frederick Head, of Bligh-street, Newtown, sustained severe injuries on Sunday night through falling from his car when opposite Moore Park. He was admitted to St…

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Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 13

PASSENGER TRAINS AT WATERFALL. HELENSBURGH, Tuesday.--A collision, which might have resulted seriously, occurred between two passenger trains at Waterfall on…

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An Unusual Fatality

Globe · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

At the Langboyd Hotel, Birce River(N.S.W.), J. H. Barlow, single, approaches his horse, which was tied to a rail in front of the hotel. The animal took fright and pulled the rail…

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An Expensive Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

A bill of costs amounting to more than £100,000 has been incurred in consequence of the collision between H.M.S. Hawke and the White Star…

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The Granville Fatality. A Little Boy Drowned. Need for all Boys to Learn to Swim

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

On the 5th instant, Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., Parramatta District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry touching the death of the lad Charles Carsella, whose dead…

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Baby Drowned at Bankstown

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Neille May [?] Hazeitoo. the 16-months-old daughter of Mr. Alen Hazelton, of Gow-street, South Hankstown was playing with three other children at the rear of her…

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