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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

4,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 228

Girl Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 10

An eleven-year-old girl, Florence Mannering, was drowned while bathing with a younger sister and cousin in the Swan River…

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Pea-rifle Fatality. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 10

The 12-year-old lad, William Brodle, who was shot with a pea-rifle bullet while out rabbiting at Saily's Flat, died in the District Hospital to-day, after an operation. The…

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Motoring Accident. Several Persons Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 9

A motor car capsized over a bank on the Hill-road to Akaroa. Herbert Pearce, his wife, and child, and G. Pengally, his wife, and two children, were all pitched under the car…

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Four Men Drowned. a Punt Capsizes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--Four men Frank Powell, Leslie Parker, Robert Rapson, and Frederick Challis-- were drowned through the capsize of a punt in Saltwater Creek,…

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Another Railway Collision Engines Smash on South Coast

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 5

Two engines came into collision at Stanwell Park last night, but luckily the damage was only slight, and the general traffic was not interfered with…

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Four Men Drowned. Capsize of a Punt. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 1

Particulars of the drowning of four, men and the narrow escape of three others have been received from Canterbury. A party consisting of seven men were…

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Engines Collide. Accident at Stanwell Park

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 5

A collision between two engines occurred at Stanwell Park at about a quarter to eight on Monday night, but only very slight damage was done…

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Holiday Fatalities and Accidents. Motor Car Troubles

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 6

While viewing the sights at the mouth of the Blowhole, Kiama, Mary Donoghue, of Rose-street, Darlington, overbalanced and fell on to the rocks below. She was taken to the…

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Motoring Accident. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 4

A party, consisting of Messrs. Ewing, Curtis, Farquharson, and Potts. who were motoring to Brunswick Heads from Lismore, were going down an incline between Tyagarah and…

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Driving Accident. Woman's Plucky Act. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 9

Last night, while driving to his brother's place at Deep Creek, Mr. Phil Getts, proprietor of Thurlow's Hotel, met with a serious accident, within four miles of the town…

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Too Many Accidents. Waterside Union Takes Action. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 9

Owing to the shipping fatality, the waterside workers did not work this morning in order to attend the funeral, and to indicate that the union considers that too many…

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Man's Arm Crushed. Accident in Redfern

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 7

Leslie Tuckett (21) will probably lose his right arm at the elbow as the result of an accident in Regent-street, Redfern, at noon to-day…

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Steamers Held Up. Protest Against "Preventable Accidents."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 14

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The watersiders have notified the shipping companies that they will take a whole holiday on Tuesday to attend the funeral of a member of the union who was…

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Collision with a Pony

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

On Saturday Harry Hickson, 29, who resides in Kihillabroad, Auburn, sustained injuries to his face and hands by falling from his bicycle. Hickson was riding…

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Accident on the Eden. Chief Officer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 16

The breaking of a derrick on the [?]llawarra S.N. Company's steamer Eden was responsible for an accident which resulted in the chief officer, Mr. Read, sustaining severely crushed…

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Pea Rifle Fatality. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 14

A fatal poa rille accident occurred al Ellerslie, a youth named Cluudo Brain being the victim. Thrco boys were out shooting on Saturday afternoon last, nenr tho Nepean River. One…

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Drowned in the Macquarie. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 14

James Ferry, 27, whcoltvright, was drowoed In the Macquario on Monday afternoon. Doceased and three others went swimming. Deceased could only swim a little, and tried to…

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Fell Off the Wharf. French Sailor Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 1

Jean Tanguy, 28, a member of the crew of the barque Eugene Pergeline, was drowned on Friday evening off Darling Island. An Inquiry was held by the City Coroner this…

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Steamer Eden Returns. Mate Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 10

The Illawarra Company's steamer Eden, which left Sydney yesterday afternoon for South Coast ports, returned shortly before midnight last night and anchored in Watson's Bay…

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Seventy Drowned. London, Wednesday, 12.10 a.m

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 9

A launch foundered at Rangoon, Burmah, and 70 people were drowned…

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